<p>In June this year, Sally and I are going to be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for the Karibuni Trust.</p> <p>As you may know, we are going to be travelling around East Africa for 6 months and are lucky to be spending time with Karibuni, visiting their projects throughout Kenya. The charity helps seriously under-privileged Kenyan children to fulfil their potential by giving them an education.</p> <p>Please give as much as you can. Your money will be going directly to some of the most deprived children in the world.</p> <p>Thank you,&nbsp;</p> <p>Gareth and Sally</p> <p>Update 25th February 2012:</p> <p>After spending the past two weeks with Karibuni we just wanted to reiterate how much these children really do need your money.</p> <p>We have been to one of the biggest 'slums' in Africa where a family of 8 live in a space no bigger than a downstairs toliet, with a roof that offers no protection when it rains. The parents work all day and on a good day earn may earn up to 80p to feed the family and pay for the rent.</p> <p>We have met children who walk to school for 2 hours each way every day across very rough terrain without any shoes.</p> <p>Throughout the schools we have been to there have been so many orphans who are all determined to be a success by getting a good education to support their siblings.</p> <p>Karibuni Trust sponsors children through education whose parents or guardians cannot afford it, providing their school fees, uniforms books and anything else they may need.</p> <p>Karibuni provide lunch for hundreds of children by running feeding programmes - many of the children do not eat anything other than this one meal a day.</p> <p>The ethos of the charity is to find the poorest of the poor and help to provide a future for them. We cannot stress enough how worth-while a cause this is and how well your money will be spent.</p> <p>Please donate whatever you can.</p> <p>Thank you.</p>