In early January, Kenna began his ascent up Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa, with a team of of nearly 300 men and women, including fellow musicians Lupe Fiasco and Santigold, actors Jessica Biel and Emile Hirsch, plus scientists, United Nations representatives and experienced mountain guides. The journey was documented on “Summit on the Summit: Kilimanjaro,” which premiered on MTV Sunday night. It’s refreshing to see MTV finally air something substantial. If you didn’t catch the premiere read on to learn more about the Summit and how you can get involved today:
The Summit on the Summit is a mission that probably sounds familiar. The name has been ringing in our ears ever since nearly a year ago when Kenna announced that he would be undertaking the mission to climb the mountain in an effort to raise awareness about the global clean-water crisis, which affects more than 1 billion people on the planet and kills nearly 4 million every year, with Lupe Fiasco and Justin Timberlake. And if you didn’t catch news articles flying left and right, I’m sure you caught eye of their HP commercial.
*HP commercial
Over the course of the past year, the members of the hike changed, the date was altered, but the goal remained the same: draw attention to the global water crisis by filming a documentary taking audiences on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, exposing them to new knowledge and engaging them in the struggle to address and solve this global clean water crisis. That crisis being: A billion people live without clean water. A child dies every 15 seconds due to lack of clean water.
*Trailer
*Why this is important to Lupe?
Now that they’ve climbed back down the mountain, Kenna and his team continue the fight for clean water, lobbying Congress for additional funds to battle water-borne diseases, and urging concerned citizens of the world to educate themselves to the growing crisis. And you can get involved too by *Texting SEND to 90999 to donate $10 to the UN Foundation on behalf of Summit on the Summit to provide 1000 liters of clean water.*
For more information visit their site HERE.
Check out Kenna’s interview on MTV HERE
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