Movember plays a major role in the life of Dr. Sanjeev Bandi, who, during Movember season – spends considerable amounts of time raising money, writing health related articles and raising awareness for Men’s Health. His achievements over the past 5 years have been extraordinary.
In 2023, Dr Bandi individually raised $71,656 to be Australia’s Highest Individual Fund Raiser again in 2023 and 5th worldwide. Dr Bandi has raised an amazing $644,127 since 2008. He covered 456 kms (7.6 times the 60 kms for the 60 men who die each day globally from suicide every hour) during the hairy month. His Movember page can be found here.
As a team – MOV~ing Mackay Cricket Club raised $93,466 and covered 800 kms of our commitment of 500 kms which is 1.6 times our target and have raised an incredible sum of $886,224 since 2011 as a team from Mackay in regional Queensland and the founding member and highest ever fundraising team in the Movember Cricket Association Challenge having raised $93,466 / $196,021 in 2023 which is 47.68% of the funds raised in a challenge with 76 Teams and 305 members. The MOV~ing Mackay Movember page can be found here.
Early action and prevention are key learning’s to take from the Movember campaign and Dr. Bandi sheds blood, sweat and tears in making the common public aware of the health issues that men face.
Dr Bandi also sources health related articles and posts them on his Movember page to help educate the public on common health topics.
Articles from the 2023 and 2024 Movember campaign can be found here.