Our usual blogger was seconded to a project site to take a few photos and get a tan, so apologies this is a tiny bit late!
This is your essential guide to project life, and where all the participants and staff have gone in Phase 1.
The Malaysia expedition is split up into three phases and participants will have the opportunity to work on a community project, an environmental site and take part in a challenging adventure phase over the course of the summer.
It’s all here - tropical rainforests with the wildest flora and fauna nature has to offer, some of the world’s best diving, friendly villagers, great food…..
Alpha 1: Kampong Paus
Project teams will build a kindergarten for the children of Kampong Paus. The village already has a primary school but there are no pre-school facilities. Raleigh is working side by side with PACOS Trust (a grass roots community based charity) who will help the village to train and sustain at least one, if not two, teachers for the school.
Project Managers:
Anthony Hartley
Emily Walpole
Beatrice Namesius
Participants:
Michelle Dawson
Jessica Tate
Elspeth Thompson
Claire Wilson
Kenneth Pearman
Sabrina Caie
Alan Rooney
Leong Chen Kang
Yudas Bin Taka
Alpha 2: Kampong Togudon
The aim of this project is to construct a small brick hostel for a primary school in a very small village on the edge of Crocker Range National Park.
About 70 children go to the primary school however most of them live up to 8 hours walk away and have to stay in the community’s homes during the week.
Project Managers:
Tom Carter
Johleen Koh Tse Boon
Participants:
Natasha Abraham
Lucy Best
Rosie Morgan
Michael Pritchett
Natasha Wilkinson
Travonte Saunders
Janine Allen
Rewin Udin
Edward Lasingun
Alpha 3: Imbak Canyon
Imbak Canyon is the last remaining, untouched and relatively unexplored area of Sabah. Yayasan Sabah (the concessionary) would like to reserve this area as a natural gene bank to help protect future biodiversity of the whole the region and has asked Raleigh International to play a major role in the development of this area.
Project Managers:
Wendy Rizza
Graeme Coll
Miriam Bord
Participants:
Isabelle Lomas
Ciaran Meachan
Hazel Polge
Helen Slattery
Sade Fox
Nicola Sweeney
Kasuni Bin Inyuk
Rejuhan Ak-usit
Alpha 4: Batu Puteh
Participants on this project will live in an environmentally sound jungle camp on the edge of a small community and will assist local tradesmen with finishing off an eco camp, develop trails and bird hides as well as help the local community in their continual battle to rid the lake of Salvinia, a weed that is continually encroaching on the water.
Project Managers:
Sophie Sharp
Helen Keenan
Claire Stout
Participants:
Emma Dove
Harry Hope
Phillip Mason
Claire Shelley
Natalie Connor
Michael Henry
Tang Chii Chie
Walnin Yustin
Alpha 5: Adventure Phase
Participants on this phase will split their time between trekking and diving. The trekking will be across arduous and physically challenging terrain in the south western corner of Sabah in Long Pa Sia. Treks will be over 10 – 11 days and therefore teams will have to carry all their supplies and equipment for the duration. They will then climb Mount Trus Madi - the 2nd highest peak in Malaysia, which stands at 2,642m. This offers some fantastic flora, and some amazing views from the top, but most of all a fantastic personal challenge.
The diving phase will allow participants to complete the PADI Open Water diving qualification in the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park.
Project Managers:
Wilberforce Robinson
Caroline Heggie
Participants:
Chris Bailey
Rachael Coates
Kim Gardiner
Tara Grosvenor
Lewis Winder
Tamesha Wolfe
Heather Freel
Donna Townsley
Tam Kar Lye
Gukang Selutan
Alpha 6: Adventure Phase
As per the other adventure group Alpha 5, participants on this phase will split their time between trekking in Long Pa Sia, climbing Mount Trus Madi, and diving on Mamutik Island in the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park.
Project Managers:
Marie Turke
Kaveh Beyk
Participants:
Nicola Bowman
Harriet Corbett
Beth Rushby
Richard Walklate
Jacob Whitworth
Shellvina Caines
Tiffany Clark
Lisa Gillon
Jevanoslee Mukilin
Franciscia Robert Saili
Giri Mairon
Fieldbase Staff
There is also a faithful staff team working behind the scenes supporting the expedition from our office just outside Kota Kinabalu. They are headed up by our Expedition Leader and Deputy Expedition Leader, and have work across areas including Admin, Accounting, Host Country Participant Co-ordination, Logistics, and Medic. They are the hub of the expedition's running, and the voices on the other end of the radio for the Participants to speak to twice a day.
