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| Scott Thomson To Raise Fund, Runs Bali-Jakarta |
At the press conference held at Bali Niksoma Boutique Resort, Scott Thomson said the action he carried out was to raise fund for two social charity institutions in Indonesia namely the Cinta Anak Bangsa Foundation (YCAB) and Mary’s Cancer Kiddies (MCK). Similar action was also done in 2010 by running along 250 kilometers in the Sahara Desert, Africa.
“With the support of dozens of sponsors in Indonesia, I managed to raise funds amounting to IDR 3.3 billion for YCAB and MCK,” he said.
Before implementation of the running activity from Bali to Jakarta, the director of one of the Scotland’s leading energy companies claimed to get a lot of support. “I expect all the funds collected can be used for children of Indonesia to improve their health and education. I did this with full of awareness and a greater risk for the Indonesia’s children,” he said seriously.
General Manager of Bali Niksoma, Ketut Astama, said that Scott Thomson was a well established man in his life. However, he did something for someone else by taking advantage of his leave. Then, he selected Bali as the venue. “This event was very positive in creating the tourism image of Bali and Indonesia in general. By all means, it could inspire the other world runners to follow his footsteps. Representatives of the sponsors also came to Bali,” he said.
According to him, the event was very beneficial for Bali. The action undertaken by Scott Thomson could indicate that Bali was still safe because he dared to run from the Island of the Gods to Java. On that account, the Bali Niksoma also supported it. “This is part of our CSR and implementation of the Tri Hita Karana concept (Pawongan),” added Astama proudly. (BTN/015)
