Our Mission

To host a world-class trail run on Mount Kilimanjaro that models the sustainable integration of endurance racing, tourism, and social good.

 

Global Awareness

Mount Kilimanjaro is a beacon directing our attention towards climate change, deforestation, clean energy, and clean water. Kilimanjaro Trail Run champions these global issues and demonstrates how runners can appropriately shoulder the responsibility of caring for both our neighbors and the planet we share. 

Local Good

  • Relationships and collaboration are key in effecting lasting change. The way forward is by walking alongside others, not in front of them.

  • Our initiatives uphold the dignity of our neighbors by providing them both ownership and choice.

  • Through education-based interventions, we increase capacity for problem-solving, thereby investing in the future.

  • Appropriate solutions benefit individuals, communities and the planet, today, tomorrow and in the future.

  • We make scale possible by ensuring adoption in neighboring communities is inherent in our work.

 

Our Goals

Sport & Tourism

  • Make world-class trail running on Mount Kilimanjaro accessible to international runners.

  • Further develop the sport of trail running in Tanzania and East Africa.

  • Expand the trail system for running (and cycling) on Mount Kilimanjaro.

  • Showcase Tanzanian hospitality and promote tourism on Shira Plateau of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Social & Environmental

  • Raise awareness and educate the public around global issues of climate change and their appropriate solutions.

  • Connect socially conscious brands and development organizations for networking and ideas exchange.

  • Improve our neighbors’ lives and protect the planet by funding appropriate interventions in Tanzania.

  • Offset our carbon emissions through appropriate and local solutions.