Climb Kilimanjaro For Kids 2010
Sarah Fardon (Os 01-08) and Elizabeth Isaac (Br 06-08) signed up to participate in a charity climb up Mt Kilimanjaro with other Nottingham University students. This was in aid of Childreach International, a small, grass-roots charity which strives to improve the basic living, educational and medical standards of impoverished children in Africa and Asia. The challenge was a 6 day trek climbing one of the world's tallest mountains and volunteering in a village in Tanzania helping the local community and their children
Sarah and Lizzie are really enthusiastic about this project and feel that it supports a very worthy cause! They were both set substantial fundraising deadlines to raise £2,300 each. Sarah's Facebook Group is available via this link.
Oswald House has raised in excess of £275 for Childreach. Sarah has visited Oswald to talk to the House about the charity. She will come in to school to receive the cheque at the end of the summer term. Money was raised by running a Marathon in relays on 14th June. The House had a great turnout from U6 L6 and LR in particular.
Following Lizzie's challenge, Lizzie sent in the following message:
"Mount Kilimanjaro. 5,895 metres above sea level, the highest free-standing mountain in the world and my challenge for September 2010. Back in February of this year when I signed up to climb Kilimanjaro, the £2,300 fundraising target for a charity called Childreach International seemed a relatively straight forward task, yet as the months went by and the deadline crept ever closer, the target seemed as challenging as the actual climb.
However I knew that there was one very generous place that I could turn to for help with my target and that was The King's School Worcester. Having been involved in so many charity events during my time at The King's School, I suspected that they would be supportive. Nevertheless, nothing could have prepared me for the generosity I received after my plea on the school's website. I can safely say that having visited the school and village that your kind donations have gone to, your money is going to a very worthy and deserving cause.
The climb itself was a gruelling six days of sunshine and snow, laughter and tears, altitude sickness and nothing but rice. Nonetheless the satisfaction of making it to the top and seeing the sun rise over Tanzania is something that I will never forget. It was the most challenging yet rewarding experience of my life and I could not have done it without your help. Therefore I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support and on behalf of the families and children that your donations have gone too, Asante Sana ('Thank you' in Swahili)."
