Anna Khuzwayo Climber

Anna Khuzwayo Imizamo Yethu Hout Bay.

Fellow Climber.

We would like to officially welcome Anna to the Kili 28/8 team. Anna will become the face of this project and we are all looking forward to climbing with you Anna. It will be an honour to support you and to learn about your work as an AIDS counsellor in your township of Imizamo Yethu in Hout Bay, Cape Town.

Anna Khuzwayo is especially excited about the idea since as an AIDS counsellor already working in IY and Hangberg and based at the Hout Bay day clinic she says, “every foot of the climb will be for people she knows”. Rotary has paid for all the hotel expenses, entry fees and porter fees for the climb but needs help with airfares and equipment for Anna.

Howard Manthe, an experienced hiker has been helping Anna in her training. The big issue at the moment is to kit-out Anna with the special clothing needed for the ascent of Kilimanjaro. Required are the heavy-duty boots that Anna will need and such items as the specialised duffel bag for porters and the moleskin socks to prevent blisters. A specific and special donor is needed for such items and also a sponsor for her airfare to Tanzania. R8,000 (Aussie $ 1,450) is what is required and the donor will actually sponsor Anna herself.

Anyone willing to assist and sponsor Anna please contact me directly on 61 2 6927 6027 or [email protected].

THANK YOU ANNA!!!!

Note Bene: Anna is the only climber who requires sponsorship for her costs and for obvious reasons. ALL the other climbers are paying their own way to Africa and associated fees and air fares.

Imizamo Yethu Township where Anna lives:

The view above is of the township of Imizamo Yethu showing new houses being built amongst the shacks.

The corner store in IY a sign of the times for these wonderful people.

Sharon Training

Sharon Training Hard.

Ophir Goldfields camping & hiking weekend – June full moon

The Ophir Goldfields are near Orange in NSW. We had superb weather, surprisingly warm with barely a frost.

Kilimanjaro practice camp – Sharon wants to learn how to sleep on a slope…..

Mini Kili??.......

Sharon exploring mines with friend and pushbike training companion Penny

Tim at Horsham Rotary

Tim Jenkinson on the left receiving the mug for his talk on Kili 28/8 at Horsham Rotary.

Behind the entertainment and travel-log of Mt Kilimanjaro from Tim Jenkinson last week shines another great International Rotary Project. The small RC of Coolamon, NSW are to be congratulated for organising such a fundraiser and I believe it will raise the desired $100,000 readily. Our Directors decided to ’prime’ Tim’s sponsorship with $1000 which will be directed towards the (RFFAA) - ‘Rotarians Fighting AIDS in Africa’.

Looking forward to climbing with you Tim.

Mandy's Marathon

MANDY'S MARATHON.


Well, here I am at the start of this year's Gold Coast Marathon. We had absolutely perfect weather, and had a ball doing this with a few of my mates. We did a cracking pace, (well, I thought it was fast...), and did the 7.5 k's in 1hr and 5 mins. Tad hard on the knees though, pounding the road...I'd much rather walk on what nature made!

Good on You Mandy!