{"id":174263,"date":"2024-12-05T12:55:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T11:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=174263"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:38","slug":"de-raad-raises-more-than-13000-euros-for-movember-your-moustache-is-a-symbol-of-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/12\/05\/de-raad-raises-more-than-13000-euros-for-movember-your-moustache-is-a-symbol-of-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"De Raad raises more than 13,000 euros for Movember: \u2018Your moustache is a symbol of awareness\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fraternity De Raad, part of the student association RSG, has raised over 13,000 euros during this year\u2019s Movember campaign. The amount surpasses their target of 10,000 euros, which the group had set out to achieve at the start of November.<\/p>\n

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Together, the members of RSG fraternity De Raad grew moustaches for Movember, and together, they shave them off again.<\/span><\/p>

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Last month marked the tenth year in which the members of De Raad grew moustaches to raise awareness for men\u2019s mental health and collect funds for research into prostate and testicular cancer. Business administration student and member Youri Kuhn, who serves as a student ambassador, aims to break the stigma surrounding mental health and make psychological support for men a topic of open discussion.<\/p>\n

Jasper Gombault, who started the fraternity\u2019s annual fundraising campaign ten years ago, has a personal connection to Movember. He lost his grandfather to prostate cancer at a young age and has been raising money for research into the prevention and treatment of the disease since he was 19. \u201cBack when I was a student, RSG members would pay for their 3.50-euro dinners with 5-euro notes, and I encouraged them to put the remaining 1.50 euros into a pot for charity.\u201d After participating in Movember himself for several years, other members of De Raad joined the initiative.<\/p>\n

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Fraternity De Raad of student association RSG after Movember, 2024 edition.<\/span><\/p>

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Participants in Movember do not choose where the funds they raise go. \u201cThe money is sent to Movember, and the organisation distributes it\u201d, says Youri. The funds are not solely allocated to research into prostate and testicular cancer but also go towards suicide prevention. One of the group members lost his father to suicide. \u201cSome of us had recently seen his father at the Rotterdam marathon; no one suspected anything was wrong, and a week later, he was gone.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Youri, men often hide their true emotions, making mental health issues difficult to detect. \u201cMen need to know it\u2019s essential to talk about their feelings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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