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 [...]
No prizes for guessing who will finish first?
In six weeks I will be doing the Silverstone Half Marathon for AbleChildAfrica with Anne Wafula-Strike a British Paraylmpian who grew up in Kenya and one of the world’s leading wheelchair sprinters. No prizes for guessing who will finish first! Yesterday I was on the East Africa FM Breakfast show talking with Jimmy Kabwe about [...]
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