Excitement was in the air today at Fieldbase with the arrival of the full Volunteer Manager team. This morning was a floury of activity tidying and preparing as we waited to greet them off their five hour coach ride from the airport.
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| Josse and Olly receive their Bindi's |
Their arrival was marked with a traditional Indian welcome ceremony led by Manglama, who's family lives the Fieldbase site and Prashanth, one of Raleigh's team of drivers.
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| Prashanth gives Hannah her garlands |
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| Garland Girls - Eira, Caroline and Rachel |
To avoid jet lag, the team were straight into training and have been kept awake learning the basics of life on Raleigh including 'three bowls', group contracts and cultural awareness. With a couple of energizers thrown in for good measure to help them power through.
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| L-R Doug, Susan, Christina, Olly, Laura, Luke, Phil & Sterling |
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| L-R Del, Caroline, Liam, Bethan, Charlotte, Lynne, Doug & Susan |
Understandly they're all a little shattered now, so it's early to bed tonight as we have an intensive itinery of training ahead of us over the next few days.
Hi Bethan glad to see you have arrived safely.Love Mum and Dad xx
ReplyDeleteHi Lynne. Hope you are doing ok. At least you survived the journey and the stress of actually getting the visa sorted! Looking forward to reading more exploits. Off to Foxy WP tomorrow. Giving Lou and the girls and the dog(!) a lift too. Take care and be in touch soon. Dave xx
ReplyDeleteChristina Ambrose!!! Hello lady! I hope you are really well, thoroughly refreshed from your amazing photography trip and ready to get stuck into doing more amazing things with Raleigh. I hope training's going really well. Big hello to Anna, Mark, Vijay and all the new Raleigh crew tooo! I can't believe it's coming up to a year since we first left for the 09J expedition, though it does seem so long ago. Wish I could join you on some adventures and meet more lovely people and children :):) Take care, smile and enjoy every moment. Loads of Love, Sam xxxxxxxxxx
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