Nish & Kat climbing Kilimanjaro
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Link to the Media Coverage Photo album
Link to the Training Programme & Healthy Diet Photo album
Link to the Face-painting and balloon modelling Photo album
Link to the Black and White Fundraising Party Photo album
Link to the Tanzania - Mbokomo school project Photo album
Link to the From Machame Hut (3,000m) to Shira Hut (3,800m) - 10th of October 2008 Photo album
Link to the From Shira Hut (3,800m) to Barranco Hut (3,950m) - 11th of October Photo album
Link to the From Barranco Hut (3,950m) to Karanga Valley (4,200m) - 12th of October 2008 Photo album
Link to the From Karange Valley (4,200m) to Barafu Hut (4,600m) - 13th of October 2008 Photo album
My Message
Thank you for visiting our fundraising page and believing that a little insanity and big hearts can work wonders...
In October 2008, we will leave the comfort of our homes behind and attempt to conquer the tallest free standing mountain in the world – Mount Kilimanjaro – in support of ActionAid.
The first three days of this charity challenge we will spend with children at a local school in one of the Tanzania’s poorest communities – Moshi – the very people we are there to help! Then we will begin the climb of Mt Kilimanjaro which towers 5,895 meters above the plains below. During the rise, we will battle altitude sickness while trekking through 5 major eco-zones; including rainforest, alpine desert and glazier.
We’ve decided to take on this challenge in support of ActionAid which is an international anti-poverty charity fighting poverty and injustice worldwide and the causes that ActionAid’s work so tirelessly for every single day are very close to both our heart and we feel that giving up a fortnight of our lives to make a difference to the existence of so many less fortunate people is really no that much of a hardship!
The two of us have pledged to raise a minimum of £6,000 but with your help we hope to raise a lot more! We ask each and every one of you to help us with a donation of some kind, no matter how large or small.
Donating through this site is simple, fast, totally secure and the most efficient way to sponsor us – all donations made via this site will go straight into ActionAid’s bank account.
So please sponsor us now!
Many thanks for your support!
PS: If you would prefer to sponsor us by another method, please get in touch with us directly at nishkat.kilichallenge@hotmail.co.uk.
Donations to date
| Name | Date | Amount | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nik Askaroff | 14/12/2008 | £320.00 | Kat-fantastic effort-hope this gets you to that target. Nik | ||
| Kirsty Collins | 02/12/2008 | £180.00 | Amazing achievement Kat, and all your fundraising efforts were outstanding. Glad you had an amazing experience! xx | ||
| Jonathan Bryan | 02/12/2008 | £20.00 | |||
| Helen Tomes | 18/11/2008 | £20.00 | Better late than never.....I have at last donated!! I am so impressed you did it - go girls - what an achievement!! XXX | ||
| Katy Williams | 14/11/2008 | £20.00 | I got there in the end. Congratulations on such an amazing experience. xx | ||
| michael bristow | 13/11/2008 | £20.00 | |||
| Paul Tench | 06/11/2008 | £50.00 | Well done Kat, amazing! Great to see you on Friday night and thanks for bringing me back a wee Sherpa! Love Paul & Kieran | ||
| Venetia Raval | 06/11/2008 | £40.00 | This donation is from Manish Dabas. | ||
| Peter Viglasky | 03/11/2008 | £100.00 | |||
