Yesterday we all went for our swim assessments, something that all the other Project Managers and Venturers will need to do, so listen up!
Checking in on Airbus
We went to Huskurhaddir where we had to swim 200 metres and then tread water for 2 minutes. It was slightly different from your average morning dip as we were in a reservoir (watch out for the underwater bushes) with stunning mountains surrounding us.
A truly beautiful setting.
Tim and Mark getting ready for the swim assessment
The girls getting into position!
A picnic lunch and some creative sun protection!
After we had all successfully completed our swim assessments, Mark showed us around a previous Raleigh agricultural livelihood preservation project. Raleigh have been working in this particular location for the last three years to help protect farmers crops from being trampled by wildlife, in particular elephants.
Elephants, beautiful though they are, will go out of their way and trample over anything and everything to get their trunks on a tasty bunch of bananas, or whatever else might take their fancy.
Elephants, beautiful though they are, will go out of their way and trample over anything and everything to get their trunks on a tasty bunch of bananas, or whatever else might take their fancy.
This is bad news for farmers since it severely impacts their crop yields and in turn their ability to support their families. Without outside help, a farmers only option is to stay up through the night on 'elephant watch', and of course the lack of sleep then effects their productivity.
Raleigh built and installed a solar powered electric fence to deter the elephants and also dug a trench to stop them passing over into the village.
Mark showing us the solar powered electric fence and elephant trench.
After our swim assessment and tour we had a quick picnic lunch before going on to visit one of our project partners, MyCaps, to say hi to the Airbus team before they headed out on their bio-gas project.
Today Fieldbase has been a hive of activity as we prepare for the arrival of our project managers on Sunday morning. Anthony, Hannah and I will be heading off to Bangalore shortly to pick up the team so we’ll see you all at the airport!
Getting Fieldbase ship shape and ready for action
In between finishing off all our jobs we had a chapatti making lesson from Mangalore, who lives at Fieldbase with her family. We’re all determined to pick up some top tips for Indian cooking to treat our friends and family when we get home!
Making the mixture for the chapattis
Theja showing us how to cook the chapattis
Theja showing us how to cook the chapattis
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