And they are:
Laura Parry
Chris Man
Emma Wrigley
Chris Paine
Pauline Dunn
Paul Burgess
Colin Hawthorne
Sam Rye
Mia Meara
Libby Mayman
And not too long now until Changeover 1! We're looking forward to seeing all the groups again, and hearing all the stories from each project site!
Until next time, this is Zero listening out on Channel 1 & 2...
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14 comments:
Hi to everyone, specially Laura alias Elspeth (or vice versa)I'm so envious of your adventure, hope you all have a brilliant time. looking forward to the next update.
Hi i hope you all are haveing fun!
i would love to send a big hug to Lucy Best. really looking forward to reading the next postings.
love from her Mum xx
Hello all, especially Helen Slattery (Alpha 3). Imbak Canyon and everywhere else you will visit sounds fantastic. Certainly beats dull and flooded England, going to the office etc!! Take care Helen, love Paul x
Dear Rachael & Jess
Hope you are both having a wonderful time. Last message said you were going scuba diving on a Paradise Island, Rachael. With floods here - I can promise you, you are not missing much! Have bought you latest Harry Potter book! Michael (so far) has a 2:1 for his 2nd year exams! He beat David so he is pleased about that! The witch Derry is an OAP. We love and miss you. Don't bodge ... etc. Asa....etc I is... etc
Come back safe and sound! Love Mum D & M xxxxx Angela Coates
Jess's mum says Hi to Jess and Rachael. Miss you very much, pleased to hear how much you are enjoying it all. Look after those mosi bites. Kuwait was amazing, Mark & Jess are good, Frankie misses you. We all love you, lots of hugs and kisses, Mum XXX
PS We are in possession of the new Harry Potter, film was fantastic!
Dear Jessica and Rachael,
Glad to hear you are both enjoying yourselves. Don't complain if it is too hot as we are having a rather cool and damp summer in N.E.England.Jessica you must taste nice if all the mosquitos want to bite you(I was told they only go for bad meat). Missing you. Have a great time xxxxx
Grannie and Grandpa
Hi Claire, I hope everything is going well for you and your team.Janice and Alex are missing you and especially your nephew James.Look forward to the next update.Lots of love from all of us at home xxx
dear lucy best,
hey besto hope your havin lots of fun out there. i'm goin to be soooooo jealous if u've got a tan because i havn't at all lol. missin you loads and loads its jst not as gud without you. look after yourself luv sarak x
ps i can smell you from here lol
Yo Phil - following the exploits on the blog site. Pix look good - I assume the guys dressed as gals were in a skit and not in their normal trekking kit....? Must be dry there 'cause all the rain fell on England! Hope everyone on the team is really enjoying the experience and being kind to the Raleigh staff !
Hi to Laura again, this is quicker & I suspect more reliable than a letter! Hope all's going well still.
Clare came for w/e & sends love, envious too. Seeing her publisher today for 300BT, How Cool!
Hello to all the Bermudain folks out there in Malaysia! Especailly to Travonte! How is the adventure going so far, hope everything is good for you, we miss your smile and jokes. I really like the updates the site provides however I do not see your name on the second half of the journey so I really do not know where you are but until next time take care and luv and miss you Moma here in Bermuda!
Hi Rach & Jess
Hope you are enjoying Imbak and Danum. Also hope you are winning the battle against the mosquitoes.
You are not missing a thing over here. It is all as dull as ever.
Miss you though! Have a fabulous time. Come back changed women.
Much love from all in Hook & Church Crookham.
Love
Angela & the gang back home
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Hi Laura, A's results tomorrow & with luck celebration BBQ, in the rain & gales! If they're good we'll put another message!
Good luck to any of your friends in the same state of suspense!
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Hi to all out in Malaysia. Hope all is well and hunky dory. If anyone sees Helen [Keenan] give her a big birthday hug from her Mum.
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