Our Work
In one of the Swahili dialects, Kilimanjaro also stands for ‘Haiwezekani ku’ meaning: ‘Cannot be conquered’. Climbing a mountain is one of the greatest personal challenges, and fighting poverty by means of education is a personal challenge we as a group have taken.
We started out with one step at a time, and with the continual support of our well wishers, friends and people like you – who believe that education is the surest way out of poverty, we have been able to accomplish a few milestones.. We have yet to reach the peak.
Peak 4 Poverty has:
- Supported 217 orphan and vulnerable children who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS
- Financed 24 years of education for 23 students:
- 44% girls and 56% boys
- 15 primary school (Grade 1 – 7) and 8 secondary school (Grade 8 – 13)
- Assisted six orphanages (Click here for orphanage profile)
- Dar ul Muslimeen (Morogoro)
- The Anglican Tanga Deanery HIV/AIDS control project (Tanga)
- Soure Collegina Santa Familia (Collegine Sisters of the holy family) (Tanga)
- Diana Women Empowerment
- Ansaar Muslim Youth Center (Tanga)
- Keko Orphanage (Dar Es Salaam)
- Hiked 1426 miles on Mount Kilimanjaro as part of our semi-annual fundraizing event!! – That’s from Los Angeles, CA to Des Moines, IA
Peak 4 Poverty continues to locate and approve new recipients of the funds we raise who meet the goals of our organization. We would like all of our contributors to be aware that our Board of Directors uses its discretion in locating and approving recipients of these funds. The Board of Directors’ goal is to approve funds in a manner consistent with the purposes of our organization
