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 [...]
Are you willing to go the extra mile?
One of our 2010 marathon runners has already gone the ‘extra-mile’ and visited Uganda in advance of the run itself! Kat Tucker, who has previously lived and worked in Uganda visited in December and ran a training session for some of the teachers working with disabled children in schools we support. The feedback from the [...]
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