The Kawama people in northern Zambia, for example, need support.

Although 22,000 people live in Kawama, there are just 3,000 homes, and the intense heat and a lack of water mean crops don鈥檛 grow and very few can afford to keep cattle.

But industry charity the COINS Foundation, working in co-operation with community leaders, is setting up projects to help the people meet their most basic needs, mostly using money raised through the 3 Peaks Challenge.

If enough funding is generated by teams entering this year鈥檚 event, Kawama鈥檚 free school for orphans and vulnerable children will be extended to create three new classrooms.

A fresh water and sanitation project will also be set up, and there are plans to build facilities for regular clinic visits to provide medical support to local people, plus the training of community health visitors and midwives.

And in Zambia鈥檚 capital, Lusaka, the COINS Foundation, working with Cure International, a charity set up by a British orthopaedic surgeon, is hoping to launch a training and employment project for disabled youngsters.

鈥楧isabled people still face a huge stigma in Zambian culture, so the money will go help the community understand that disabled people do have something to offer, and can do a normal job,鈥� said Ric Law, director of the charity.

To hike for the people of Kawama plus other communities in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda, the COINS 3 Peaks Challenge takes place on 9/10 May. For more information and details on registration visit .

l For more on the COINS foundation and projects that have previously been supported, visit the website .

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