Thank you for visiting my fundraising page. Between 30th July to 9th August 2009 I am going to be hiking in Kyrgyzstan. The hike is going to be cover 90 km (56 miles) over 5 walking days and will cross a 3600m (12000ft) pass. This is a daunting and exciting challenge for me but the main purpose is to raise funds for FOCUS.

Over the years I have followed reports of FOCUS projects with admiration. To me their work represents the best efforts of the Ismaili community and I am proud of this opportunity to support them with more than just warm feelings. My experience in 2008 as a volunteer in Afghanistan was a hard lesson in the difficulties of charity work in the field. This year I am contributing by raising money.

I am going to be paying my own costs for the trip (about GBP 1500); your donation will go to the charity and not to funding my adventure.

Please click on Read more for donation options -------->

To donate in GB pounds, please click the "Donate now" button above on this page.

To donate in Canadian dollars, please use the following link
http://www.canadahelps.org/GivingPages/GivingPage.aspx?gpID=4619

To donate in US dollars, please use the following link
https://www.justgive.org/giving/donate.jsp?ein=52-1937154 
and designate the donation "Shelina Kanani, Hike4Life"

If you want to donate in any other currency, please contact me directly and I will arrange to accept cash or bank transfers. I hope that this will not discourage you from participating.

You can find more about Focus at http://www.akdn.org/focus. The itinerary of the walk is at http://www.focuschallenge.org/itinerary.html

Thank you for taking the time to read this. If you have any questions, please contact me. If you are thinking of donating, now is the time.

Lots of love, Shelina