Mountain of Food campaign
21 Nation Media Group journalists successfully reached the summit of Mt Kenya in a week long excursion aimed at raising 8 million shillings in a campaign dubbed Mountain of Food intended to boost the Save A Life Fund kitty.
The journalists from Kenya , Uganda and Tanzania were flagged off by the Nation Media Group CEO, Mr. Linus Gitahi accompanied by the Speaker of National Assembly, Hon. Kenneth Marende outside the Nation Centre in Nairobi.
Nation Media Group donated a total of Kshs 3.3 million with corporate partners raised a total of Kshs 5.8 million and individual donors raised Kshs 1.4 million bringing the total sum raised in aid of the 10 million Kenyans facing starvation to over Kshs 10 million.
NMG’s Special Projects Editor, Macharia Gaitho, who was part of the team said reaching Lenana peak was the biggest challenge he had faced recently.
Nation Media Group management and employees thank all individuals and corporate donors for their generous support toward the Mountain of Food initiative.