Doha team to climb Kilimanjaro to raise awareness about organ donation

The Peninsula Qatar
DOHA: On Qatar National Day, a Doha-based team will start their journey to Africa to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in the continent, to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation.

Michael Arbow, a Canadian working as a lecturer at the College of the North Atlantic-Qatar, is the father of a child born with cystic fibrosis.

His daughter, Elspeth, required a lung transplantation to save her life after her lung function deteriorated. Four years ago, thanks to modern medicine and the sacrifice of an organ donor, Elspeth received a double lung transplant. Today at 17 she is a college student and actively enjoying her first year at Canada’s University of Toronto.

This inspired Arbow and a team of fellow Canadians, including Lori Burns and Don Bastarache, to climb Mount Kilimanjaro; the rooftop of Africa.
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