A TEAM of 21 Acacia staff, friends and family led by Chief Executive Officer, Brad
Gordon, are embarking on the journey of a lifetime to reach Uhuru Peak; the
summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, to raise funds for education.
Through its CanEducate, a charity that
provides educational sponsorships to impoverished and at-risk children in developing
countries including Tanzania, the company targets to raise $200,000.
As it costs $75 a year to send a student
to school in Tanzania, the targeted donation has the potential to help 2000
students in communities surrounding Acacia mine sites of Buzwagi, Bulyanhulu
and North Mara, who fail to attend schools due to income constraints.
Elaborating further, Brad said for less
than a month, donations were going on so well hoping to attain the target, and
that the company was set to match individual donations by a dollar for a
dollar.
“I am sure that the final figure is
going to have an incredible and positive impact on the lives of children in
Tanzania. If you haven’t done so yet, there is still time to give. We need
those crucial dollars to get us to our target and to give the team 200,000
reasons to make it to the top,” he added.
The
CanEducate initiative started in 2010 covering 158 students at Bulyanhulu and
by the end of 2014 the programme had grown to cover 1,800 students across
Bulyanhulu, Buzwagi and North Mara and has delivered some of the best
performers in various schools in the National Form 4 examinations.
Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, is the
highest freestanding mountain in the World and Uhuru Peak, at 5,895m is the
highest point in Africa. Uhuru means freedom and Acacias believes education
brings freedom through choice, which is why CanEducate is the perfect recipient
of funds raised through the climb.
Notes to the editor
Acacia is the leading gold producer in
Tanzania with three producing mines, all located in northwest Tanzania,
together with several exploration projects at various stages of development,
including exploration land holdings in the highly prospective greenstone belts
in Western Kenya and Western Burkina Faso.
Acacia Mining plc is a UK public company
with its headquarters in London. We are listed on the Main Market of the London
Stock Exchange under the symbol ACA and have a secondary listing on the Dar es
Salaam Stock Exchange in Tanzania.If you wish to support this noble course,
please do so at the following link: http://caneducate.ca/kiliclimb.html.
By Dixon Busagaga ,Michuzi blog representative Northern zone.
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