They made it! Drumming up support from highest mountain
Our Patron Dame Evelyn Glennie – who took on the huge challenge of scaling Mount Kilimanjaro with a team of disabled Africans reached the peak early this morning (Wednesday 1 December). Congratulations to everyone involved! Evelyn, who is an international percussionist, literally “played” her way up the mountain with her drumsticks to raise awareness of [...]
Meet The Climbers #2 heading for the summit
Tonight is the final night before the AbleClimbsAfrica team makes its assault on the summit. We’ve talked about some of the disabled African climbers in the team including Florence, Fred and Shikuku. We’ve also heard about the great contribution that AbleChildAfrica’s patron, Dame Evelyn Glennie is making by being on the climb, inspiring the team [...]
Kili Climbers On World Service
Last week the BBC World Service interviewed two of the disabled African campaigners who are climbing Kilimanjaro for AbleChildAfrica ahead of their challenge. As The BBC website says: “Kenyan Frederick Ouko and his Ugandan team-mate, Florence Ndagire, haven’t let their disabilities get in the way of their success” You can hear their interview right now [...]
Able Team Starts Kilimanjaro Climb
The AbleChildAfrica team starts its ascent of Kilimanjaro today with a team of around 20 climbers – including six disabled climbers – heading bravely to the top. They are lead by our patron Dame Evelyn Glennie who says she has I chosen the challenge of climbing Kilimanjaro because she wants to make a difference to [...]
Juliet’s Great Swim
Next weekend, Juliet Turnbull will be swimming for us in the Great British Swim held in Central London! The Challenge is to swim a one-mile swim in the heart of the capital http://www.greatswim.org/ The Royal Victoria Dock, venue of the British Gas Great London Swim, is situated in the East End of London near Canary [...]
Changing Childrens lives in Uganda
My name is Saskia and I am an advocacy volunteer with USDC, the organisation which AbleChildAfrica works with in Uganda. My work in the first few weeks involved traveling around Uganda and meeting disabled children, their families, teachers and local officials. It was an honor and a privilege to be able to do this. I [...]
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