How Lesli Berggren Honours the Beautiful Memory of Her Son, Nils
Lesli Berggren, founder of LOVE, NILS, shares about her charity’s
motivations and activities.
A charity founded by a mum who lost her son to complications from cancer, launched
this campaign in conjunction with International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
Following its great success last year, the aim of the ‘Shine a Light on Childhood Cancer’
campaign is to raise awareness and funds for children and their families who struggle
with a cancer diagnosis.
Two lucky and very gleeful little ones got to fly with iFly on June 17. Aleesha Syed Faizal
and Violette Chong, both cancer survivors and beneficiaries of LOVE, NILS, took turns
to have the time of their lives under the watchful eye and guidance of iFly Singapore’s
instructors.
In the isolating battle against cancer, a community can provide families with necessary
support to cope with difficult challenges, and to celebrate the happy moments
together. The social connections that come with community relationships give
rewarding perspectives that help strengthen families through the cancer journey.
Check us out on The Apprentice: ONE Championship, episode 11.
Discover NILS’ PALS and the AI-Bot named Claire (named after Nils’ twin sister). Learn
more about what we do and why…and who wins!
How do you cope and where do you find hope when your child is diagnosed with
cancer?
Lesli Berggren talks with VOGUE to create awareness of childhood cancer and support
other mothers like herself who have lost a child to the dreaded disease
Lesli united with other patient advocates and public health experts to share
on empowering patients and caregivers to be equal partners in healthcare decisions.
Singapore Experience Exchange for Patient Organizations.
Thank you to CNA938 ‘Singapore Today’! Our founder Lesli Berggren talks to Melanie
Oliverio and Lance Alexander on September’s International Childhood Cancer
Awareness Month and our Shine A Light campaign!
Hear Lesli share childhood cancer statistics in Singapore: https://fb.watch/8gSozs4n2j/
“Here To Play” is the e-newsletter of the Singapore Sports Hub We’re so grateful to
the Sports Hub for lightning up the Singapore National Stadium in GOLD in partnership
with us to commemorate childhood cancer month!
We thank Expat Living magazine for giving LOVE, NILS a space to share awareness for
our cause and let their readers know how they may support children fighting cancer
with our Shine A Light campaign in September!
‘theAsianparent‘ is a transnational, community-driven portal providing parenting-related
content across 13 countries. We’re excited to be profiled on their blog and be given a
platform to showcase our ‘Shine A Light on Childhood Cancer” campaign in
September! Do join us to raise awareness and funds to help our brave warriors battling
cancer!
We’re proud and honoured that Mr. Patrick Tay, MP for Pioneer SMC and Assistant
Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress, gave an encouraging nod to
our work in the community and mentioned our ‘Shine A Light” campaign for
September’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, in his FaceBook post on 2nd August
2021.
Both our Founder and the finalist of The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition shares with Yahoo! News their connection to the experience of cancer and how they are both motivated to help patients and families who are affected by cancer.
Filipino finalist on The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition, Louie Sangalang, talks
about his connection and experience creating a mobile app and chatbot for LOVE,
NILS.
Wheresrr.com profiles the Filipino finalist of The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition and also have him join our Founder, Lesli Berggren, to talk to the Philippine media about the impact of the chatbot project on LOVE, NILS, and his performance on The Apprentice.
Gadgets Magazine of The Philippines reports on the Apprentice’s finalists’ presentation
to benefit LOVE, NILS!
PhilStar reports on the chatbot project created by finalists on The Apprentice, One
Championship edition.
Our Founder and Executive Director is impressed with their efforts and expressed hope
to deploy the platform in the near future!
Filipino contestant, Louie Sangalang shares with ABS-CBN News his connection with
the community cause of LOVE, NILS.
ABS-CBN is a Filipino media and entertainment group, and they are the Philippines’
largest entertainment and media conglomerate in terms of revenue, operating income,
net income, assets, equity, market capitalization, and number of employees.
Candidates participate in a myriad of exciting business challenges on “The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition”. In episode 11, however, the focus on the business challenge shifts to the community impact of LOVE, NILS!
Yahoo News gives readers 3 big reasons why Episode 11 is not to be missed!
Stoked to be featured on WhatAreYouDoingSG!
Thank you for sharing Lesli’s story and spreading the word about our efforts! We’ll
continue to give our utmost support to children with cancer and their families.
We’re honoured to be the first podcast speaker at
https://woman.theedgesingapore.com/
for THE WOMAN by The Edge
Singapore!
Check out Ep 1: Covid-19 and isolation – ft. Lesli Berggren episode of The Edge
Singapore
https://open.spotify.com/episode/
4nfy9AKUPU56DXkFDTZSGQ…
Want more updates on what we’re up to? Visit https://www.lovenils.org/
School Notices Singapore wrote a feature piece on LOVE, NILS’ annual fundraiser.
Digitally published in the Interviews section.
Thank you Novartis Singapore for making this possible. LOVE, NILS airs live on CNA938
Nightlife radio this Friday Sept 18, 8:10pm -8:25pm! Mark the time on your calendar and
join Lesli on her FIRST national radio feature We’ll see you there!
We are honoured to be featured in the first WOMAN issue of The Edge Singapore.
Thank you for sharing our story so eloquently!
We’re honoured to be featured in the ‘100 Fabulous People’ book to support
the Singapore Cancer Society.
Our very own mummy-daughter duo, Lesli and Claire, will be sharing their personal
stories of how LOVE, NILS began in the book, along with 99 others.
A big thank you to Sassy Mama for inviting our Founder, Lesli Berggren, to share her
thoughts on the ‘New Normal,’ and what this means for the children already confined
to hospital wards.
Thank you to Living in Singapore for helping us create awareness about childhood
cancer.
Thank you to Living in Singapore for helping us create awareness about childhood
cancer.
“How could I bring normalcy back to his life?” The thought that started it all as our
founder Lesli navigated the struggles of life with a child with cancer. Thank you to The
Wellness Insider for providing an inside look at the untold story of childhood cancer
and the ripple effect it has on an entire family.
Thank you to the Bamboo Telegraph Magazine for spreading news about our cause and our SUPER HERO Benefit Nov 16!
Thank you to The Edge for spreading awareness about our cause!
“Love, Nils has expanded, doing more than toy drives. It takes a holistic approach
towards support for families with children who have cancer, offering guidance,
emotional care and social and community support, including art therapy, patient
navigators, and school student involvement programmes.”
Thank you to Expat Living for publishing our story. “It’s all an effort to keep children and
caregivers socially engaged, hopeful and resilient so they know they’re not alone in the
fight.”
Our Founder, Lesli Berggren is featured in the first podcast episode of “The WOMAN Conversation Podcast” by the Edge Singapore, sharing on her experience on isolation and the impact on children with cancer during the Covid-19 pandemic.