Thrive on Kilimanjaro seeks to raise awareness of Thrive’s work and raise $500,000 to plant 5,000 Life Gardens. 

The Problem

2 billion people – including 33% of children – aren’t getting enough life-giving nutrients to reach their full potential and fight disease.

The problem is “hidden hunger” — a chronic lack of vitamins, minerals and micronutrients only whole foods can deliver. Hidden hunger shows up when the first priority is to get food in bellies, and “nutrition” means meal after meal of processed, white grains and corn.

Hidden hunger keeps people from escaping extreme poverty. It causes kids to miss school. It prevents adults from working when they’re chronically ill. And it orphans too many children.

Until now, a nutrient-dense diet has seemed out of reach for the poor.

But with Life Gardens, anyone can grow health.

What is a Life Garden?

A Life Garden, a unique term used at Thrive for Good, refers to an organic, bio-intensive garden intentionally cultivated to grow the most nutrient-dense foods and natural, medicinal plants. It is typically a quarter acre of about 40, 100sqft double dug garden beds where communities can grow healthy, organic, disease-fighting foods, including spinach, kale, onions, garlic, carrots, natural medicines, and more!

Each Life Garden provides:

• 40 community members (indirect beneficiaries) benefiting from the harvests
• 12 trained project members (direct beneficiaries) that maintain the project
• 105 healthy, nutritious meals produced each day and approximately 40,000 per year
• The value of food produced each year approximately $15,000 USD (based on $.38 per meal)

Click HERE to watch a 360 degree video of a Life Garden!

The Virtual Climb Thrive on Kilimanjaro is a virtual fundraiser with a goal of raising $500,000 - enough to plant 5,000 Life Gardens! Participants can join worldwide to help climb the 19,340 feet to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro by climbing stairs, hiking, walking, or running between September 17 - 23, 2021.  Generous sponsors have offered to match up to $250,000 of every dollar donated, so every $100 you raise has $200 of impact! So sign up to climb! You can sign up on your own or sign up a team. We will collectively add up our elevation and see how many times we can summit the mountain together! Each day, you will estimate the elevation you gained during the day and report it to your team captain. Your team captain will report your team's total number to kilimanjaro@thriveforgood.org via email daily. How to estimate your elevation gain: One flight of stairs equals 10ft elevation 1,000 steps equals 250ft in elevation or 1km equals 330ft (100m) in elevation.

Did you know that it takes a total of 154,720 steps to climb to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro and back down?

The Live Climb But wait! There's more!  There will be an in-person climb of Kilimanjaro happening simultaneously, led by the founder of Thrive and co-founder of Natural Calm Canada, Dale Bolton.  It has long been a dream of Dale's to climb mount Kilimanjaro, and this year, Dale and his team will summit at the same time as we climb virtually. It's a 5-8 day climb up to the tallest peak in Africa, which sits proudly at 19,340 feet. Dale and Linda are the founders of Thrive, co-founders of Natural Calm Canada and have been actively involved in ending hidden hunger through nutritious food since 2008. Take Action - Be a World Changer Please join us to take action and be a world changer by signing up to climb! Participate as an individual or a team. We will collectively add up our elevation and see how many times we can summit the mountain together! Make a donation by clicking the “Give” button at the top of this page. Sign up a team or join a team by clicking the “Register” button at the top of this page.

Attention Team Captains! Email your teams elevation gain to  kilimanjaro@thriveforgood.org each day to be in the runnings!

Prizes:

Gather your friends and family to join you in raising money and awareness for this incredible fundraiser and you could win big! The first 20 people to sign up as Team Captains will get a special Just Tea Trio package . Sign up today!

Want to know what else you could win?! Here are some of the prizes we have available:  

• An all-expense trip to Kenya! ($3,500 value x 1 available) - Most money raised. 
• A one week stay at a Penthouse at Walnut Beach Resort in Osoyoos BC! ($3,500 value x 1 available) - Most Elevation Climbed.
• A one-year supply of Natural Calm! ($300 value x 6 available) - Runner ups for most money raised. 
• Vita Garden Gift Certificate ($250 value x 2 available) - Runner ups for most elevation climbed. 
• Team with the most money raised each gets a bag of Level Ground coffee.
• Team with the most elevation each gets a bag of Justea.

Our Generous Sponsors 

Platinum - $20,000 (SPONSORED)

Our lead partnership level with the highest recognition has been sponsored by VITA .

Silver - $5,000 

Our third partnership level has been sponsored by St. Francis Herb Farm and Brightmark.

Bronze - $1500

Our fourth partnership level has been sponsored by KACI - Growth and Revenue Specialists, Optimyz Magazine, and Nelson and Kraft.