Maria Conceição in conversation on stage
Get involved

Join the climb.

Bring Maria to your stage, put your company behind a student, host a dinner in your city or give your skills. Every route ends in the same place: a student in a classroom.

Speaking with impact

A keynote that funds a student.

Every keynote Maria gives funds a named outcome, such as one student's school year. Audiences can give through a simple link at the end of the talk.

  • The keynote: resilience, leadership and audacious goals, told through her climbs.
  • Books for attendees: signed copies as gifts for your audience or clients.
  • A matched giving drive: your company matches what the room gives.
Maria Conceição speaking on stage

Over the years at Boardroom by EMIR, we've hosted world-class speakers. Prime ministers, ministers and Global CEOs. Yet there was only ever a standing ovation for one speaker: Maria Conceição.

Trevor McFarlane · CEO, EMIR

Maria speaking at Harvard
Harvard
Maria on stage at TEDx Dubai
TEDx Dubai
Maria in conversation with Samir Geepee
In conversation with Samir Geepee
For companies

Put your company behind a student.

Companies have funded climbs, bought Maria's books as gifts for clients and sent students to university. Here's how to partner.

Title sponsor

Cover an expedition's costs and tell the story live to a global audience.

Named scholarship

Fund a student from school to graduation, and meet them along the way.

Your Everest team

Enter staff teams each May and match what they raise.

Payroll giving

UK employees give from gross pay, and many employers match it.

Companies that have supported Maria Mashreq GEMS Education LOUIS VUITTON CHANEL
City Chapters

Bring base camp to your city.

Small volunteer groups where Maria's supporters live. Each chapter hosts one or two dinners a year, fields a Your Everest team and introduces companies to the foundation.

Dubai

Maria's home. Events run with a licensed UAE charity partner.

London

Home of our UK charity and trustees.

Lisbon

With our Portuguese branch.

New York

With our new US foundation.

Start or join a chapter

Books

Every copy funds a classroom.

Maria's books tell the story in English, Portuguese and Arabic. During the K2 climb she set out to sell 8,611 copies, one for every metre of the mountain.

Cover of A Woman on Top of the World
A Woman on Top of the WorldMaria ConceiçãoENPTBuy (UAE store)Portuguese edition
Cover of Butterfly Stories
Butterfly StoriesStories from MCF studentsENBuy (UAE store)
Cover of Butterfly Stories 2
Butterfly Stories 2Stories from MCF studentsENBuy (UAE store)
Cover of Altered Path
Altered PathENAsk about this title
Cover of The World Needs Superheroes
The World Needs SuperheroesSamira HammadiENBuy (UAE store)

A share of the proceeds from every book goes to the foundation. Buying for a team or event? Ask about bulk orders with signed copies.

Volunteer

Give your time or skills.

Tell us how you'd like to help: hosting, introductions, professional skills, mentoring students or starting a City Chapter.

We reply within two working days.