If you know Fiona Curdie-Evans you will know she is a determined woman – and she strives to do her best. In September 2017 she will be taking on the extremely challenging Kokoda Trek for Mates in Construction NSW. This trek is a 96-kilometre challenge through the jungles of Papua New Guinea to raise money for suicide awareness and prevention in NSW.
This trek is not for the faint hearted, but Fiona is up for the challenge. As the CEO of Mend Services, Fiona knows too well the hardships facing the construction industry.
This trek is not for the faint hearted, but Fiona is up for the challenge. As the CEO of Mend Services, Fiona knows too well the hardships facing the construction industry.
Did you know that every year 190 Australians working in the construction industry take their own lives? This means we lose a construction worker every second day to suicide. Fiona says “THIS HAS GOT TO STOP”. Mend Services works closely with Mates in Construction NSW, offering full support to their program. Fiona’s inspiration to participate in this trek is to honour her late grandfather, Leslie Benjamin Smith, OBE & RAAF Principle Air Chaplain,
who served in Papua New Guinea during 1942-43.
Fiona has the will and determination to endure the adversities as experienced by her grandfather and many of our Australian servicemen who served in Papua New Guinea during this time. For much of 1942 and 1943, some 75 years ago a staggering 5,866 Australians lost their lives, while 29,100 were evacuated, injured or were taken ill. Fiona will be swapping her heels for hiking boots to walk through mud, to deal with leeches, continuous rain, mosquitoes, crossing dangerous creeks and struggling through tough terrain. Fiona will take that all and more in her stride, because she has inherited her grandfather’s stoicism and courage, and she will proudly wear her grandfather’s medals on the trek in his honour.
The Master Builders Association NSW will be supporting Fiona’s efforts for this worthy cause and we hope you will too. Mend Services will be seeking corporate sponsorship and fundraising opportunities.
Please support Fiona
https://mateskokoda2017.gofundraise.com.au/page/FionaCurdie-Evans
Update
As of 1 November 2017 Fiona Curdie-Evans had raised $3,461.00 of her $5,000.00 target. Well done Fiona.
who served in Papua New Guinea during 1942-43.
Fiona has the will and determination to endure the adversities as experienced by her grandfather and many of our Australian servicemen who served in Papua New Guinea during this time. For much of 1942 and 1943, some 75 years ago a staggering 5,866 Australians lost their lives, while 29,100 were evacuated, injured or were taken ill. Fiona will be swapping her heels for hiking boots to walk through mud, to deal with leeches, continuous rain, mosquitoes, crossing dangerous creeks and struggling through tough terrain. Fiona will take that all and more in her stride, because she has inherited her grandfather’s stoicism and courage, and she will proudly wear her grandfather’s medals on the trek in his honour.
The Master Builders Association NSW will be supporting Fiona’s efforts for this worthy cause and we hope you will too. Mend Services will be seeking corporate sponsorship and fundraising opportunities.
Please support Fiona
https://mateskokoda2017.gofundraise.com.au/page/FionaCurdie-Evans
Update
As of 1 November 2017 Fiona Curdie-Evans had raised $3,461.00 of her $5,000.00 target. Well done Fiona.
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