Thrive on Kilimanjaro is an exciting virtual fundraiser that seeks to create awareness of Thrive’s work and raise $500,000 to plant 5,000 Life Gardens – which will empower communities with life-giving, nutritious disease-fighting foods, helping 200,000 people to live sustainably!
Participants can join worldwide to help climb to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro by climbing stairs, hiking, walking, or running between September 17 – 23, 2021. Generous sponsors have offered to match up to $250,000 of every dollar donated, so every $100 raised has $200 of impact. Current sponsors include Vita as the Platinum sponsor, St. Francis Herb Farm, and Brightmark as silver sponsors, and Nelson & Kraft and Kaci for Bronze.
There will also be an in-person climb of Kilimanjaro simultaneously by the founder of Thrive and co-founder of Natural Calm Canada, Dale Bolton, and his friend and colleague Ambrose, the Executive Director for Thrive for Good, Kenya. It has long been a dream of Dale’s to climb mount Kilimanjaro with Ambrose, and this year, they will summit at the same time as others climb virtually.
Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free-standing mountain in the world: Its elevation sits at 19,340 feet and requires a 5-8 day climb to the summit. Sounds daunting, right?
But consider this, 1,000 steps equals about 250 feet of elevation, so just 77, 360 steps would get you to the top. Thrive wants to see how many people worldwide they can get to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro collectively and how much they can raise to help provide nutritious, sustainable, life-giving foods to those in need.
Thrive is a non-profit based in Canada, founded in 2008 to help eradicate extreme poverty. Instead of giving help in the form of money or handing out single meals, they dug deep to find the roots of such poverty and carefully began sowing seeds of change. By teaching and supporting communities to grow Life Gardens, Thrive helps them help themselves sustainably.
A Life Garden, a unique term used at Thrive for Good, refers to an organic, bio-intensive garden intentionally cultivated to grow the most nutrient-dense foods and natural, medicinal plants. It is typically a quarter acre of about 40, 100sqft double dug garden beds where communities can grow healthy, organic, disease-fighting foods, including spinach, kale, onions, garlic, carrots, natural medicines, and more! These gardens provide the sustenance for life.
Are you interested in helping Thrive reach its goal and supporting communities in Africa? Join the climb!
With the support of some generous sponsors, Thrive has gathered some epic prizes, like an all-expense-paid trip to Kenya to see Thrive’s work in person just for participating! Other prizes include; A one-week stay at a Penthouse at Walnut Beach Resort in Osoyoos, BC, a one-year supply of Natural Calm, gift certificates towards Vita Garden, and more. Prizes will be awarded to the individual/team captain who raises the most money in total.
If you are interested in joining the climb, please visit www.thriveforgood.org for more information! Happy climbing!
