Project Hope - UNCHARTED S01E05

02 February 2026

Inspired by Leman Hope and the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust, the Lichtfuss family starts sketching a local version: Project Hope – a multi-day sailing adventure for young cancer survivors in Melbourne.

The goal: offer a clinically meaningful experience proven to boost confidence, outlook, social connection, and life skills—basically, a true restart.

They write the concept up (full pitch on their website) and quickly realise the problem: this is too big a project to build in their spare time, which is already overflowing with Scouts and sailing.

Project Hope is parked. But the ideas, contacts, and questions refuse to go away. They simmer quietly in the background.