American Military Veterans Climb Mount Kilimanjaro to Benefit Clean Water

Twelve American Military Veterans and Professional Athletes climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise funds for a clean water supply to about one million people in different parts of the world.

The six-day “Conquering Kili” trek took off on Tuesday of last week said the Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA) in a statement. The goal of the Conquering Kili trekking mission was to empower current and former athletes, military combat veterans, and clean water advocates from the United States of America to unite for a collective impact and better communities by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and raising funds to build sustainable water wells.

It started with Green Beret and former Seattle Seahawk Nate Boyer joining Chris Long in challenging combat veterans and the National Football League (NFL) alumni to join them on a new mission – that of conquering Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro.

Each new Conquering Kili class accepted the challenge to embark for the summit.

The trek to the summit represents the miles that many African women journey on a daily basis to fetch water for their families.

While training for the climb, each team member worked to raise funds and transform communities through the gift of clean water.

As an example, Well Site #20 is located in Sanya Station in the Kilimanjaro region and was completed in October 2017. This well serves 7,500 Massai villagers and produces 10,000 liters of water an hour. This well was funded by the 2017 Conquering Kili class. It has saved the villagers a 5-mile trip to their previous water source, which equates to 1,643,104 yearly hours saved.

“The availability of clean water in the village will help people spend more time on other development activities, directly impacting the effect of waterborne illness and the social well-being of the whole community,” said Sanya Station, a resident of the village.

This year’s Conquering Kili participants included Calder Kegley, Colin Anderson, David Aberg, Erin Baskin, and Joe Pompliano as well as Joe Witte, Jordan Heath, Kerry Rock, Scott Hardesty, Shane Harris, and Shawn Carter.

According to Ms. Nancy Hopkins, Executive Director of the Chris Long Foundation, whose Conquering Kili is their Clean Water Initiative, the group reached Uhuru Peak, the highest point in Africa on February 26, 2022, and was back in Tanzania’s northern tourist city of Arusha on February 27.

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