Petra has been the key motivation and drive behind the cause of rebuilding schools for children forgotten after natural disasters due to lack of sustained response. Her self-understanding of the power of Mother Nature helps her connect with those in need of aid, empowerment, and hope after their lives have been shattered, as she was blessed to survive a near death experience in the Tsunami. In the Fall of , Happy Hearts Fund merged with All Hands Volunteers to create All Hands and Hearts in order to effectively and efficiently address the immediate and long-term needs of communities impacted by natural disasters.
Sign In. Edit Petra Nemcova. Showing all 15 items. December 26, Had to hang on to a tree for eight hours when tsunami hit Phuket, Thailand where she has been vacationing. She suffered multiple broken bones and internal injuries. Her boyfriend, photographer Simon Atlee, has been killed by the waves. Was engaged to English Actor Jamie Belman.
December 27 Recovering in a hospital near Phuket, Thailand from injuries suffered when a tsunami plowed into the resort where she was vacationing with her boyfriend, fashion photographer Simon Atlee.
A major reason for that is the burgeoning HHF. To date, HHF programmes have already benefited more than 42, children worldwide. The flourishing charity, which focuses on rebuilding schools and young lives, was born following a personal tragedy for the Czech native. Nemcova credits meditation with keeping her calm as she waited for rescue services and now, she speaks of the ordeal with Zen-like wisdom.
Second, I was always living in the future, never in the present, because I was always writing so many lists. After the tsunami, I was able to live in the moment. Third, in life, everything has duality: Water broke lots of debris and crushed my pelvis in four places, so water created pain. But then, when I was holding on to the palm tree and the water [level] was quite high, it was lifting me and taking the pain away.
The frustration of wanting to participate in rescue work but being invalided by her multiple injuries spurred her to think about other ways she could help. The process of getting locals back on their feet is a form of encouragement on its own for Nemcova.
But when a natural disaster happens, it brings the community together and they think: How can we rebuild our community? What inspired you to establish HHF and why did you focus on children and schools?
When I went back to Thailand, what I saw there was that after first responders leave, children can be forgotten without support for a long time. Later, I learned that there are children waiting for six, sometimes eight, years to have a safe school to go to. When you rebuild a house, you help one family; when you rebuild a school, you help all the families in the community — the school also becomes a community centre and a shelter for children during natural disasters.
Despite the devastating blow she was dealt, Nemcova remains a captivating beauty with charm and wit to match and has become an international phenomenon. Since her introduction to modeling, Petra Nemcova has worked with some of the industry's most prominent photographers, most notably, Mario Testino, Gilles Bensimon, Patric Demarchelier, Vincent Peters and Christophe Kutner.
In August she was chosen as the face of a major campaign for the John Lewis department store group in the UK. A survivor of one of the world's most destructive natural disasters, Petra Nemcova tells the inspiring story of what she learned about the preciousness of life and the importance of living in the moment.
She shares the message that everyone has the choice to learn from hardship and use the experience to help make the most of everyday.
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