Belleville Military Wife to Climb Kilimanjaro to Help Women

Date Posted: Sunday, February 21, 2016

On March 2, 2016, Leia Johnson will set out March 2 with 14 other women and one man in hopes of reaching the 19,000-foot summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania by March 8, International Women’s Day. The team of climbers wish to highlight the trouble women face in areas of conflict in Syria, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan. Leia is also the founder of "Somebody’s Mama," an nonprofit that sponsors women’s empowerment projects around the globe. "Somebody's Mama" collaborates with a sister group "One Million Thumbprints," which also helps women become independent.

Read the full article at: The Washington Times