A COUNTY student is taking on the world's tallest freestanding mountain to raise funds for the same unit that provided high-quality care for her as a premature baby.

Jemima Bright, who is from Sarnesfield and is studying geography at Oxford Brookes University, will climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise cash for the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) in Hereford.

SCBU provides intensive, high dependency care for premature babies. After being born at Hereford at 27 weeks weighing 2.2lbs, Jemima was transferred to Birmingham where she received specialist care.

She then returned to Hereford for ongoing intensive care, before being discharged on her original due date three months later.

The 21-year-old said: "Having spent time in SCBU as a premature baby, I am undertaking this challenge as it is important to me that other families receive the same quality of care as I did."

SCBU are looking to replace the incubators in the intensive therapy unit for extremely premature babies. These incubators will deliver oxygen and humidity, whilst including a lift up hood that will allow doctors to access the incubator without disrupting temperatures.

All donations to Jemima's fund will be directed exclusively to Hereford SCBU via the Wye Valley NHS Trust Umbrella Charity and help contribute to the purchase of these new incubators.

Located in Tanzania, Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa with Uhuru Peak standing at 5,895m.

Consisting of three extinct volcanoes, rainforests, deserts and even glaciers, Jemima will be climbing via the popular Machame Route during a 10-day excursion from August 25 to September 3.

To donate or find out more visit https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Jemima-Bright