Throughout Week of Giving Clouderans throughout the globe took trip of their busy schedules to offer again and help causes significant to them. For a lot of colleagues, nevertheless, 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 properly.
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’s 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 comprises 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 way of 30-50 km of rolling hills and rugged, mountainous terrain. I’ve achieved many treks however not in practically such excessive chilly situations. 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 technique or one other – lecturers, 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’s going to a “typical day” appear like?
Truthfully, I’m unsure however that is what I used to be informed:
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?
Fact is, my spouse signed me up! And the final time we did one thing significant collectively was in the course of the Nepal Earthquake in 2015. I attended the briefing and was astonished to be taught that roughly 140-150 kids have been recognized with most cancers annually. In a small nation of near 6m people who quantity astounded me. I felt prefer it was one thing I may assist tackle.
I selected to help CCF particularly as a result of they’re a properly revered group right here in Singapore they usually do such significant work. My first involvement with them was precisely 10 years in the past after 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 boost 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 yr was additionally the yr 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 boost consciousness and funds for CCF to help Youngsters with most cancers and their caregivers – and embrace life. Our fundraising aim 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 completely different and I’ve discovered to count on the sudden. 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 perspective. 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 achieved one thing just 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 key earthquake. I known as up my information to search out out if he and his household have been protected. They have been protected however misplaced their dwelling and I donated some cash to assist him out.
The next yr, my spouse and I reached out to boost funds for the college kids impacted by the earthquake at his hometown, a spot known as Dhading. It’s in between Kathmandu and Pokhara linked by one street. We did a small trek at Poonhill with the identical information and moved on to Dhading to ship College provides to the college kids residing some 2,500m up on the mountain. Lengthy story brief, 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 acquired up there seeing the grins and deep appreciation from the kids and their household.
Are there methods for Clouderans to get entangled on this or observe 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. It is going to be the most effective and most significant vacation present.
Additionally, Past Limits organizes charity expeditions repeatedly. The subsequent one is for the Breast Most cancers Basis.
