 Kilimanjaro is Africa's tallest peak |
Pupils from a Nottingham school destroyed by fire are taking on a new challenge - to help youngsters in one of the poorest parts of Africa. Youngsters from the Wheldon Comprehensive School in Carlton will climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for more teachers at the Simbwe School in Tanzania.
Wheldon students are currently studying in temporary classrooms after the school was destroyed by fire in December.
A new school worth �8m should be finished by September 2004.
One of those taking part in the African fund-raiser is 16-year-old Danielle Carroll.
She said: "I've been very interested in climbing it most of my life so this is going to be a great achievement for me."
A huge volcano and Africa's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro sits on Tanzania's northern border with Kenya.
Its summit is 19,340 feet (5895 metres) above sea level.
Simbwe School is on the mountain's lower slopes and Wheldon has had a special relationship with the school for several years.
A Wheldon spokesman said: "We are trying to help the school get off the ground because it is a new school in a poor area."
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