{"id":3331,"date":"2016-01-07T14:31:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T14:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/?p=3331"},"modified":"2016-12-21T16:21:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T16:21:36","slug":"topoftheworld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/topoftheworld\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom’s on top of the world"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tom Nichols had more than one reason for feeling on top of the world last month when he completed an incredible journey to raise funds for Self Help Africa.<\/p>\n

Tom, a senior executive at\u00a0Enstar,\u00a0a\u00a0publicly traded company established to acquire and manage insurance and reinsurance companies,\u00a0joined fellow Self Help Africa supporter Karl Wall when he climbed to the summit of Africa\u2019s tallest mountain, Kilimanjaro, in late December.<\/p>\n

He had a special reason to celebrate the spectacular sunrise from the rooftop of Africa too \u2013 for the tough climb came on the first anniversary of a catastrophic road traffic accident that could have cost him his life.<\/p>\n

Tom required extensive surgery after he was hit by an out-of-control car that mounted the sidewalk close to his home.<\/p>\n

\u201cI broke my wrist, elbow, ribs and toes in the accident, and had a permanent titanium rod inserted in my leg from knee to ankle,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cAt first I didn’t fully appreciate the extent of the injuries”<\/p>\n

A long-time supporter and champion of the work of Self Help Africa, Tom resolved to take something positive out of the experience however, and while in recovery, he asked his former colleague and good friend Karl Wall, CEO of Aylesbury Aquisitions and the Chair of Self Help Africa’s New York Advisory Board, to join him on a fundraising climb of Kilimanjaro. His surgeon called the ambition “wildly optimistic”.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had seen the charity\u2019s work at first hand on previous visits to its projects in Ethiopia, Uganda, Malawi and Zambia, but on this occasion I wanted to do something really positive \u2013 both for myself, and for the organization.\u00a0\u00a0What could be better than to take on a challenge and climb Africa\u2019s highest mountain.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tom received incredible support from friends, family and work colleagues for his effort, and has to date generated more than $12,000 to support Self Help Africa’s work.<\/p>\n

Tom Nichols and Karl Wall are both members of Self Help\u2019s US advisory board, and were co-chairs of the organization\u2019s hugely successful Change-Maker\u2019s Ball in New York in 2014.<\/p>\n

You can still donate to support Tom and Karl\u2019s incredible effort by visiting:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.crowdrise.com\/climbingkilimanjarof2<\/a>. All funds raised go directly to support Self Help Africa’s work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tom Nichol had every reason to be happy when he reached the summit of Africa’s highest mountain, last month.<\/p>\n Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[637],"tags":[163,452,710,711,709],"class_list":["post-3331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-africa","tag-charity","tag-climb","tag-fundraiser","tag-kilimanjaro"],"yoast_head":"\nTom's on top of the world - Self Help Africa UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tom is on top of the world for Africa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/topoftheworld\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tom's on top of the world\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tom is on top of the world for Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/topoftheworld\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Self Help Africa UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SelfHelpAfrica\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-01-07T14:31:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-12-21T16:21:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/KiliClimb_850.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"478\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Self Help Africa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@comms\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@selfhelpafrica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Self Help Africa\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/topoftheworld\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/topoftheworld\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Self Help Africa\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/ef27df5dc9e961797418d7a8bf315404\"},\"headline\":\"Tom’s on top of the world\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-07T14:31:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-12-21T16:21:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/topoftheworld\/\"},\"wordCount\":389,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/topoftheworld\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/KiliClimb_850.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa\",\"charity\",\"climb\",\"fundraiser\",\"kilimanjaro\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/topoftheworld\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/topoftheworld\/\",\"name\":\"Tom's on top of the world - 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