I set up Kilimanjaro Challenge to raise money for African citizens who are affected by HIV/AIDS and also to enable as many people as possible to get involved with fun charity projects. By training for months, tirelessly fundraising and hauling myself up Africa's biggest mountain for 6 days, I am hoping that my efforts will go some way to raising desperately needed funding for one of Africa's biggest problems.

This trek is organised in association with the charity VSO and we are supporting RAISA (Regional Aids Initiative of Southern Africa); a four-year initiative of VSO seeking to strengthen the response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Southern Africa. Your money can have a direct impact on saving the lives of African citizens who desperately need help. Your money will help train and equip a VSO volunteer to live and work in an affected community and develop the skills of governments, businesses and NGO's, helping them support the millions of citizens and their relatives who are already infected. It costs £15,000 for a VSO volunteer to spend a year in Africa, where they are able to have an immeasurable impact in the communities in which they work. Please give as much as you can and help us support the efforts of volunteers who are working tirelessly to help mitigate the effects of this entirely preventable human pandemic.

I am passionate about this project and I truly believe that what I am doing with the team will make a genuine difference. Please support me, in any way you can.

Thanks,

Paul For more information about the project or to find out how you could get involved, please visit our website www.kilimanjarochallenge.co.uk