“My challenge is just to row across the Atlantic Ocean”

When you think about things that have been taken or stolen from you, you get angry and upset. But what if at the age of only 5 your life was threatened by a dreaded disease to which there was no cure. What then?

I am constantly reminded of the pain and suffering that the children and their families go through when cancer has struck a family member, so I use that energy to help me find a way to help. Now when things get tough, as I prepare myself for the ultimate test of strength and endurance, I say to myself with a smile on my face, “I’m rowing the Atlantic”.

Knowing that every stroke counts towards finding that cure and helping ease the pain and suffering of so many kids, makes it all seem like such a small achievement. How they can endure something which they cannot comprehend is far beyond me. We simply have to find a cure.

Andrew Abrahams

Atlantic Challenge – 2013

Next year I face a challenge – rowing the Atlantic…but really that is nothing in comparison to the survival others face. Every year children all around the world suffer in hospitals from dreaded diseases, car accidents, and misfortune. The pain, the suffering and parental anguish is happening every day. Their challenge is generally for life; my challenge is just to row across the Atlantic Ocean to help.

My name is Andrew Abrahams, and I am competing in a rowing race across the Atlantic Ocean to raise much needed funds to help kids enjoy the wonderfull advantages of life today! I am no special athlete or finely tuned military person. I am an average person that has a burning passion to help others.

I know you can make a difference in the world if you are willing to try!!