Support my 300km walk for kids facing cancer.

My Activity Tracking

113
kms

My target 300 kms

'Dulin, this is for you mate.' Forever our guiding star xoxo

I am raising money for this amazing charity that provided my family and I with much needed hope in a heart breaking situation.

Our lives were forever changed when our 5 month old baby boy was diagnosed with a rare form of childhood cancer. Our precious boy - Dulin Yansitha Lakdiv, forever our guiding star.

This was a heartbreak that is indescribable and is every parent's worse nightmare. It became our family's nightmare and one that meant basic things like paying bills and buying groceries were taken care of by Redkite. They came at a time when we were unable to function, and provided us with the necessary and practical support at a time of great need. We are eternally grateful.

Redkite also supplied a Country Road overnight bag to carry essentials such as toiletries and clothing when staying indefinitely in a hospital room with your baby during this unforgettable time. I slept next to Dulin every night, (bar the first week, when my wife did to keep him breastfed), for 4.5 months. The remaining weeks which turned into months, were spent with my wife expressing breast milk and spending all day from 8:30am - 5pm by our boy's bedside, and then swapping with me for the night shift (after being at work all day).

Redkite provided a diary which we used as a form of communication and diarising Dulin's treatments, updates, specialists and served as godsend during a very stressful time, where days became blurry. All these things, along with free ongoing tele-counselling support have made this heart-breaking journey a little bit manageable.

In honour of our precious son - Dulin, and for every other child and their family impacted by cancer, I will walk, run, jog 310 kms in 31 days to raise funds for Redkite.

When a family is told their child has cancer, what they hear is “your child might die”. Every day in Australia, three families hear those words. Not every child will die, but every family who faces childhood cancer is changed forever. Cancer puts families under enormous pressure. It can feel like it’s impossible to hold it together"

I'll be taking action by walking 10km per day in June, to raise money that will help families pay the bills, access emotional support, and more. From day one in the hospital and for as long as it takes, your help ensures that families don’t have to face their child’s cancer diagnosis alone.

Please support me by making a tax-deductible donation to my challenge. Your generosity will make sure that Redkite can provide even more families facing childhood cancer practical and emotional support and care