| Tracy Rees | 31/10/2008 | £20.00 | Well done girls - knew you would do it with the amount of enthusiasm you had! Love Tracy xx | ||
| Ruth Watts | 31/10/2008 | £20.00 | Well done both! You both did such an fantastic job and I am so honoured to have met you and been able to go on such an amazing adventure with you :-) | ||
| Livia Onorati | 27/10/2008 | £10.00 | Well done girls! Congratulations!!! | ||
| Rebecca Lysandrou | 01/10/2008 | £10.00 | Good Luck! Great cause but still think you must be mad!!! | ||
| Marita Parry | 01/10/2008 | £10.00 | Good luck! | ||
| Stewart Mac | 30/09/2008 | £50.00 | Good luck girlies... very proud of you both! Enjoy it!! xx | ||
| C SWANN | 24/09/2008 | £10.00 | |||
| Imrana Khan | 19/09/2008 | £15.00 | Good luck girls! x | ||
| Lorraine Graves | 18/09/2008 | £10.00 | Katarina Your boundless energy and enthusiasm will get you to the top alone! Good luck to you both on this amazing and worthwhile adventure. | ||
| Louise De Mello | 16/09/2008 | £10.00 | |||
| Alix Cox | 16/09/2008 | £25.00 | From Alix, Good Luck Katarina, I am so jealous that you have the courage to do this climb! There will be a bucket of wine waiting for you on your return. xx | ||
| Gerard Greene | 15/09/2008 | £30.00 | kilimanjaro highest peak is at 5895 meters (19340 ft) mad - good luck | ||
| Victoria Petley | 15/09/2008 | £20.00 | Not long to go now... best of luck with the climb! Hope it's lots of fun too. xx | ||
| christopher marc bautista | 04/09/2008 | £50.00 | good luck! hope all the prep pays off... | ||
| Tor Clausen | 03/09/2008 | £20.00 | |||
| Brian Lobo | 29/08/2008 | £20.00 | You go Girl! xx | ||
| Gill Finch | 27/08/2008 | £10.00 | Good luck! | ||
| David Centeno | 17/08/2008 | £30.00 | Good luck to the both of you, you're both mental!! | ||
| Catherine Creasey | 08/08/2008 | £10.00 | Good luck girls! x | ||
| Keith Dorrington | 06/08/2008 | £30.00 | Good luck you two! What a great achievement! | ||
| Terry Kirby | 06/08/2008 | £20.00 | Good Luck Nishma | ||
| bhamini malviya | 05/08/2008 | £40.00 | good luck love Darren, Bhamini, Deepa and Vishal | ||
| Richard Hinchelwood | 05/08/2008 | £20.00 | Good luck Kat! Hope the training is going well. Hope we catch up for beer or a softy soon. All the best I am sure you will do it! | ||
| Danielle Pettitt | 04/08/2008 | £50.00 | All the best Kat. Danielle | ||
| Chris Rice | 01/08/2008 | £5.00 | Don’t forget your beanie! | ||
| Annemarie Hennessy | 31/07/2008 | £20.00 | I'm so jealous Kat, it will be well worth all the hard work (snogging cute boys & the like!) | ||
| Johnson Sze | 31/07/2008 | £10.00 | Good luck and be safe. | ||
| charles saudubray | 31/07/2008 | £25.00 | best of luck girls | ||
| Inge Stockman | 31/07/2008 | £5.00 | Good luck to you and have fun! | ||
| Vivienne Brown | 31/07/2008 | £5.00 | Nishman, You are truly very brave but it is for a worthy cause! All the best, Viv | ||
| Harshad Joshi | 31/07/2008 | £30.00 | |||
| Nishma Raval | 31/07/2008 | £145.00 | Donations made by AP (£5), Hemant Gada (£10), Milind Dhuru (£20), Arati Kurien (£20), Yana Meltser (£20), Amol Bapat (£20) and Alastair Thompson (£50) | ||
| Kirsty Collins | 31/07/2008 | £75.00 | Good luck Kat x | ||
| Kamalraj Kotian | 30/07/2008 | £10.00 | Good Luck | ||
| jill gardner | 30/07/2008 | £10.00 | Good luck | ||
| Susan Gilligan | 30/07/2008 | £10.00 | Good Luck | ||
| Sheila Lothian | 29/07/2008 | £30.00 | Well good luck - treasure each painful step because it will all be worth it for the view!! | ||
| Natasha Daniel | 28/07/2008 | £20.00 | Kat/ Nish - Good luck on the trek and well done for all the fundraising you have done so far. Tash xxxx | ||
