Friday, February 1, 2008

3 Nigerians set to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro ....To raise funds for HIV orphans

By EMMA EMEOZOR
Thursday, January 31, 2008

Three Nigerians are among volunteers climbing the Kilimanjaro Mountain on Monday to raise funds for HIV/AIDS-orphaned children in Africa.

David Adeyanju, Edem Andah and Ralph Gbobo, all managers of Shell Nigeria Oil Products Limited (SNOP) will join 42 volunteers from other African countries as ambassadors of the 30 downstream companies of Shell in Africa.

The programme tagged ‘Kili Challenge Initiative’ is being organized by SNOP. At a flag-off ceremony held on Tuesday in Lagos, the Managing Director of SNOP, Mr. Banji Ogungbemi told reporters that the ‘Kilimanjaro climb’ is directed towards enhancing the company’s contribution in alleviating the plight of HIV/AIDS-orphans.

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