As I turn a quarter of a century this year, i've decided to embark on my most challenging adventure yet. Come November, i'll be trekking 200km across the Lut desert in Iran... ON FOOT (haha!) with a team of wonderful ladies as part of the Women on a Mission (WOAM) Iran Expedition 2016. Our team will be attempting to become the first all-female team in recorded history to cross the Lut Desert!

The Lut desert also happens to be where the hottest recorded spot on the Earth’s surface is, according to NASA. Marco Polo travelled through it around 1271, as did British explorer, Wilfred Thesiger, in 1964 — but both used camels, WE WILL BE ON FOOT. O.O  (just sayin' again hahaha im still trying to wrap my head around it)

So whyyyyy am I doing this right? A huge part of this journey is raising awareness and funds for Women for Women International (WfWI). An independent humanitarian organisation, WfWI provides women survivors of war, civil strife and other conflicts with tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency. 

My colleagues would know me as an active advocate for gender diversity in the corporate space, as part of the Women's Committee at work. This time, i'd be rallying support around women who, due to circumstances, might not even have had the opportunity to be part of this corporate sphere. Let's be a part of creating opportunities for them, with WfWI. The ladies on this trek and I are trying to raise 100 000 SGD, so i'd verrrrry sincerely appreciate it if my friends and family contribute however you can in support of my journey and cause.  

4th OCT UPDATE: SPECIAL MENTION, BLOOMBERG WILL BE MATCHING ANY SUM I RAISE UP TO 5000 USD!!! So so thankful to be working in a company that is very sincerely committed to giving back to the communities we are a part of. 

xxx all my love

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What your money could buy

£5 could provide the building blocks of education: a notebook, pen, pencil and ruler for 2 women in WFWI's programme.

£13 could pay for enough vegetable seeds to cover 30 acres and enable a woman to feed her family and sell produce at market.

£22 could pay for a bakery basket, containing equipment and supplies to enable a woman to set up her own small bakery business.

£33 could pay for literacy training. When a woman learns how to read and write, she is able to run her business with confidence.

£49 could pay for a sewing machine, to help a woman set up a home tailoring business and provide an income for her family.

£163 could pay for a bee-keeper basket, with all the supplies needed to set up bee-keeping business.

£327 could pay for a chicken-coop, to enable a woman to run a poultry business from home.

£650 could pay for poultry training, to give a woman the skills she needs to care for poultry and raise money through the sale of eggs and chickens.

£3,000 could pay for a greenhouse, for a woman to grow organic herbs to sell at market.

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For more info:

1) Trip (http://www.secretcompass.com/expeditions/womenmission/)

2) Women on a Mission  (http://www.womenmission.com/)

3) WFWI (http://www.womenforwomen.org.uk) and (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iarxgcit0gU) 

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