Many hands make light work
Story by Petra de Mooy.
Since beginning Fleurieu Living Magazine
in 2011, we have had many amazing
contributing writers and photographers.
During production of issue two, Heidi
Lewis from Heidiwho Photos came
forward to offer her photography services.
Each issue since has featured her images and it has been so
rewarding having her as part of our team. Heidi has an amazing eye
and a can-do attitude that makes her easy to work with. She is also
up for any challenge. In the seven years I have known Heidi, I think
she has been travelling for close to a quarter of the those years.
Whether it is with family, friends or ‘on assignment’, she likes to
get off the beaten track. In 2018 we sent her into the bush, during
winter, to walk for five days on the Kangaroo Island Wilderness Trail –
actually, to be fair, she volunteered. I don’t think there would be many
who would do this alone. The sense of adventure is real with Heidi.
In April, she will don lycra and head to Thailand. She has been
training hard because she will be riding 500 kilometres as part of
the Australian-based charity The Hands Group. Heidi will ride as
part of ‘The Family Law Project Team’ which is headed up by her
cousin. The sixty-eight riders across all of the teams will fundraise
close to $350,000 to support the New Life project – an orphanage
in Kanchanaburi, located near the Thai-Burma border in western
Thailand. More than fifty children call Kanchanaburi home and
many have come from difficult situations: sexual abuse, substance
addictions, slave labour – or they simply have no family to care
for them.To participate in the fundraiser, each of the riders has to raise $5000.
‘I am always looking at different ways of giving back,’ says Heidi.
‘It is my way of being a better person and making the world a
better place.’Even the smallest donation will help. Let’s get her there!
https://www.handsgroup.org.au/my-experiences/event/business-
blueprint-thailand-ride-2019/7286/Above left and top right: Kanchanaburi, located near the Thai-Burma border in western Thailand is home to more than fifty orphaned children. In April this year, Heidi Lewis
(bottom right) will ride 500 kilometres to raise funds to build an orphanage there.