It’s called an expedition to help girls in crisis and Olympian Cheryl Bernard and other Canadian personalities will climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa for the cause. June 12 has been declared World Day to End Child Labour and this expedition will leave that day to raise money for the charity World Vision.
The charity works “to help girls and women experiencing slave-like labour, early child marriage, sexual exploitation and violence, says a news release.
‘Dirty, dangerous and degrading work’
Climbers will visit communities in Tanzania before the climb to see what World Vision does for young girls forced into “dirty, dangerous and degrading work.”
The team hopes to raise more than its target of $150,000. The celebrities are offering signed photos, social medial shout outs, curling lesson and matching tattoos to entice donors.
168 million children work
The U.N.’s International Labour Organization says recent estimates suggest 168 million children are involved in child labour around the world.
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