CU Representatives Take On Mount Kilimanjaro, Urban Violence.(Diary entry)

From: Credit Union Journal | Date: March 26, 2007 | Copyright information

MOUNT KILIMANJARO, TANZANIA -- A group of 32 people, including representatives of United Nations agencies, the United Nations FCU, and World Council of Credit Unions, scaled the heights of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness and funds for UN-HABITAT, which supports urban safety projects for at-risk youth in East Africa.

UNFCU Member Service Representative Tim Challen, who works in the credit union's Geneva, Switzerland, branch, shared some of his diary entries with Credit Union Journal. "I first decided to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in May 2003. However, a week before I was due ...

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