Doha: The 7 Adventurers of Vodafone’s My First Amazon Adventure left Doha on August 7, heading to Brasil for a journey of a lifetime.
Mohammed Al Shammeri, Tameem Al Hammadi, Leila Al Tamimi, Noor Al Mohannadi, Maqdeem Al Naama, Aisha Al Naama and Mohammed Adel Al Naimi volunteered to go on a 21-day trek across the Brasilian Amazon at the end of which they will build a school for one of the remotest communities.
The adventure will see inspiring role model, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Thani, mentoring the young Qataris aged between 17 and 24. Vodafone Qatar, in partnership with Mediadante, announced the launch of the Adventure in June. The initiative is Vodafone’s local edition of personal Firsts, aligning with Vodafone Group’s global Firsts platform.
Firsts, initially launched by Vodafone Group in January 2014, is all about human endeavour and achieving something remarkable for the first time enabled by the use of Vodafone technology.
The group will be seen climbing one of the highest mountains in Brasil, cutting their own path through the jungle, making shelter for the night, fishing for piranhas, finding their dinner in the rainforest, making a fire and canoeing from one place to the next; all to arrive at the most important challenge: building a school from scratch. The physical challenges they will face will reshape them forever with the cultural experience of working with the local community in Brasil by building the school and having the greatest impact.
Throughout the journey, Vodafone Qatar will post daily feeds on social media platforms to update followers who can communicate with the adventurers via Twitter handles: @tameemfirsts, @mohammedfirsts, @aishafirsts, @maqdeemfirsts, @noorfirsts, @leilafirsts and @samifirsts. The Qataris will return on August 28.
More information can be found at www.vodafone.qa/AmazonFirsts
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