200km run in Bhutan for RUN HK

Amanda Noubel / Fundraise for RUN

It doesn't only happen to others. Stand with refugees and asylum seekers!
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  • $10,000

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  • Avinash Ranjan

    $50.00 / 1179 days ago

    We all should endeavour to support the causes like this . Thanks Amanda for making this effort . You make us all proud

  • Mark Saunders

    $1,030.00 / 1360 days ago

    You smell

  • Amanda Noubel

    $1,030.00 / 1413 days ago

  • Kathleen Weisman

    $1,000.00 / 1435 days ago

    So proud of you Amanda, and of the admirable and impactful work of Run. Bravo!

  • Tracy Kreidler

    $385.00 / 1489 days ago

  • Tracy Kreidler

    $51.50 / 1494 days ago

  • Jessica Roper

    $412.00 / 1519 days ago

  • Duncan Darroch-Thompson

    $1,030.00 / 1524 days ago

    And you said no more crazy running things... ;-)

  • Jocelyn Tsao

    $1,000.00 / 1554 days ago

    Supported you for Cambodia, so of course for Bhutan too! (except this time I’m comin’ with ya!) 😊

  • Lawrence Wong

    $1,030.91 / 1554 days ago

    Epic challenge for a wonderful cause. Supporting you all the way!

About 200km run in Bhutan for RUN HK

Time for a new challenge! In May 2022, I will be heading to Bhutan to run 200km (with +7,000m elevation) over 6 days. 

I am choosing to raise funds for RUN HK, to support the amazing work they do rehabilitating refugees through sports and education. Why should we help refugees and asylum seekers? Because what has happened to them can happen to anybody. 

A few years ago, I started volunteering with RUN and met some truly inspiring men and women. As we became friends, they shared some of their stories that struck me as strangely familiar. My mum's family was in Algeria since its colonisation by France in 1830. 5 generations later, the war of independence broke out and my grandparents had to flee their home with their children and a few belongings, to a country they had heard of but never been to: France. My mum was 1.5 years old at the time. 

I grew up knowing this part of my family history, but never truly understood what they went through until I spoke with some of RUN's participants. Although our stories are not the same, we left our homes and friends behind and our lives turned upside down, and no one knew what lay ahead. If you look into your own family history, you might be surprised to find that similar events happened not too long ago. 

It doesn't only happen to others. Let's stand with refugees!

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