Tanzanian People & Culture

Posted by on Oct 11, 2010 in Philanthropy | 0 comments The Tanzanian people in the village of Uraki are generally very poor but incredibly friendly and gracious hosts.  The village that we are working in is very tight knit and everyone seems to be aware of the work we are trying to help them with.  The local villagers are very excited about the prospect of having clean drinking water and are willing to do everything they can to make it happen.  We...
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We’re Ready to Go!

Posted by on Oct 11, 2010 in Philanthropy | 0 comments We’ll it’s hard  to believe but a week from now, our group of 4 climbers should be on the ground in Tanzania preparing to start up the Lemosho/Western Breach route toward the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro.  The whole idea of this trip began for me during a holiday dinner with the Klotsche’s last year.  “I’m planning to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro next fall! What do you think?” Al asked about...
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Mt. Kilimanjaro Climb Itinerary

Posted by on Oct 11, 2010 in Philanthropy | 0 comments Mountain Day 1 – Forest Camp (8,817′) From town we drive several hours over highways, then dirt roads, and finally narrow dirt tracks to the Londorosi Gate where you will sign in with the rangers.  A short drive further to Lemosho Glades brings us to meet your porters and start the hike. From here we’ll walk about 4 hours through the forest to our camp. A picnic lunch will be provided...
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Journal Entries from Kilimanjaro Climb

Posted by on Oct 11, 2010 in Philanthropy | 0 comments Friends Family, We are sorry that communications on the mountain was not as we expected.  We are now down safe and sound after successfully summiting the roof top of Africa.  It was simply amazing.  We hope you enjoy reading about our journey. (Al) Day 8 – Final Day! Today was supposed to be a light day of four hours of hiking coming off the mountain!  I can tell you that descending 4,500...
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Water project updates

Posted by on Oct 11, 2010 in Philanthropy | 0 comments Oct/10/2010 – Ndatu Village had a community meeting to discuss the Uraki Water Project preparations. One of the primary meeting objectives was to select the new Karamu – Uraki Water Committee from the community. The Community members selected Mr. Lee to become Coordinator, and also appointed the Watoto Foundation Manager, Head Master Uraki Secondary School and Head Teacher Uraki Primary...
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More about Corvus

Posted by on Sep 3, 2010 in Philanthropy | 0 comments we help Executive Management and their people take their businesses to new levels of performance delivering results on a scale and at a speed the company would not be able to achieve on its own.  What would otherwise take the company alone years to realize is accomplished within months. We transform operational performance by helping our clients use their existing assets more ...
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