A group of lawyers from Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) – including Sean Weir (the Firm’s National Managing Partner), Christopher Bredt, Bill Carter, Shelley Munro and Michael Smith – has returned after spending two weeks climbing one of the tallest mountains in the world.
The team from BLG climbed Mount Kilimanjaro as part of their efforts to raise $176,000 for CODE (formerly the Canadian Organization for Development Through Education). The money raised will go to the organization’s programs that help support libraries and teacher training in Tanzania as well as writing and publishing books in Kiswahili. The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will quadruple the donation to bring the total to more than $700,000. Weir calls the climb “one of the most difficult challenges” he has faced
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