#StillRunning

#StillRunning
Life is a marathon, not a sprint - the same is true when going through cancer

From diagnosis to the start line - for the children
The week I publicly announced I was becoming CEO of Fresheo, I privately learned I had cancer. I was lucky. I was old enough to have built a vocabulary for bad news. I had the network, the resources, the ability to navigate the healthcare system, and I was treated - my medical team has cleared me to resume training and run the Brussels 20K on May 31st.

Children diagnosed with cancer have none of that.

They face this disease with a vocabulary that doesn't yet exist for what's happening to them. In a body that doesn't yet understand its own mortality. With parents whose lives stop the day of the diagnosis.

That's why I'm running for KickCancer.

KickCancer is a Belgian nonprofit that funds European pediatric cancer research, focusing on high-impact projects - the kind that can actually change treatment protocols for children with cancer. A small organization, a focused team, capital deployed where it makes a difference. Exactly the kind of investment I want to support.

Every euro raised on this page contributes directly to funding European pediatric cancer research.

On May 31st, I'll cross the finish line of the Brussels 20K. For the children I will represent, help me shorten their wait.

Thank you !

— Zakaria