Mar042009
The Big Red Nose Climb 2009
In the run-up to Red Nose Day on 13 March, Chris Moyles, Fearne Cotton and seven other brave celebs will head to Africa for one of the biggest challenges of their lives.
Joining Chris and Fearne will be Cheryl Cole, Kimberley Walsh, Alesha Dixon, Ben Shepherd, Ronan Keating, Denise Van Outen and Gary Barlow.
They’ll be walking for seven days to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise money for Comic Relief - and they want your help.
They need every Radio 1 listener to get behind Chris, Fearne and the other climbers. Click to find out how to donate.
The money raised from the Big Red Nose Climb will be spent 40% in the UK and 60% in Africa.
The money in Africa will focus on tackling the huge problem of malaria - a disease which kills a child every 30 seconds in Africa.
Malaria is the most widespread, potentially fatal disease present in the world today. In Tanzania, where Mount Kilimanjaro is situated, malaria is the leading killer of children.
In a population of 38 million, there are more than 16 million cases of malaria each year, causing up to 80,000 deaths of children under 5 years of age.
Insecticide treated bednets markedly reduce child illness and deaths from malaria in areas where malaria is common. Bednets can reduce episodes of malaria in children by half, and deaths from malaria in children by one-fifth.
Watch the climb videos here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/rednoseday/2009/
Check out how you can take part in Red Nose Day 2009 and get more Big Red Nose Climb info.
Please give what you can.
congratulations for climbing the kilimanjaro mountain the more money you raised the less people suffered with malaria
Comment by nicole — March 27, 2009 @ 11:59 am
hiyah peeps hope you had a good climb hope you all enjoyed it raising the money you did but you all made it to the top and most of you did suffer but your all ok now
Comment by nicole — March 27, 2009 @ 12:01 pm