Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Weekend Extra: Moose Jaw couple to participate in Kilimanjaro Climb for Life

Keith and Rynette Guillaume will be two
of 23 climbers to scale Mount Kilimanjaro
 in October for the charity WaterCan.
Submitted photo

By Lisa Goudy


A Moose Jaw couple has found a mountainous inspiration from the adoption of a young child from Ethiopia.

When Moose Jaw’s Rynette and Keith Guillaume adopted their son, Zaid, from Ethiopia a little over a year ago, he arrived in Canada with a water borne disease called giardia. Giardia is an infection of the small intestine.

“We were really fortunate here in Canada that we were able to access the antibiotics and successfully treat it,” said Rynette, manager in operations for SaskWater. “But for other children that remain in Ethiopia, they’re not as fortunate to have the opportunity to any of those medical attentions that they require.”

The Guillaumes are two of 23 climbers who will scale Mount Kilimanjaro in support of the Canadian charity WaterCan this October as part of the Kilimanjaro Climb for Life. WaterCan is a charity devoted to fighting poverty by helping the most impoverished people have access to clean water, basic sanitation and education on hygiene.

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