Climbing for a cause: A woman’s mission to help Kenyan students

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – A woman from Sioux Center, Iowa, is preparing to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in January to raise money for a nonprofit in Kenya that provides aid to children in need.

Naomi’s Village is a Kenyan home, preschool and K-12 school that serves children in the Great Rift Valley. The organization is currently educating about 500 children and housing 94 who come from underprivileged backgrounds.

They are hoping to raise $200,000 and funds raised from the trip will help pay for students who want to attend university and complete vocational training after graduation…

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