September '23 marked the 3rd anniversary of the passing of Tesha, a mental health nurse who dedicated over 30 years to the NHS. Tesha, originally from Tanzania, always remembered his roots and was thankful for the education that he had received, which he believed was his helping hand out of poverty. Tesha made a massive impact on all who knew him. Patients, colleagues and friends. Even whilst in ITU, Tesha was urging his friends to continue with plans to support his former primary school back in Tanzania.

One of his colleagues, Dr John Murphy took up the challenge to help realise Tesha's dream and took on the amazing challenge to climb Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain peak. John set off to Africa in August ready for the 10 day climb, which required 6 - 8 hours trekking each day and often at altitudes of only between 70 - 80% oxygen saturation.

Uhuru peak, the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro is covered in snow. Standing 5895M/19341 ft tall, the summit is clearly visible from Tesha's former primary school, which is situated on the foot of the mountain in the small village named Shimbwe.

John's commitment to this challenge not only involved practicing for this amazing climb (which, at a significant cost, he totally funded himself). John also learned to speak Swahili and undertook tremendous amounts of research, so that he could communicate effectively and was culturally informed, ready for his visit to Tesha's former village and school.

Already, John has raised an amazing amount of money (almost £4,000) but John is committed to at least doubling this amount. John's time in the village has helped inform his thoughts on how best this funding can be used in memory of Tesha. Hopefully, creating a long term sustainable project to support Tesha's former school and the pupils from the most disadvantaged families to succeed.

John plans to return to Tanzania to oversee the development of this project and would be grateful of your kind support and any funding you can afford to donate.