Summit on the Summit Mt. Kilimanjaro raises awareness for the Clean Water Crisis
From the great social media grapevine, we've found out about the Summit on the Summit's Mt. Kilimanjaro climb to raise awareness about the Clean Water Crisis:
Did you know...
- 1 billion people don't have clean water to drink
- More than half of the poor in the developing world are ill from causes related to hygience, sanitation, and water supply
- The daily requirement for sanitation, bathing, and cooking, is about 50 liters per person
SOTSK is raising awarness with the help of a team of well-known advocates: Lupe Fiasco, Alexandra Cousteau, Isabel Lucas, Jessica Biel, Santi White (Santigold), Kenna, Emile Hirsch, Kick Kennedy, Jimmy Chin, Michael Muller, Elizabeth Gore, Simon Isaccs, Bernise Ang, Melissa Arnot, Dr. Greg Allgood, and Jason Walsh
It's day #3 of their climb of 19,331 ft Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. At this point, they've already climbed 13,000 ft and here's the team reporting from camp:
So far, the SOTSK team has raised over 4.5 million liters of clean water. The money raised will go to the following charities: Children’s Safe Drinking Water, UNHCR and PlayPumps International.
Skimble's climbing with the SOTSK team in social media spirit and hope you'll join them in raising awareness.
How can you help?
- Donate: One cent equals one liter of clean, safe drinking water.
- Spread-the-word: social media everything! Mashable has a great post about the initiative. Share, tweet, fbook, and blog to create more awareness! Check out the official Summit on the Summit website, the SOTSK Twitter page including SOTSK Twitter Tools, YouTube channel SOTSVideo, and the SOTS.K Facebook Causes page.
Thanks to the SOTSK sponsors, including HP powered by Intel processors (incl. fun footage of the SOTSK team in Bootcamp training) and Pur Water Filteration Systems.
Good luck @SOTSK team, climb on, and bring clean/safe drinking water to everyone!
