So tomorrow I leave for South Africa!! It's scary to think how fast the time has gone since accepting Project Trust's offer to be a volunteer back in October 2017 after a selection course on the Isle of Coll. Ten months of fundraising and finishing high school later, I'm faced with my next challenge - packing. I think I underestimated how difficult fitting a years worth of clothes, shoes and random items into one rucksack would be.
As this is my first blog post I wanted to give you some background information on my project placement. I will be based at Outward Bound South Africa along with two other Project Trust volunteers (Talitha and Scott) who I met on the South Africa training course at the start of July back up on Coll. While volunteering we will be helping the instructors in the day to day running of the centre supporting them with walking, climbing, kayaking, abseiling and camping along with various other outdoor activities. Our project is quite special as we will also get to travel with OB as they have five different bases across South Africa, however the main base where we will head first is located on the coast in the Western Cape in a small town called Sedgefield.
I cannot wait to spend the next year volunteering, living and experiencing the Outward Bound life but none of it would have been possible without the help I have had from so many people! Endless thank yous go to anyone who helped me with my fundraising, no help was too little and it really meant a lot to me!
Hopefully I'll be able to regularly update this blog along with my Facebook page (I've included a link at the bottom of this post) throughout my year in South Africa whenever I get hold of WiFi. I am also setting myself the challenge of writing a diary during my year away, which will hopefully provide inspiration for future posts here about my travels.
Once again a massive THANK YOU to everyone and I'll speak to you next from South Africa!
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