A welcome from Raleigh Namibia

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Welcome to Raleigh Namibia’s blog.

We’ll be posting regular updates to keep you up to speed on expedition life out here in South West Africa. We’d like to make this blog as interactive as possible so please post your comments/thoughts here - we’d love to read them.

When our three project phases kick off on 1 April you’ll be able to keep tabs on their progress. You can read how our staff and participants’ hard work is building schools for eager young learners, creating playgrounds for communities, and lending a helping hand to Namibia’s wildlife, flora and fauna.

In the meantime, we wanted to introduce Raleigh’s behind-the scenes operations here at Field Base, 20km outside the capital, Windhoek. We’ve posted a shot of the team and our home here to give you an idea of where we man the radios, arrange supplies and wave everyone off as they depart for each new phase.

We’ve also included some photos of what you can expect from the Raleigh experience - awesome sunsets, camp life, spectacular scenery, friendly locals and of course plenty of hard graft!

Next time we’ll give you more details of the projects we’ll be working on over the next three months. Until then, thanks for reading and please take a good look around..

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Photos

Friendly faces at Field Base
The team includes a range of roles, from press officer and artist to accountant and logistics manager

Our home from home
Where it all happens - Field Base - 20km outside the capital

Dune jumping
Just one of the new exercises participants will get to try out!

Dinner duty
After a hard day's work, food tastes so good cooked in the open air

It's been a hard day's night
Hammering away, from dawn 'til dusk

Home for the night
Not The Hilton but a welcome retreat at the end of the day

Namibia's quiver tree
One of Namibia's indigenous tree species

The locals look on
Women from the Heroro tribe

Smiling faces, eager minds
Local children excitedly await their school opening

Men at work
Tone and a tan - the Raleigh workout

Are we there yet?
A trekking group crossing the bed of the Goantagab river

I think we can fit one more on..
An unusual mode of travel..

Adding some more sunshine
Painting one of our completed schools

Comments

[Kokou Willim]

Encouragement words
Hi All, I was a former project manager of Raleigh International in Ghana O6J which was very marvellous, i just had a look at the blog and just wanna wish you all the best overthere and have funs, extend my greetings to Alex Ridyard a former trekking and logs manager. from Accra-Ghana William

[Gavin Campbell]

Phil what you doing in Namibia???
Just looked at the staff photograph, and spotted phil from malaysia 06e, good guy - he was my pm for my adventure phase. But I thought Malaysia would have been enough for him - anyway good luck phil!!

[Mammaduck]

Looks good to me!
Hope that everyone is settling in. The pics on your site look great, just wish I was with you all! Thanks for the updating, look forward to hearing more over the next few weeks. X

[Suzie Sue]

Have Fun!
I was a PM on Namibia 04K and had the best time of my life, have a fabulous time and enjoy an amazing country! I am very jealous!

[Mark Ward]

Lucky Devils
Hi Guys hope your enjoying urselfs i went on the last expedition 06F and really enjoyed myself and im really jealous of you lot now. And ask Dave the Country Director if hes had to tackle the goats off the Land Rovers again. lol

[Hannah haywiood]

Nanib rest phase!
Hiya ALL AND especially Benedict Haywood,wow you are really experiencing life outside the london transport system esp on the Tubes down here.Here is to a grearrrrrttt next trip.

[sian murray]

have fun
hia evry1 hpe ur all enjoying ur self i went on expedition in 2002 and it was an experiance of a life time. dont forget you get out of it what you put in to it. i wish i was there x x

[Ale Leon]

Enjoy ...
I´m the HCP Coordinator in Costa Rica & Nicaragua. I wanna wish you all the best, particularly the HCPs. Learn from each other , share your experience, Work Hard & Enjoy every second... All the Best

[Adam Brown]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Hey Jani, happy birthday dude have a great day (i know its tomorrow but i couldnt hold on any longer) hope all is well, looking forward to thailand! Take care bru Ads xx

[Ryno]

Love to our Ricco
Hows it going? it look amazing, very jealous. Hope your all eating well, i here that crackers are local delicacy. Anyway, be good , if you can't be good be careful, if you can't be careful be safe, if you can't be safe stuff it and go crazy. Laters

[Darren]

Miss you Phil baby.
Hi Phil , missing you loads lately , you morning kisses and evening hugs. Hope your having a good time, don't go kissing any other men please ! Darren XXX OOO

[Sarah Levers]

hey
hey kerry, and all her pals!!! Hope you are well, sorry i havnt been able to write a letter but your mum says that you get to read these!!! I have got exams soon...GAY!!! college is nearly done though...YAY, you liking the rhyming, hehe. I have been looking at the pics of you, mate looks like hard work but fun?! when you get back we are sooooo going out dressed up, will be amazing, and also lidna never wants to go to the classes so we have to go to some of them!!!! i thin ki jave run out of time to write a letter now but i thinught this would make up for it a bit!!! Miss you loads, thinking of you lots of love and kisses hehe Sarah xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[susan n stef]

TO LOUISE
AWRITE! HWZ IT GOAN? MISSING YOU STILL. ME N SUSAN GOT THE JOB AT THE HILTON!!! 5.40 AN HOUR! YAAAAAS! KO BT UVE GOT ONLY 3 WEEKS LEFT AE SPEAR CHUCK SO ENJOY, ENOXY ARFRICAR!! < TELL U WHEN YE GET BK! CYA WAE OOR BOTO AE WINE IT THE TRAIN STATION, LUV YHOO OXOXOXSTEPHANIE N SUSAN(OVER) XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX

[katherine scarisbrick]

ali!! word up!
hey al hows it rollin down south?! i miss youuuuuuu mum told me all ur news sounds like the hike was killer but incredible. i hear ur working at a school at the mo? and u might be stayin on abit longer in windheok - good decision will be such a laugh. in revision hell at the mo summer only 3 weeks away tho CANY WAIT! i hear uve been spreading the cornwall gospel! by the sounds of it u and me are gonna be havin some good times down there this summer mum said u were thinkin bout headin down, we'll have to have a repeat of last yrs festival woopwoooop! cant wait to see u al love u then finn loves fox poo miss u BIG love from ur older wiser sister xxxxxxx

[leah]

interested
hya ive been looking at this site and i am really interested in more information if there is any and would like to do one of the expedition ...

[karen sharpe]

amanda birthday
happy birthday for 28thlove from everyone

[vicki smith]

hi
looking for my sister Claire Smith. Hope your havin a nice time be good to see you home soon lv ya loads chick mwah! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx