A big Thank You for supporting this cause and helping me to raise nearly £3500 for FOCUS... The journey was extremely tough and somehow we made it successfully to Goa from Mumbai in 6 days with camping enroute.. Pretty much 30degreesC plus every day and lots and lots and lots of hills and potholes to contend with... the saddle-numbness has just about worn off!! But it was worth every bump and bead of sweat for what was a truly humbling experience for a worthwhile cause :)

Thanks for visiting my fundraising page.

I am off to India over the New Year's holiday period, taking part in Bike4Life 2008, to help raise funds for FOCUS. The challenge is to ride from Mumbai to Goa which is 550 km (342 miles) over 6 days... that's over 90 km a day! The roads are going to be tricky and journey will certainly be tough... so I would really appreciate your support in helping to raise funds for the charity. I will be paying for my own costs so all your sponsorship will go to FOCUS.

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

FOCUS is an affiliate of the Aga Khan Development Network ( www.akdn.org). Underlying the establishment of Focus by the Ismaili Muslim community is a history of successful initiatives to assist people struck by natural and man-made disasters in South and Central Asia and Africa.

You might be interested to know that as part of a collaboration with AKDN in response to the tsunami of 2004, FOCUS has started to implement a programme to enhance the state of disaster resilience and preparedness among affected coastal communities. The programme aims to strenghthen the capacities of communities, local self governing councils and district goverments to prepare, mitigate, prevent and respond to natural and man-made disaters; reduce vulnerabilty from health and hygiene risks; establish linkages with key stakeholders and disseminate knowledge and best practices while enhancing gender equality in the programme area.

For more information about FOCUS please visit www.akdn.org/focus.

Thank you for your support!

Munawwar