| Daniel Wynne | 26/07/2008 | £30.00 | Good luck you nutter | ||
| Bill Chin | 25/07/2008 | £20.00 | Good luck | ||
| Prerana Jain | 24/07/2008 | £10.00 | All the best! | ||
| Karch Yuen | 24/07/2008 | £20.00 | Sorry i missed your ball :) Get climbing girl! Good Luck Karch | ||
| saurabh vyas | 23/07/2008 | £20.00 | Good Luck. | ||
| Sanem Denizalp | 21/07/2008 | £5.00 | go Girls! | ||
| TDI Consulting Thrussell | 18/07/2008 | £300.00 | |||
| Reuben, Joanne and Maya Daniels | 17/07/2008 | £20.00 | Enjoy the adventure and best of luck from all of us! | ||
| Debbie Land | 06/07/2008 | £40.00 | Thanks for organising a cracking night ladies and best of luck. (This includes payment for Dorrington) x | ||
| Nicole Bray | 06/07/2008 | £20.00 | Hi Kat, Sorry I couldn't join you for your Black and White Party. Look like you had a great time. Great to see you a couple of weeks ago. Wishing you all the best of luck with your challenge. Nic xoxo | ||
| Katarina Viglaska | 06/07/2008 | £195.00 | This includes funds raised during Black and White summer party - Julita's bid for Beauty training, Monika's bid for Horse pic, Girish's bid for Vietnam pic, vodka jellies/raffle tickets and Kat's kissing challenge. | ||
| Asha Bashir | 06/07/2008 | £550.00 | Cash Proceeds (Notes) from the Black & White Evening. Nishma & Kat thanks for a good evening and good luck! | ||
| Daniela Gaborova | 06/07/2008 | £25.00 | For the (black&red)painting I bought at the auction-Black&White Party. I can't take my eyes of the painting;) Thanks Kat and thanks Richard for the painting. | ||
| Gavin Followell | 05/07/2008 | £30.00 | Good luck both of you! xx | ||
| Anna Balestrazzi | 26/06/2008 | £20.00 | Kat - all the very best for the 'immense' challenge ahead. I'm certain it will be a wonderful and unforgettable experience; a once in a lifetime adventure :o) Take care xx | ||
| Richard Routledge | 26/06/2008 | £60.00 | Absolutely fantastic effort... hope you exceed your target and have a brilliant time - an experience of a lifetime! | ||
| Andrew Ballance | 25/06/2008 | £50.00 | |||
| Said Sadek | 22/06/2008 | £50.00 | Fantastic effort and great cause. Go for it. Look forward to hearing of your progress in meeting the financial goal and the climb (just for the fun of it!) | ||
| rebecca vaux | 13/06/2008 | £10.00 | break a leg............and watch out for the elephants ! | ||
| Asha Bashir | 03/06/2008 | £30.00 | Good luck to you both! | ||
| Matthew Scattergood-Morris | 27/05/2008 | £10.00 | Bunker Party Matthew Scattergood-Morris matt@screengoblin.com | ||
| Venetia Raval | 22/05/2008 | £40.00 | Hey Nish! This will be an amazing tale to tell in years to come ;) The ultimate quest! Good luck :) Ven | ||
| Kit Gheewala | 22/05/2008 | £10.00 | ...go go go!!! Great job Nish...you are gonna have to tell me all about it as the Kili climb is something that i have always wanted to do as well!! | ||
| gloria santangelo | 21/05/2008 | £10.00 | Good luck to your girls. Hope you have the time of your lives. | ||
| Franco Ofili | 20/05/2008 | £30.00 | Best of luck guys. Lots of love. F | ||
| Mike Hickling | 19/05/2008 | £20.00 | Good luck. I have friends who have been there before and know how hard this will be for you. | ||
| Andrew Polson | 07/05/2008 | £20.00 | Hey Kat! Looks like you are going STRAIGHT to the TOP! Send us a postcard once you get there :p | ||
| Will Ricketts | 07/04/2008 | £30.00 | Good luck, I've heard it's a hard climb. ActionAid is a great charity, I hope you exceed your target. | ||
