Why a chicken?
In the culture this child is from, people call sweet little babies "sweet little chickens".

International 21-Day Challenge (Run, Walk, Swim, Cycle, ...) and
One-off Walks for Hamta

21-Day Challenge (Run, Walk, Swim, Cycle, ...)

Choose your challenge

Get active - Walk, run, swim, cycle, skip every day and slightly increase it every day for 21 days.

Get muscles - choose from press-ups, crunches, burpees - do 5 on day 1, do 6 on day 2... can you get to 25?

Commit to the challenge, record your daily progress on Strava, join our team of fundraisers, and use your hobby to save a young child.

A series of Walks

Join us for one or more of these walks from any part of the world:

Sat 25^th Sep 2021 (10K)
Sat 9^th Oct 2021 (10K)
Sat 16^th Oct 2021 (10 K)
Sat 23^rd Oct 2021 (10K)
Sat 30^th Oct 2021 Challenge Walk (25K- from Ely to Cambridge)
Sat 6th Nov 2021 (10K)
Sat 13th Nov 2021 (10K)


Aims of this event:

• increase public awareness of SMA
  
• raise the money Hamta needs to buy the medication which can help save her life.
• pave the way for other similar campaigns
  

Where?

Anywhere in the world. Follow us on Instagram @international_walk_for_hamta and either join us live on Instagram or post videos/pictures of you doing the walk or other activities and tag us/mention us in your post/stories.

Who is Hamta Rostami?

Hamta is a sweet little girl born with SMA Type I (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) in Iran. Hamta is a very strong child and has been fighting for her life since her early days. To help her win this fight, she needs a type of medication to help her win this battle. Unfortunately, the only treatment option currently available to her is the world's most expensive drug, known as Zolgensma, which costs a staggering $ 2.3 million. Importantly, the drug is only effective up to two years of age, meaning Hamta only has a couple of months left to receive it to get maximum benefit. Please donate now, and save an innocent young child from living an insufferable life. We thank you in advance.

What's the organiser's story?

After a long period of depression, in August this year, my wonderful doctor from Iran (surprisingly, a gynaecologist not a counsellor) helped me find my feet and add exercise to my life. I went from not being able to do more than 10-15 min walks in my first days to doing between 15-20K daily at the moment, and this is something I’d never imagined I’d be able to do in such a short time. Now I have decided to turn my new hobby into something which can help other people in my home country, and am doing my first campaign in the loving memory of the sister my doctor lost in July and one of my inspiring former university lecturers (both beautiful souls we lost to Covid-19 in July 2021).

Walking is a symbol for me; the symbol of taking steps and reaching a certain target, and we’re doing it internationally because we believe every life on this planet matters and we are all one.

How can I help?

There are many ways to help:

• Join us for any of the events you like from any part of the world.
  
• Become a member of our fundraising team, show your friends what you're doing and encourage them to donate to the campaign to support the cause.
  
• Donate to this cause if you can.
• Send the link to your family and friends and ask them to consider donating to the cause.
  
• Follow us on Instagram and share/like/save our posts to help us more people see the campaign.
  
• Spread the news by sharing our posts and updates on your social media channels and tag us in them.
• Invite others to do the same.

These events are organised in the loving memory of my amazing doctor's sister, and my wonderful university lecturer, the two beautiful souls we lost to Covid-19 in July 2021.