Someone who has made NFP a full-time occupation is Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster, a former banker with Goldman Sachs who was working in Dubai when the financial world crashed in autumn last year. “It seemed like the perfect time to think about where I was going and what I wanted to be doing with my life,” she says…”When I was thinking about how I was going to launch the foundation I wanted it to be something meaningful,” says Carolina, based in London but originally from Connecticut.
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Walkabout Raises $110,000
September 14, 2009
Regular Village readers may recall the Life After the City tale of Carolina Gonzale-Bunster, a former Goldman Sachs analyst who set out on a 31-day trek through Spain to raise funds for her charity, The Walkabout Foundation.
Almost 900km later, Carolina has completed the grueling expedition with her brother, Luis, having raised [...]
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After Carolina’s trip to Haiti, CNN en Espanol reporter Adriana Hauser invited Carolina to join her on the air for an interview on her experience in Haiti and what The Walkabout Foundation plans to do to help the victims of the earthquake. Click on the following link to see Carolina’s interview…
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Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster went live on Bloomberg television on September 16, 2009, discussing her life after Goldman Sachs, The Walkabout Foundation, and her family’s 870 kilometer trek across Spain. Her interview was aired across the world.
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Luis González Bunster es argentino, tiene 34 años y lleva desde los 19 en una silla de ruedas, inmovilizado de la cintura para abajo por un accidente de coche…Este lunes, después de un mes de esfuerzos, va a convertirse en el primer discapacitado en recorrer todo el Camino de Santiago, gracias al esfuerzo de sus brazos.
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Recorrer El Camino A Pesar De Todo
13 Marzo, 2010
Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster tenía 12 años cuando su hermano Luis, de 18, sufrió un accidente automovilístico que lo dejó paralizado. “No tenía la capacidad para procesar tanto dolor; estaba devastada por lo que había pasado pero era una nenita y lo único que podía hacer era estar triste”.
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Thanks to exciting new clinical trials and the recent approval of federal funding for stem cell research, many in the medical community believe, like Luis, that it is now no longer a question of if, but when they’ll find a cure for paralysis. ”Stem cells have always been our best hope,” says Luis. “After Obama’s first bill as president called for funding we have even more reason to be hopeful about their potential.”…Helping fund this type of groundbreaking research is just one of Luis’ goals. He, along with his younger sister Carolina, 26, are undertaking the “Camino” to inaugurate The Walkabout Foundation.
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Upon arriving in the main square (Plaza de Obradoiro) of the city of Santiago de Compostela on August 31, 2009, Luis Gonzalez-Bunster was filmed by Televisión de Galicia. Luis and Carolina’s interview aired that same day across all of Spain as Luis became the first man in the history of Spain to cross the entire country using just the strength of his two arms.
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Matias, 16, is working with Richard Fulton, owner of the Old Greenwich clothing and skateboard store Chilly Bear, to design T-shirts. Proceeds from sale of the shirts, which will cost $15 to $20, will go toward a foundation run by Matias’ sister, Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster.
more>Walkabout traveled to Cap Haitien in the very north of Haiti to donate 25 wheelchairs to Haiti Hospital Appeal. This is a video of a room full of patients singing together in harmony as a means of praying.
On April 12, 2010, The Walkabout Foundation met Shakira who expressed admiration for Walkabout's cause and endorsed its mission.
Clara Martinez-Thedy, the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the UAE, invited The Walkabout Foundation to attend the opening reception in Abu Dhabi as the guest of honor and screen its video of Haiti.
