Spirit of Service: Channeling passion for Adventure with a sense of Purpose – FOCUS Challenge4Life

FOCUS has made a huge difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, and I had seen it first-hand. If there was a cause for which I would face the “impossible” this was it.

– Faridoun Hemani

One year after completing the 2013 FOCUS Challenge4Life, Faridoun Hemani recalls the adventure, the pain and the sense of accomplishment that he and 57 other participants shared during their Summit to Sea adventure.

“You can do it,” said my friend Shamsah Lalji. She had signed up, and was now trying to convince me to take on the FOCUS Challenge4Life 2013 in Malaysian Borneo.

“I don’t think so,” I replied. Dubbed the Summit to Sea Challenge, it was an adventure for a good cause that involved hiking to the summit of Mount Kinabalu (South East Asia’s highest mountain), cycling through the hills and white water rafting — a journey that would end at the sea.

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Faridoun Hemani for The Ismaili. Posted on 15 December 2014

About FOCUS

Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS), is an international group of agencies established in Europe, North America, South and Central Asia to complement the provision of emergency relief, principally in the developing world. It helps people in need reduce their dependence on humanitarian aid and facilitates their transition to sustainable self-reliant, long-term development.

It is an international crisis response agency that assists vulnerable communities to become resilient to disaster through preparedness, response and mitigation.

Focus Humanitarian Assistance is an affiliate of the AKDN.

Challenge4Life is a FOCUS initiative.

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