Kilimanjaro

Every now and then something, someone, an event, a comment or simply a photograph can inspire.

Christmas 2011 was when I first stumbled across this photograph.




This is a school in Kenya.

There are people who are trying to make this reality a distant memory by building schools in rural areas, one charity being Build Africa http://www.build-africa.org/ Build Africa works exclusively in rural areas of Uganda and Kenya and combine learning and earning opportunities which offer children and their families long-term solutions to poverty. Since 2004 they have helped 115 schools and benefited over 150,000 children.

So I decided I wanted to help too and what better way than put myself completely out of my comfort zone, sign up for a challenge that would require a year's blood, sweat and sometimes painful tears in order to get myself physically fit and then embark on an adventure that would be not only physically but mentally challenging. Why i'd climb Mount Kilimanjaro of course!

Now my reality is kicking in, I leave on the 22nd Feb to climb the Macheme route of Kili which is 5896 meters high over 7 days, 6-7hrs a day which means no showers for 6 days - yikes! And fingers crossed I don't get hit by the dreaded altitude sickness too early on!

If this photograph has inspired you too and if you would like to help me to help Build Africa help even more children in Africa please take a look at my fundraising page http://www.justgiving.com/Catherine-Lamb2

The generosity I have seen so far has been overwhelming so thank you to all those that have sponsored me so far.

Catherine