My challenge: walking the Camino de Santiago alone
In September this year, I will walk the Camino Francés from Pamplona to Santiago— 713 km over four weeks. This pilgrimage is a personal journey — a chance to reflect, grow, calm my immune system, and reconnect with what truly matters.
Alongside that journey, I'd like to support the endParalysis foundation, which funds pioneering research to restore movement and independence to people living with paralysis.
Please follow my journey and help turn these steps into hope, through a donation.
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About MY challenge
As I prepare for this walk, I find myself thinking about something many of us - including myself - often take for granted until it is affected: the gift of health, movement, and independence.
Over the coming weeks, I will have the privilege of putting one foot in front of the other, day after day, as I make my way towards Santiago. That simple act of walking, which so many of us rarely think about, is something that millions of people living with paralysis have lost or are fighting to regain. That is why I have chosen to support the endParalysis foundation.
I hope that the steps I take towards Santiago can also become steps towards a future with more hope and possibilities for those whose own journey has been interrupted. If you feel moved to contribute, I would be deeply grateful.
Updates
Along the way, I will share updates, photographs, and reflections here, so that you can travel this journey with me.
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About the endParalysis foundation
100% for research!
The endParalysis foundation is a non-profit organisation aiming at accelerating research into curing chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). 100% of all donations collected through this fundraising challenge will be allocated to research projects to cure chronic SCI. How is this possible? Our operating costs are kept low and are covered by donations from our Board Members).
Tax relief possibilities?
We are a non-profit organisation (ANBI status in the Netherlands) which entitles donors to obtain tax relief in the Netherlands, and in other European countries, under certain conditions. If you are taxable in France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium or another European country, please contact us to ensure eligibility for tax relief.
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