Berty

Hi, I'm Berty. Founder of the Cars For Hope charity organisation. I drive a 1999 Honda S2000 and 2018 Honda Civic Type R FK8. Based in Sydney, Australia.

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You don’t have to say sorry for what you love, how you laugh, how you dress, how you speak. You don’t have to be sorry for being yourself. 

Do it fearlessly. It’s time to accept this is you, and you gotta spend the rest of your life with you. Start loving your sarcasm, your awkwardness, your weirdness, your unique sense of humour, your everything. You are enough.

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Join the Cars For Hope movement with a face mask you can wear proudly everyday. Featuring a simple logo motif on the right hand side of the face mask to help start a conversation and share your story.

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You are not too much or too hard to live. You are enough.

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There’s something about driving late at night. Words can’t explain why but it’s calming. It’s good for the mind.

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March 1, is Self-Injury Awareness Day, and the entire month of March is designated as Self-Injury Awareness Month. - 17% of all people will self-injure in their time - There are over 33,000 yearly cases of hospitalised injury in Australia due to intentional self-injury - The number of self-injury presentations to emergency departments across all ages has increased by 9.3% in a year, with young children representing the largest portion of age groups - 115,221  years of potential life was lost to intentional self-injury in 2019 in Australia

There are thoughts who hate, and they divide, and they feed off of people who don’t fight back. Yeah we could laugh this off, but what about the girl who can’t? Who’s gonna help her? Silence only makes them stronger.

We created #THEORANGEFFECT campaign because we all need a little help sometimes. We encourage everyone to take this opportunity to talk about self-injury and mental health. Ask the questions everyone else is afraid to ask. Talk about it in a way that is accurate and respectful.We’ll be louder than self-injury.

Find out how you can play your part: www.theorangeeffect.com.au

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When was the last time you went for a drive just because? Instagram: @carsforhope

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I am living a story. I will not give up.

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Try to surround yourself with people you like and build cool stuff with them. Because in the end, what you do isn’t going to be nearly as interesting or important as who you do it with. 

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Berty Nghiem Cars For Hope 99 Honda S2000

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Ride on board with me for a lap of Winton Motor Raceway at H Nationals 2019 in my Honda S2000. On Bridgestone RE71R street tyres we stopped the clock at 1:34.62 which was over 4 seconds faster than the year prior! Class 2 winners - Berty Nghiem Cars For Hope 99 Honda S2000

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My name is Berty (I’m the one on the far right). I went to school at Cecil Hills High School. I have a best friend… at least I used to. Cecil Hills is just a place somewhere in the world. Maybe it’s a lot like your world, maybe it’s nothing like it. But if you look closer, you might see someone like you. Someone trying to find their way. Someone trying to find their place. 

Sometimes we feel too much. I know I do. And my friend Annabel did, too. She struggled with self injury and believed that the world had forgotten about her. 

Sometimes it seems like you are the only one in the world who’s struggling, who’s frustrated, unsatisfied and barely getting by. But that feeling’s a lie. And if you just hold on, and find the courage to face it all for another day, someone or something will find you and make it all okay.

Today, March 1, is Self-Injury Awareness Day, and the entire month of March is designated as Self-Injury Awareness Month. Cars For Hope created this campaign because we all need a little help sometimes. Someone to help us hear the music in the world and to remind us that it won’t always be this way. 

I encourage everyone to take this opportunity to talk about self injury and mental health. Ask the questions everyone else is afraid to ask. Talk about it in a way that is accurate and respectful.If you struggle, you’re not alone. Self injury does not define you. No struggle will ever define you; your story is more than that and you deserve to be free from this pain. You are beautiful, wonderful, incredible, and inspiring. Lovely and lovable.

Today is about remembering that we all have different pains in our lives—there’s simply no way to avoid that. But in our hearts we are the same, and we have been given the gift of going through life with others. We are human, and we exist in this human family. We are not alone in this life.

We are Cars For Hope.


To find out more about the #wearorange campaign, visit: www.theorangeeffect.com.au