Boris Strecansky
Welcome to the website of Swimathon! Swimathon is a four-week community fundraising campaign culminating in a community event that, this year, will NOT be held in and out of water in a pool due to the pandemic situation, but ON SOLID GROUND. During the campaign fundraising “ambassadors”, including me, are inviting you to be part of an exciting initiative and support a good cause. In addition to taking on a four-week, personal challenge in a sport activity of choice, targeting a minimum distance (see categories below), we're also fundraising to help these programs turn into a reality.
As a native of Bratislava, Slovakia, I have witnessed many of the social and economic challenges that the country faced on the path of its socio-economic transformation including those related to cynicism towards private initiative for public good, institutional weaknesses, also corruption, clientelism and other unfair practices in business and politics that deepen the inequalities and social injustice. I feel strongly about the values of autonomy, civility and freedom as expressed by collective efforts for common good. Therefore supporting efforts of Roots and Wings in developing community foundations in Hungary makes a lot of sense to me. In 30 days I want to walk 150 kms.