The fourth Kilimanjaro challenge starts on Tuesday when 14 young people start their climb of the tallest mountain in Africa, hopefully reaching the peak on September 6. The group leave Malta tomorrow afternoon.

Coordinator Josef Grech told a news conference this morning that the group will be passing through different kinds of terrain, including forests.

The challenge, which is being held for the fourth time, aims to raise funds for an orphanage in Kenya to help children with HIV.

The group was so far on track with the required funds. It planned to collect 65,000 euros and 45,000 have already been collected so far.

Rising 19,340 feet above sea level, Kilimanjaro lies 205 miles south of the equator and stands on Tanzania’s northern border with Kenya.

The 'Kilimanjaro Challenge' is an initiative of 'Reaching Out', a support group to the 'Missionary Movement - Jesus in Thy Neighbour', a Malta-based NGO that supports more than 300 projects involving children in Ethiopia, Kenya and Braz

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