Throughout Week of Giving Clouderans throughout the globe took outing of their busy schedules to present again and help causes significant to them. For a lot of colleagues, nonetheless, giving and volunteering throughout Week of Giving is simply one of many some ways they help the causes significant to them.
We had the privilege of sitting down with Remus Lim, Regional VP of Gross sales in APAC who not solely volunteered alongside his Singapore-based colleagues throughout Week of Giving however is dedicating an upcoming journey to philanthropy as effectively.
Over the Christmas vacation, Remus will probably be embarking on a 3-day trek in Taiga, Mongolia in help of Youngsters’s Most cancers Basis, a well-known group in Singapore supporting most cancers analysis and households impacted by childhood sickness.
We totally loved studying about Remus’ ardour and connection to CCF, the small print of his upcoming journey and most of all methods we as Clouderans can help his fundraising efforts for this necessary trigger.
Inform us a bit about this journey – what is going to you be doing? Who will you be touring with?
This December I will probably be becoming a member of a workforce from Past Limits and embarking on a 3-day trek in Taiga, Mongolia, an obscure however mystical a part of the world that straddles the Mongolian-Russian border. It accommodates numerous terrain and gorgeous landscapes – suppose majestic steppe-taiga valleys and rugged peaks to breathtakingly dense boreal forests. Its magnificence is unparalleled in many of the world).
Regardless of the attractive surroundings, the trek is not going to be simple. We’re anticipating excessive climate that dips beneath -30°C as we traverse by 30-50 km of rolling hills and rugged, mountainous terrain. I’ve finished many treks however not in almost such excessive chilly circumstances. This bodily depth is to parallel the day by day challenges our younger most cancers sufferers face day by day.
Who else will you be touring with?
My spouse and I will probably be trekking alongside different individuals who have been touched by most cancers a method or one other – academics, college students, businesspeople, caregivers, executives and folks out of the workforce in want of a significant break.
The organizing firm, Past Limits, focuses on charity expeditions and does an unbelievable job assembling a various group of volunteers.
What is going to a “typical day” seem like?
Actually, I’m unsure however that is what I used to be instructed:
I’m excited to see how it’s in actual life!
That is such a momentous expertise, what motivated you to join such an intense bodily problem?
Reality is, my spouse signed me up! And the final time we did one thing significant collectively was throughout the Nepal Earthquake in 2015. I attended the briefing and was astonished to be taught that roughly 140-150 kids have been identified with most cancers annually. In a small nation of near 6m folks that quantity astounded me. I felt prefer it was one thing I may assist deal with.
I selected to help CCF particularly as a result of they’re a effectively revered group right here in Singapore and so they do such significant work. My first involvement with them was precisely 10 years in the past once I participated of their occasion, Hair for Hope which is Youngsters’s Most cancers Basis’s signature outreach occasion. It’s the solely head-shaving occasion in Singapore that serves to lift childhood most cancers consciousness and funds. (Each shaven head represents an understanding by a person of the ordeals {that a} little one with most cancers is subjected to.) That 12 months was additionally the 12 months I misplaced my mum to most cancers so taking part on this occasion like this was significantly significant to me and I stayed concerned within the group ever since.
What impressed you to do that?
The passing of Pak Erwin (our GVP for Indonesia) jogged my memory of the impermanence of life. My goal of going for this trek is to lift consciousness and funds for CCF to help Youngsters with most cancers and their caregivers – and embrace life. Our fundraising purpose is SGD100k and I do know we are able to obtain that!
Additionally it is motivating to me personally to return to fundamentals, to nature – tracing the steps of Gengis Khan.
What are you hoping to be taught or expertise whereas on this journey?
Each trek is totally different and I’ve realized to anticipate the surprising. I just like the problem of overcoming obstacles and more often than not, the problem is psychological. Be it for work or in life, a very powerful factor is angle. I’ve by no means skilled sub 20 or sub 30 levels so I anticipate this will probably be a problem however I’m wanting ahead to it! I see it as psychological coaching.
Have you ever ever finished one thing much like this? If sure, did something shock you or encourage you to do that once more?
I did the Everest Base Camp trek in 2015 and happily for me, I left Nepal 5 days earlier than the foremost earthquake. I known as up my information to search out out if he and his household have been secure. They have been secure however misplaced their house and I donated some cash to assist him out.
The next 12 months, my spouse and I reached out to lift funds for the college kids impacted by the earthquake at his hometown, a spot known as Dhading. It’s in between Kathmandu and Pokhara related by one street. We did a small trek at Poonhill with the identical information and moved on to Dhading to ship Faculty provides to the college kids dwelling some 2,500m up on the mountain. Lengthy story quick, we escaped a landslide and needed to get the provides up the mountain by foot. We engaged a couple of porters after all. It was a tricky trek up the muddy street, extra for my spouse however we discovered it actually rewarding after we obtained up there seeing the grins and deep appreciation from the kids and their household.
Are there methods for Clouderans to become involved on this or comply with your trek?
Completely – I’m nonetheless fundraising for my trek supporting CCF. If you need to donate – please do! Each donation helps these Youngsters and their households. Will probably be the perfect and most significant vacation reward.
Additionally, Past Limits organizes charity expeditions commonly. The subsequent one is for the Breast Most cancers Basis.