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TAA 034: Hiking up East Timor's highest mountain to raise funds for people with disabilities
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TAA 034: Hiking up East Timor's highest mountain to raise funds for people with disabilities
Combining my passion for the outdoors with a good cause. My work often brings me to countries in the tropics. Sometimes just for a few weeks. Sometimes for years. And while a high-tech knee is a great plus when it comes to being active and mobile, they soon hit their limits when water, sand, mud and rice paddies are involved. A simple backup option is needed. And often this can be done locally. As it was in my case, in Timor Leste back in 2009. Here is my story of how building a new prosthesis led to an amazing fundraising hike, that brought in enough money to support three local charities that support people with disabilities in Timor Leste.
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For more information, visit The Active Amputee.
The music - as always - is Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345 Ft: Morusque, Jeris, CSoul, Alex Beroza
To learn more about The Active Amputee, check out the following links
The Active Amputee Blog
The Active Amputee on Instagram
The Active Amputee on YouTube
The Active Amputee on Twitter
The Active Amputee on LinkedIn
The Active Amputee on Pinterest
For more information, visit The Active Amputee.
The music - as always - is Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345 Ft: Morusque, Jeris, CSoul, Alex Beroza
To learn more about The Active Amputee, check out the following links
The Active Amputee Blog
The Active Amputee on Instagram
The Active Amputee on YouTube
The Active Amputee on Twitter
The Active Amputee on LinkedIn
The Active Amputee on Pinterest
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Manage episode 328699563 series 2930964
TAA 034: Hiking up East Timor's highest mountain to raise funds for people with disabilities
Combining my passion for the outdoors with a good cause. My work often brings me to countries in the tropics. Sometimes just for a few weeks. Sometimes for years. And while a high-tech knee is a great plus when it comes to being active and mobile, they soon hit their limits when water, sand, mud and rice paddies are involved. A simple backup option is needed. And often this can be done locally. As it was in my case, in Timor Leste back in 2009. Here is my story of how building a new prosthesis led to an amazing fundraising hike, that brought in enough money to support three local charities that support people with disabilities in Timor Leste.
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For more information, visit The Active Amputee.
The music - as always - is Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345 Ft: Morusque, Jeris, CSoul, Alex Beroza
To learn more about The Active Amputee, check out the following links
The Active Amputee Blog
The Active Amputee on Instagram
The Active Amputee on YouTube
The Active Amputee on Twitter
The Active Amputee on LinkedIn
The Active Amputee on Pinterest
For more information, visit The Active Amputee.
The music - as always - is Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345 Ft: Morusque, Jeris, CSoul, Alex Beroza
To learn more about The Active Amputee, check out the following links
The Active Amputee Blog
The Active Amputee on Instagram
The Active Amputee on YouTube
The Active Amputee on Twitter
The Active Amputee on LinkedIn
The Active Amputee on Pinterest
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