Living on the edge - Fred
perched atop a volcano in
Indonesia.
MEMBER PRoFILE
Fred Bouwman, CPA, CA
Friend to Orphans, Philanthropist, Wayfarer
After more than seven months and 12,500
km of rugged roads through eight countries
on three continents, it seems almost cruel to
point out that Fred Bouwman is only a quarter
way through his epic solo bike ride around
the planet. But Fred couldn’t be happier.
He’s on a mission to raise funds and awareness for a small orphanage in the Philippines
called Angel House, and nothing will stop
him. Not nasty Australian crocs, not territorial Canadian grizzlies (of which he has a
warranted paranoia—read his blog), and
definitely not a fear of the unknown.
Fred’s most recent job was as vice-president
of an insurance company in Bermuda. It was
there that he saw a film showing street kids
in Manila swimming in rivers of muck winding
through a garbage dump. Within days, Fred had
dropped his old life to volunteer in Tacloban,
Philippines, working with an orphanage.
“Tacloban is a very poor area, with no runni