11 Climbers Take on Mt Kilimanjaro to Raise $75,000 For Clean Water in Africa

Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen under a Creative Commons license Yesterday, a team of eleven climbers began a week long summit of Tanzania’s Mt Kilimanjaro, in an effort to raise nearly $75,000 for The Water School , an international non-profit dedicated to bringing clean drinking water to the developing world. At 5,858 meters (19340 ft), Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain in Africa, and a formidable challenge to the eleven team members, each of whom has raised $1 for each meter of the cl… Read the full story on TreeHugger Originally posted here:  11 Climbers Take on Mt Kilimanjaro to Raise $75,000 For Clean Water in Africa

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11 Climbers Take on Mt Kilimanjaro to Raise $75,000 For Clean Water in Africa