Martin Keat
Kilimanjaro or Bust!
Fundraising for International Service
Story
Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. We’re
climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, at 5,893m / 19,334ft above sea level the highest free standing mountain in the world and
the highest point in , to raise funding
to give children a second chance at education in one of the poorest places in
the world.
With a population of over 12 million is among the least developed and poorest countries in the world, ranking 168 out of 177 in the 2008 United Nations Human Development Index. An estimated 69% of the population lives below the poverty line, surviving on less than $1 a day. This has a huge negative impact on the lives of children. The Mopti region is disadvantaged due to its geographic position, which makes agricultural activities in most areas almost impossible. Child mortality and illiteracy rates are high and the region is one of the biggest child trafficking areas in the country.
L’Agence Evangélique de Développement du Mali (AEDM) is a Malian community organisation established in 1994 to help the poorest people by promoting health, education, democracy and human rights. One of their most successful projects has been the establishment of their Passarelle or ‘second chance’ schools.
A Passarelle school is established in response to a request from a community. AEDM help them to establish a School Council and the local people provide a structure to host a school. AEDM then provide a teacher and resources to support children aged 8-12 develop their numeracy and literacy skills in both French and Dogon. AEDM have established an agreement with the education services that children completing their 9 months school automatically qualify to enter the mainstream education services in that they had previously missed out on.
Research suggests that a young woman in who learns to read is 40% less likely to contract HIV/AIDS. Further benefits of education in terms of health, family planning, economic activity, etc. are well known. These can be researched further at www.gapminder.com. Further information regarding the work of International Service (who will manage the donation to AEDM at no cost) may be found at the following links…
http://www.internationalservice.org.uk/what_we_do/development_awareness/human_rights_awards/awards_2009/agence_evanglique_de_dveloppement_du_mali.aspx
http://www.internationalservice.org.uk/resources/news_archive/giving_and_receiving_dennis_story_from_mali.aspx
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - we raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
So please dig deep and donate now. Each school costs £3,000 per year. The more we raise, the more schools and the more children we can support.
With a population of over 12 million is among the least developed and poorest countries in the world, ranking 168 out of 177 in the 2008 United Nations Human Development Index. An estimated 69% of the population lives below the poverty line, surviving on less than $1 a day. This has a huge negative impact on the lives of children. The Mopti region is disadvantaged due to its geographic position, which makes agricultural activities in most areas almost impossible. Child mortality and illiteracy rates are high and the region is one of the biggest child trafficking areas in the country.
L’Agence Evangélique de Développement du Mali (AEDM) is a Malian community organisation established in 1994 to help the poorest people by promoting health, education, democracy and human rights. One of their most successful projects has been the establishment of their Passarelle or ‘second chance’ schools.
A Passarelle school is established in response to a request from a community. AEDM help them to establish a School Council and the local people provide a structure to host a school. AEDM then provide a teacher and resources to support children aged 8-12 develop their numeracy and literacy skills in both French and Dogon. AEDM have established an agreement with the education services that children completing their 9 months school automatically qualify to enter the mainstream education services in that they had previously missed out on.
Research suggests that a young woman in who learns to read is 40% less likely to contract HIV/AIDS. Further benefits of education in terms of health, family planning, economic activity, etc. are well known. These can be researched further at www.gapminder.com. Further information regarding the work of International Service (who will manage the donation to AEDM at no cost) may be found at the following links…
http://www.internationalservice.org.uk/what_we_do/development_awareness/human_rights_awards/awards_2009/agence_evanglique_de_dveloppement_du_mali.aspx
http://www.internationalservice.org.uk/resources/news_archive/giving_and_receiving_dennis_story_from_mali.aspx
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - we raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
So please dig deep and donate now. Each school costs £3,000 per year. The more we raise, the more schools and the more children we can support.