Since the end of the Spring expedition in India, Gavin Shelton (Country Director), Mark Ashby (Country Programme Manager) and Deepak (Facilities Manager) have been keeping themselves busy researching and setting up the fantastic projects and Adventure Challenge for expedition 08F!
On Tuesday 17th June, they were joined by the first group of 08F staff to arrive at Fieldbase, who have now settled in well to their new roles and surroundings. Please read on to find out more about what has been taking place here at Fieldbase so far...Country Programme Manager, Mark Ashby
Tim
Deepak and Ian
Pam and Amanda visit Mysore Palace
Yum! Logs store goodies
Hard at work in the office?
Lorraine and Rosie
Vijay, Sophie. Yvette and Madoc
Yesterday we were excited to welcome our members of the main staff to Fieldbase. We didn’t waste any time throwing them in the deep end, with some introductions to the history of Raleigh and its principles, an interesting exercise on Cultural Awareness and a fantastic game of Kabadi, a popular team sport here in India. Although we did allow them some tea and biscuits first…
So here is the line-up for Raleigh India 08F so far:
Tim Berriman (Deputy Programme Manager)
Amanda Ockwell (Logistics Manager)
Ian McKean (Assistant Logistics Manager)
Pam Robottom (Programme Administrator)
Lorraine Smart (Finance Manager)
Rosie Palliser (Press Relations Officer)
Sophie Broadhead (Project Manager)
Rich Davies (Project Manager)
Sharon Taylor (Project Manager)
Madoc Threipland (Project Manager)
Vijaya Raju (Project Manager)
Sharon
Madoc and Lorraine
Kabadi!
The Emperor and Empress of Albatross
We were lucky to have our Host Country Venturer Coordinator, Vijay, and Shabeeb from Kalypso Adventurers (one of our project partner organisations) on hand to tell us more about Indian culture, complete with instructions on how to tie a lungi, an item of traditional dress for men.
Vijay and Shabeeb
Vijay is a new addition to the permanent Raleigh staff in Mysore and is responsible for the recruitment of young people from India onto each expedition. As an introduction to the organisation he will be joining us as a Project Manager for this expedition. A warm welcome to him and all the staff on Raleigh India 08F!
It’s been a busy first day here, with plenty more planned for the next two weeks until the venturers arrive, but there’s a great buzz of activity and excitement at Fieldbase now. Keep checking here for all the news and don’t forget you can post messages on the blog for any of the Raleigh participants which will be passed on to them throughout the whole of the expedition.
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