‘Climb Up So Kids Can Grow Up’ is a program by the American Alpine Institute (Bellingham, WA) that supports the American Foundation for Children with AIDS (AFCA). AFCA provides relief, services, medical and social support, education and advocacy to children with AIDS in Africa.

Climbers and hikers all across the USA are invited to participate in climbing the highest peak in each of the 50 States during the June 27 - July 6, 2008 Summer Summit program dates. Teams and individuals raise donations from pledges.

For those who can’t participate in the Summer Summit event, a September 20-21 Climbathon is encouraging people to climb, ride, hike or walk up the mountain, hill, rock, wall, boulder or any challenge of your choice to raise funds so AFCA can send anti-retroviral medication to children affected by HIV/AIDS.

Climb Up So Kids Can Grow Up raised over $14,500 for children with AIDS in 2007 … which is the equivalent of giving 38 children daily life-saving medicine for an entire year.

Currently, AFCA partners to deliver HIV/AIDS care in Africa with:
- Mulago Hospital in Kampapa, Uganda
- Archdiocese of Mombasa in Mombasa, Kenya
- Voi Children’s Health Program in Voi, Kenya
- St. Mary’s Mission Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya

Donations can also be made directly at the American Foundation for Children With AIDS website.