A kindergarten in a poor community in Ethiopia has just been opened, the 11th project to be completed by Kilimanjaro Challenge Malta.
For the past 11 years, over €700,000 has been collected for different projects in Kenya and Ethiopia. All these projects have been co-ordinated by the missionary movement Jesus in Thy Neighbour, founded by the late Fr Ġorġ Grima who sadly passed away in September last year.
In the past year, the team managed to raise €75,000 for the recently opened project - a kindergarten in Wush Wush, Ethiopia, a small village that is home to 800 families who live in extreme poverty. The kindergarten will accommodate 150 children, providing them with a basic education and also a hot meal every day. The project is dedicated to Philip Bonett.
On 5 January 2018, all 18 members of the 11th team of Kilimanjaro Challenge Malta reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, at 5.895 metres the highest free-standing mountain in the world. The team has worked tirelessly to train for this expedition, while raising funds for the project.
While in Ethiopia, the team will also inaugurate other projects being funded by the Jesus in Thy Neighbour movement. "It is bittersweet this year, as it is the first one in which Dun Ġorġ Grima is not with us. However, I am sure he is looking down on us, giving us his blessing to continue doing good," said Kilimanjaro Challenge Malta founder Keith Marshall...
For more information, visit the official Facebook Page of Kilimanjaro Challenge Malta.A kindergarten in a poor community in Ethiopia has just been opened, the 11th project to be completed by Kilimanjaro Challenge Malta.
For the past 11 years, over €700,000 has been collected for different projects in Kenya and Ethiopia. All these projects have been co-ordinated by the missionary movement Jesus in Thy Neighbour, founded by the late Fr Ġorġ Grima who sadly passed away in September last year.
the past year, the team managed to raise €75,000 for the recently opened project - a kindergarten in Wush Wush, Ethiopia, a small village that is home to 800 families who live in extreme poverty. The kindergarten will accommodate 150 children, providing them with a basic education and also a hot meal every day. The project is dedicated to Philip Bonett.
5 January 2018, all 18 members of the 11th team of Kilimanjaro Challenge Malta reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, at 5.895 metres the highest free-standing mountain in the world. The team has worked tirelessly to train for this expedition, while raising funds for the project.
in Ethiopia, the team will also inaugurate other projects being funded by the Jesus in Thy Neighbour movement. "It is bittersweet this year, as it is the first one in which Dun Ġorġ Grima is not with us. However, I am sure he is looking down on us, giving us his blessing to continue doing good," said Kilimanjaro Challenge Malta founder Keith Marshall...
more information, visit the official Facebook Page of Kilimanjaro Challenge Malta.