The Kilimanjaro Development Center is a multi-purpose project with three key areas of focus: Tree planting, education and sport activities.
Each area of focus is described below, alongside their relation to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
The land will have a devoted space for educational activities. There will be established a classroom where it is intended that approx. 25 schoolchildren will have the opportunity to get educational support. For example, bookkeeping and communications training will all be part of the curriculum.
All donations in relation to education will help make sure that the local youth can get the educational support they need.
Donations will also help provide accommodation and food for volunteer teachers who will visit the land to teach the youth in topics such as English and mathematics. The volunteer teachers can, for example, be students who are taking an education to become a teacher. Contact has already been made with a University College in Denmark and discussions on a possible collaboration are initiated.
This aspect of the project will support SDG 4, target 4.1.
The Kilimanjaro Development Center will have dedicated outdoor space that schoolchildren and young people can use for playing sports and taking part in other activities, such as training. This will support SDG 3, target 3.4.
An example is an 8-day course where youth groups of up to 15 persons will take part in outdoor adventures and learn skills that will amplify their positive and constructive impact on their communities. Activities include, among others, rock climbing, trekking and team building
Supplementary crops that can provide a source of food by planting fruit trees if viable.
Various sports activities for schoolchildren and youth.
Establishment of an outdoor learning centre to offer homework assistance to local schoolchildren.
Plant trees and neutralize CO2 emissions.
Working together with partners who will help make sure that the project grows and becomes a success
The Kilimanjaro Development Center will support four Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs):
PDAid Foundation and The Big Climb – two independent non-profit organizations (NGOs).
The Kilimanjaro Development Center is a three-fold project within tree planting and supplementary crops, education and sports activities. The aim is to provide a platform for youth groups from disenfranchised communities in East Africa, and beyond, where they will have an opportunity to experience the great outdoors and receive educational support as well as determine sustainable solutions for their respective communities, in hand with local and international experts.
The Kilimanjaro Development Center has a dedicated team and an advisory board as well as supporting partners who will all help make sure the project grows and becomes successful and sustainable. See the team here.
The Kilimanjaro Development Center (KDC) is an environmental and educational project, managed by two non-governmental organizations (NGOs) – the PDAid Foundation and Kilimanjaro Initiative.
