Put you sneakers on ! Sport and charity challenge

“Need for challenge”

Following my first article "Need for contradiction" in which I encouraged people to say "I don't know", I would like to invite you in this second article to put on your sneakers and help me take up a unique sporting and charitable challenge.

What is this challenge ?

I want to challenge myself and to challenge YOU with the following objective:

The aim is to cover as many kilometers as possible in May (respecting the COVID-19 sanitary conditions). Walking, running, swimming, pedaling, paddling, all forms of physical activity on land or sea (or on lake ??) are accepted !

For each kilometer achieved, you make the commitment to donate 1 CHF to one and / or the other of the Foundations beneficiaries and partners of this great challenge, which are :

• The Private Foundation of the Geneva University Hospitals (@ fondation.hug), which helps nursing staff, research and patients.
• The Fondation Partage (@partage), which provides basic necessities to around fifty Geneva associations active among the most disadvantaged.

More information on these Foundations below. 

A surprise will be organized in June for the person who has covered the most kilometers in May.

As for me, a father of three children and an amateur sportsman, I decided to run 100 kilometers in  May, and to give 1 CHF for each kilometer to each of these Foundations. My alarm clock is set at 05:30 in the morning ! ?? I invite you to join me for this sporting and charitable challenge!

And you, what challenge do you want to launch you? How many kilometers?

How to register for the challenge and donate?

Nothing could be easier:

1. Make a comment below to indicate how many kilometers you want to travel until May 31, and how much you therefore commit to donate to one and / or the other foundations benefiting from this challenge.
2. Make the donation using the links indicated below:

MAKE A DONATION (*) - HUG PRIVATE FOUNDATION

MAKE A DONATION - PARTAGE FOUNDATION

3.          Post a photo of yourself running if you wish ?? 

Why should I participate ?

Why not ? This challenge enables you to exercise, to thank those who work behind the scenes, and to give some meaning to this difficult period with your involvement. I invite you to join me for this sporting and charitable challenge. I need you for this challenge, so put your sneakers on !

A surprise will be organized in June for the person who has covered the most kilometers in May.

What are these Foundations? 

HUG private foundation 

The HUG Private Foundation is the foundation of the Geneva University Hospitals and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Geneva. Its purpose is to finance essential projects in favor of medical knowledge, patient comfort and quality of care for the benefit of all patients. Today, the Foundation is involved alongside the HUG staff and UNIGE scientists in the COVID-19 pandemic.

For donations:

MAKE A DONATION (https://www.fondationhug.org/) (*)

(*) under the 01. Foundation tab; to support them, please indicate the COVID-19-collaborators reference when making your donation. You can also leave a message of support for the teams, it will be sent to them. You can also support research programs carried out within HUG and the University of Geneva, in collaboration with international teams. For this, we invite you to leave the reference COVID-19-Research when making your donation.

Partage Foundation

Partage is the food bank of the canton of Geneva. Since the COVID-19 health crisis started, Partage has been supplying essential goods to about twenty associations that are still open. Thanks to Partage, people and families in financial difficulty can receive free food or hygiene products. Last year, Partage supplied the equivalent of 739,000 meals, as well as 62 tonnes of hygiene products to nearly 9,800 people on average each week.

For more info:

https://www.partage.ch/2020/04/08/covid-19-aide-durgence-alimentaire-a-geneve/

For donations:

MAKE A DONATION (https://www.partage.ch/donations/) 

Conclusion

To challenge is to provoke the fight, to surpass oneself, and to refuse to give up.

Let’s get involved collectively, keep our promise, show our strength ; and let’s not forget those who work behind the scenes, as well as those who are in difficulty. Let’s take a step forward with our sneakers !

Experts Without Borders (www.expertswithoutborders.org), a non-profit association, embraces the values of the United Nations Millennium Declaration by Kofi Annan. We cannot wait in a do-nothing attitude, and we want to get involved in our own way.

We also want to thank and highlight the wonderful work carried out by Experts all over the world. This collective intelligence is remarkable. Now, it is up to us to keep on implementing  this great wave of solidarity. It is our turn to help those who helped us. Your involvement is essential for the success of this challenge. 

So now, let’s put our sneakers on ! Once again, thank you all, and a special thanks to those who work behind the scenes.

Maxime Lagane

CEO

Experts Without Borders

Non-profit association, World Federation of Experts

www.expertswithoutborders.org