<div>I am 1 in 10. I am a woman being plagued by a disease that has no cure because of the lack of funding for women's health. This is Endometriosis.
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<div>This year I am on a mission to change that. It has become a birthday tradition to take on an adventure in the name of a good cause. Through wanderlust, I’d like to make a difference again. I also have a sick obsession with destroying/challenging myself for the better of others and raising money for charity.
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<div><strong>The Charities:</strong>
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<div><strong>Endo Found: </strong>EndoFound’s mission is to fund research to develop new diagnostic tools and treatments, and ultimately find a cure for endometriosis. This is why they established their Research Grants program.
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<div>The mission is urgent due to the lack of funding from the federal government. In 2019, only $13 million was allocated to endometriosis research despite 1 in 10 women having the disease. This funding equates to less than $1 per year for each diagnosed patient. On average it takes a woman more than 10!!! Years to get diagnosed! Let’s change that.
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<div><strong>Cool Earth:</strong> Cool Earth exists because right now, the world is in a climate crisis.
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<div>The most effective way to fight back is to protect the best carbon-storing technology that already exists: rainforest. And the best way to do that? Back, support, and listen to the people living there.
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<div>Indigenous peoples and local communities have lived in balance with rainforest for thousands of years and are the real rainforest experts. They are people who face extreme injustice whilst living on the front line of the climate crisis.
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<div>Cool Earth exists to give cash direct to rainforest communities, to fund projects that create choice, tackle the root causes of deforestation and protect vital carbon sinks.
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<div>It’s time to give back to the people, to protect the rainforest and fight the climate crisis.
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<div><strong>The Mission:</strong>
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<div><strong>The Morocco Monkey Run</strong>
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<div>I am about to ride a tiny 50cc monkey bike and wobble forth into the Sahara with the <a href="https://www.theadventurists.com/monkey-run-morocco/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Monkey Run</a>. Then force it over the Atlas Mountains and finish in a dusty cloud of glory just outside Marrakech. Expect sweaty desert, endless plains, snow capped mountains, river crossings, back roads twisting through epic gorges, bike-mangling off road tracks, and lots of camels. 1 week of chaos with a goal to make it to the end and change the world while doing it.
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<div>I had my Endo surgery in February and that gives me 8 months to heal enough to do this ride. (I’ve had to push it off once already)
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<div><strong>My Adventure History: </strong>
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<div>In 2019 I drove through 37 countries with the Mongol Rally for Cool Earth and Save a Child's Heart. In 2021 I ran through 30km of Bali Jungle with the Million Meals March to bring meals for those in need in Bali. In 2022 I motorcycles to the Mt Batur Volcano with the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride to raise money for prostate cancer and men’s mental health. And finally, in 2023 I kayaked 13km along Bali's coast to raise money for ROLE to give an education to Bali’s impoverished women.
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<div>Join me to <strong>MAKE A CHANGE</strong>!
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