Having waded through numerous rivers, conquering treacherous mountain passes, and powering through vast open plains, the Kingsley Holgate Foundation has reached its first major milestone in its Afrika Odyssey Expedition. And what a journey it has been so far – approximately 1 700 mosquito nets have been distributed in Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, constituting the Southern African leg of the expedition.
In June this year the foundation embarked on its latest humanitarian expedition aimed at preventing the spread of malaria in Africa. Travelling in two Defender 130 D300s, the heroic adventurers will embrace the seemingly impossible, traversing an estimated 50 000km of the harshest terrain and off-road routes across 12 African countries to distribute mosquito nets in high-risk communities, with a special focus on pregnant women,…
