HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2002--On July 4th, a group of ACE Limited employees and associates will climb to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise money for The ISIS Foundation, a Bermuda-based charity that assists children in Nepal and Uganda through health and educational projects.
Each member of the expedition has committed to raising at least $10,000 for The ISIS Foundation and many of the climbers have already exceeded this commitment. ACE Limited plans to match the money raised by the ACE employees who participate in the climb. This match will bring the total raised for The ISIS Foundation to more than $250,000.
The idea of the climb and the decision to link it with The ISIS Foundation comes from Edmina Bradshaw, at ACE Limited.
"Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro will be an extraordinary personal milestone," says Bradshaw. "But the true value of this expedition comes in channeling our efforts into a worthwhile social cause. It is extremely gratifying to play a part in The ISIS Foundations' mission to make a positive difference in the lives of children in the developing world."
"This climb and the fund raising efforts around it are a true test of endurance and commitment," said Brian Duperreault, Chairman and CEO of ACE Limited. "The climb will require the same qualities which are very important to an effective corporate culture; agility, creativity, ethicality, intelligence and strength. The ACE Group of Companies is proud to contribute to such a worthy endeavor."
The ISIS Foundation is delighted and honored to be the beneficiary of the project, and looks forward to supporting this adventurous undertaking. "We are very excited by this project," said Audette Exel, Chief Executive Officer at ISIS. "The funds generated, along with ACE's generosity, will assist us enormously with our projects, and thus help out hundreds of children who are in very disadvantaged circumstances."
If you are interested in learning more about the expedition, or would like to sponsor the charity through this project, please contact Simon Albert at Charity Challenge in the UK, on simon@charitychallenge.com.
The ISIS Foundation is a charitable trust whose mission is to make a positive difference to the lives of children in the developing world, primarily through health and education programs in Nepal and Uganda. The ISIS Foundation is unique in that it is a research driven, focused organization which has all its head office administration costs paid by its `parent' organization - ISIS Limited - a finance and consultancy business, established for that purpose at the same time as the Foundation in 1999.
The ISIS Foundation works in Nepal and Uganda, in partnership with a range of non-Government organizations, all of whom are screened and monitored closely.. Projects undertaken in Nepal include the building of a school, school hostel, and health post in the mountains, and a range of health and education projects in both the mountains and Kathmandu. In Uganda, projects are based at a rural hospital, and include HIV/AIDS care, the building, staffing and development of a Neonatal ICU, and community based health care initiatives. For further information see
www.isis.bm.
CONTACT: The ISIS Foundation
Leonie Exel, 441 232 9001
leo@isis.bm (from
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