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MtEverestprimaryschool Newclimbingwallforcharityclub
opens
Outdoor Sports Club has just opened its
The Mt Everest Primary School in spanking new climbing wall at St David’s
Kitandwe, Uganda, was officially opened CBS in Artane.
by Irish adventurers Graham Kinch and This new climbing wall, which was
IanTaylor on 6 April. Kinch andTaylor completed in April, has a variety of surface
climbed Mt Everest in the spring of 2008 angles and features, and offers 75 square
to raise money for the Kitandwe school metres of climbing area.
project in partnership with the Irish The project was helped by
charity Fields of Life.This concluded a contributions from the Great Outdoors,
three-year project in which they climbed kerosene lamp. and Mountaineering Ireland and Enterprise
Mt Blanc, Kilimanjaro, Cerro Aconcagua Child sponsorship costs just €18 per Climbing walls helped out with the
and Mt Everest, and raised €60,000 for month and sponsors receive letters and climbing holds.The work was completed
the school. updated photos. by Pat Nolan from Bolder ClimbingWalls
The school consists of two blocks Speaking about the project, Kinch (www.bolderclimbingwalls.com).
totalling seven classrooms, office, toilet said,“When we were in Kitandwe, Ian Outdoor Sports Club in St David’s
facilities and a bore-hole pump supplying and I had the great pleasure of meeting encourages young people who normally
water to over 600 villagers.The school our sponsored children. It’s really wouldn’t have access to Outdoor sports
will also double-up as multi-purpose encouraging to see them so excited and to get out there and appreciate what the
community building. passionate about their education and outdoors has to offer. A registered charity, it
The school has first to sixth classes in we feel the name of the school captures has membership of 20 young people aged
session (about 250 pupils), and next year their enthusiastic aspirations perfectly. between 14 and 18. As well as climbing,
they will start a seventh class. The Fields of Life Child Sponsorship they are also keen kayakers and skiers.
Now child sponsorship through Coordinator in Kampala has identified 20
Fields of Life is required to keep the children, many of them orphans that are
school running and support the local in need of sponsorship. Our aim is to have
community. Sponsored children receive sponsors for all 20 of them.”
school books, stationery, uniforms, school For more information or to sign up as
fees as well as a present at Christmas a sponsor, email your contact details to
time that benefits the whole family, e.g. a
info@everest2008.ie.
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