ACACIA MINING ORGANISES MT KILIMANJARO CLIMB TO RAISE FUNDS FOR EDUCATION IN TANZANIA

        A team of 21 Acacia staff, friends and family led by Chief Executive Officer, Brad Gordon, are embarking on the journey of a lifetime to reach Uhuru Peak; the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, to raise funds for education.

Through its CanEducate, a charity that provides educational sponsorships to impoverished and at-risk children in developing countries including Tanzania, the company targets to raise $200,000.

As it costs $75 a year to send a student to school in Tanzania, the targeted donation has the potential to help 2000 students in communities surrounding Acacia mine sites of Buzwagi, Bulyanhulu and North Mara, who fail to attend schools due to income constraints.

Elaborating further, Brad said for less than a month, donations were going on so well hoping to attain the target, and that the company was set to match individual donations by a dollar for a dollar.

“I am sure that the final figure is going to have an incredible and positive impact on the lives of children in Tanzania. If you haven’t done so yet, there is still time to give. We need those crucial dollars to get us to our target and to give the team 200,000 reasons to make it to the top,” he added.

The CanEducate initiative started in 2010 covering 158 students at Bulyanhulu and by the end of 2014 the programme had grown to cover 1,800 students across Bulyanhulu, Buzwagi and North Mara and has delivered some of the best performers in various schools in the National Form 4 examinations.

Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, is the highest freestanding mountain in the World and Uhuru Peak, at 5,895m is the highest point in Africa. Uhuru means freedom and Acacias believes education brings freedom through choice, which is why CanEducate is the perfect recipient of funds raised through the climb.