Throughout Week of Giving Clouderans throughout the globe took outing of their busy schedules to offer 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 nicely.
Over the Christmas vacation, Remus will likely be embarking on a 3-day trek in Taiga, Mongolia in help of Kids’s Most cancers Basis, a well-known group in Singapore supporting most cancers analysis and households impacted by childhood sickness.
We completely loved studying about Remus’ ardour and connection to CCF, the main points of his upcoming journey and most of all methods we as Clouderans can help his fundraising efforts for this vital 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 likely 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 incorporates numerous terrain and gorgeous landscapes – assume majestic steppe-taiga valleys and rugged peaks to breathtakingly dense boreal forests. Its magnificence is unparalleled in many of the world).
Regardless of the gorgeous surroundings, the trek won’t be straightforward. 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 accomplished many treks however not in practically such excessive chilly situations. This bodily depth is to parallel the each day challenges our younger most cancers sufferers face each day.
Who else will you be touring with?
My spouse and I will likely be trekking alongside different individuals who have been touched by most cancers a technique or one other – academics, college students, businesspeople, caregivers, executives and other people out of the workforce in want of a significant break.
The organizing firm, Past Limits, focuses on charity expeditions and does an unimaginable job assembling a various group of volunteers.
What is going to a “typical day” seem like?
Truthfully, I’m unsure however that is what I used to be advised:
I’m excited to see how it’s in actual life!
That is such a momentous expertise, what motivated you to enroll in such an intense bodily problem?
Fact 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 study that roughly 140-150 kids had been identified with most cancers annually. In a small nation of near 6m those who 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 nicely revered group right here in Singapore they usually 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 Kids’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} baby with most cancers is subjected to.) That yr was additionally the yr I misplaced my mum to most cancers so collaborating on this occasion like this was notably 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 Kids with most cancers and their caregivers – and embrace life. Our fundraising aim is SGD100k and I do know we are able to obtain that!
It is usually motivating to me personally to return to fundamentals, to nature – tracing the steps of Gengis Khan.
What are you hoping to study 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, crucial factor is perspective. I’ve by no means skilled sub 20 or sub 30 levels so I anticipate this will likely be a problem however I’m trying ahead to it! I see it as psychological coaching.
Have you ever ever accomplished 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 luckily for me, I left Nepal 5 days earlier than the most important earthquake. I known as up my information to search out out if he and his household had been protected. They had been protected however misplaced their house and I donated some cash to assist him out.
The next yr, my spouse and I reached out to boost funds for the varsity 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 College provides to the varsity kids dwelling 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 number of porters in fact. It was a troublesome trek up the muddy street, extra for my spouse however we discovered it actually rewarding once we received 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 want to donate – please do! Each donation helps these Kids and their households. It is going to be one of the best and most significant vacation present.
Additionally, Past Limits organizes charity expeditions often. The subsequent one is for the Breast Most cancers Basis.