| Lorna Willis | 07/04/2008 | £30.00 | Good luck from Lorna and thank you for your help in the research for polot.co.uk | ||
| Dinesh Daphale | 14/03/2008 | £25.00 | All the best!! | ||
| Milda Kisieliute | 12/03/2008 | £30.00 | It's an amazing thing that you girls are doing!!! Best of luck tackling that mountain.. | ||
| Wendy Murray | 03/03/2008 | £10.00 | Good luck - I think you're mad but then you think that same about me!! | ||
| Lex Cook | 03/03/2008 | £20.00 | All the best for your amazing adventure. It's a fantastic effort you two x | ||
| Eva Lake | 26/02/2008 | £20.00 | Julita has bullied us all into sponsoring you! No, a little bit of insanity for charity is great, good luck! | ||
| Rob Stross | 18/02/2008 | £20.00 | Good luck guys - kat keep off them smokes now! | ||
| Jenn Brooks | 12/02/2008 | £20.00 | Good luck guys, only 8 months until you can drink again ! | ||
| Phil Ross | 12/02/2008 | £10.00 | nice one guys, awesome challenge | ||
| Anna Fazekas | 11/02/2008 | £50.00 | |||
| Adi Lim | 23/01/2008 | £20.00 | Wish you all the best of times! | ||
| Karl Schliesing | 18/01/2008 | £20.00 | So what's in this for me ? | ||
| Malcolm Dingle | 16/01/2008 | £20.00 | Say "Jambo" to Africa for me! Good luck and enjoy - you'll never forget it :-) | ||
| Annie Dunne | 16/01/2008 | £20.00 | The best of luck to you both, you are fantastic kind people to do this for charity and I wish you both every success. I am sorry I cannot give more at the moment, if I will the lottery you will both be top of my list. Annie (Dunne) XXX | ||
| Graham Wood | 15/01/2008 | £25.00 | Your aiming for a big one there girl - I hope you've started the training...!!! The trip should be a fantastic experience. Good luck. | ||
| Said Sadek | 15/01/2008 | £20.00 | Well done. | ||
| Ketan Tailor | 14/01/2008 | £40.00 | Good luck girls, don't forget to bring back lots of pics! Nish, don't forget, you won't be able to get a cab back down again!! | ||
| Mark Liversedge | 14/01/2008 | £30.00 | Life will never be the same again... enjoy the trip. | ||
| Sabine Kindt | 14/01/2008 | £100.00 | Enjoy the trip, the view and I hope you leave the dogs home. | ||
| emily white | 29/12/2007 | £20.00 | what an amazing adventure...good luck luv ems xxx | ||
| Daniela Gaborova | 18/12/2007 | £30.00 | Good luck girls.All the best with your hard training:) | ||
| SIMON SMITH | 18/12/2007 | £5.00 | GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR ADVENUTRE KIND REGARDS, SIMON | ||
| Philip Hong | 17/12/2007 | £50.00 | I calculate this should fund you for another 50 metres up Kili. Best of luck going all the way! | ||
| John Keeling | 17/12/2007 | £20.00 | Goodluck and get training!! | ||
| Brij Joshi | 14/12/2007 | £50.00 | i'm not impressed at all. but there u go. there are an umpteen number of better things u could have done !!!! haribol | ||
| Jo Veasey | 14/12/2007 | £20.00 | Good luck girls x | ||
| Jen Dunbar | 14/12/2007 | £50.00 | Good luck to you both. I'm so impressed. | ||
| Damien Willis | 14/12/2007 | £30.00 | An inspiring challenge | ||
| GEOFFREY WYNNE | 13/12/2007 | £100.00 | we knew you were crazy.. but not how crazy. good luck with this amazing feat.good luck. we know you can do it. love always 'your family at the elms'xx | ||
| Nicola Bach | 12/12/2007 | £10.00 | Good luck Katarina! | ||
| Amount raised offline: | £1,283.63 | ||||
| Extra money donated through Gift Aid: £ 870.80
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| Total donations: £ 5,583.63 | |||||
