(above: Tom D, Sofa, Tjebbe, Claire, Eveline, Ed and Esmee getting clean in the check dam at Alpha 4. All pictures by Gavin Shelton)Hello avid blog followers!
Today Country Director Gavin Shelton returned to Fieldbase after scouting out a new trek route for future Raleigh programmes, which took him and PM Ivan Phillips through the Alpha Four campsite.
"I have to say, the Alpha Four campsite is just amazing, they have really put in a lot of effort and it looks wonderful," Gavin said.
"I have to say, the Alpha Four campsite is just amazing, they have really put in a lot of effort and it looks wonderful," Gavin said.
He said the group was working at a cracking pace repairing the solar-powered elephant-proof fence that protects the village of Anaikatty from wildlife including wild boar, deer, bison and of course elephants."It was really wonderful to see some of the fields within the boundary of the fence becoming green and growing well now they are protected by the fence," he said.
(picture: the mess tin tree at Alpha Four and below, the Alpha 4 basha-based campsite)
The group is also reinforcing the fence by digging some lengths of elephant-proof trench, as the fence repairing project was going so well.
"They have also been getting involved with the local community which is great to see," he said.
The next loop vehicle with Programme Administrator Lucy, Country Programme Manager Mark Ashby and photographer Ann Taylor is due back later today, so there will be more tales from the projects in the next couple of days.
In the mean time, Alpha 2 is set to visit the monks at the Golden Temple, at Alpha 3 rumours have been emanating about a fancy dress dinner, and at Alpha 1, they've done amazing times with their trekking and pitched in to hire a dorm room for a night so are no doubts feeling a little more refreshed after a real bed and wash.
Standby for more news from the Alpha groups
(Above: PM Peter leads Ed, Parthi, Eveline, Sreejith and the rest of Alpha Four to work)
