Climb Up So Kids Can Grow Up is a a series of outdoor events, including Climb Up Kilimanjaro, Run for Their Lives 5K Run/Walk and Fun Run and Ride for Their Lives Motorcycle Charity Ride, created to encourage children and adults alike to do something healthy for their own sake, as well as the sake of others. Proceeds from Climb Up events supports the work of the American Foundation for Children with AIDS (AFCA).
AFCA is a non-profit charitable organization that helps HIV+ children, their guardians and HIV+ pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa who have no other access to aid. AFCA provides critical medications to treat AIDS and related illnesses, medical equipment and supplies, nutritional supplements, and emergency supplies that are requested by the institutions in our targeted areas.
Currently, AFCA is working in Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo. AFCA's partners include:
- Tandala Hospital - Tandala, Democratic Republic of Congo
- St. Mary's Mission Hospital - Nairobi, Kenya
- St. Mary's Mission Hospital - Elementita, Kenya
- St. Therese's Home of Hope - Elementita, Kenya
- CBHC Aids Relief Program - Mombasa, Kenya
- St. Joseph's Home of Hope - Voi, Kenya
- PIDC Mulago Hospital - Kampala, Uganda
- Kilembe Mines Hospital, Kilembe Mines, Uganda
- Cooley Clinic - Papoli, Uganda
- ZOE - Bulawayo, Zimbabwe