The curtain has closed on another year of
incredible support from our student fundraisers. Hats off to all of them and their
efforts to raise sponsorship to take on challenges such as Kilimanjaro. This
coming year we are delighted to be organizing our own trips using our
experience and knowledge of working in East Africa.
By removing UK suppliers from the chain we
have created a win, win, win solution that will mean that we can ensure that
all the ground staff receive the very best pay possible, keep all the economic
benefit of the climbs in the local economy and ultimately ensure that we
receive more donations to get clean water to more people. In addition we are
able to offer a better deal to our fundraisers by putting them directly in
touch with local companies to arrange their independent travel after the climbs
and reducing the registration fees. It’s a big move for us but so far the
response has been excellent. We have 35 group leaders ready to go for 2015 and
registrations pouring in after opening the portals last week.
All of this has been made possible by the
support of the Kilimanjaro Porters’ Unions and organizations such as the
Kilimanjaro Porters’ Assistance Project based in Moshi. Their expertise has
allowed us to build partnerships with local companies that are true to our people
first attitude. We are delighted that
all of our climbs this year and next year will be addressed by representatives
of the organizations to give our climbers a real insight into the lives and
challenges of the porters.
You can find out more about our international challenges by visiting www.climbforcleanwater.org
