Vik's Kilimanjaro Challenge

Vikesh Patel is raising money for Darjeeling Children's Trust
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Kilimanjaro · 12 September 2014

Supporting under-privileged children and young people in Darjeeling, DCT repairs schools, provides equipment and basic facilities, organises child sponsorship, provides books and a travelling librarian to visit schools, and supports children in two children's homes.

Story

In mid-September, I climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro via the Shira Route, to raise money for ‘The Darjeeling Children's Trust (DCT)’ a Charity working with local schools and orphanages and employing local people in Darjeeling (India).

For those that know me well, this was not a natural environment for me, let alone for 8 nights in sleeping bags up an African Mountain, with no hot water, no wifi (!) and 100km of hiking. 

The summit of Mt Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa – that was the target.

The Darjeeling Childrens Trust, is an extremely focused charity, with a 5-year development plan in place, and a great vision for the future, set-out and managed by its trustee's - for the well-being and development of the Children in Darjeeling.

Their webpage is: http://www.darjeelingchildrenstrust.com

  • £2 will provide a child with a pencil, eraser and pen for a whole school year

  • £5 will provide a new towel, soap and shampoo for a child at an orphanage

  • £10 will provide a new set of clothes for a child at an orphanage

  • £15 will provide a new set of bedding for a child at an orphanage
  • £18 will sponsor the travelling library for a week

  • £200 will cover the cost of water deliveries currently required over a year for the orphanage children

Please support this great cause.

Donation summary

Total
£3,800.00
+ £523.23 Gift Aid
Online
£3,800.00
Offline
£0.00

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