As many of you know, I've just arrived home from a 5 day training course on the Isle of Coll, where my Project Trust journey began last November! I think that for anyone taking part in the Project Trust experience Coll is always going to represent something special, and it was so so good to get back on the island. (Even worth the nine hours of unseated trains, noisy hostels and 5am ferries!)
The days were long and so so full on! Whereas selection was mentally and physically tiring, this was just absolutely brain-draining; we were in classes 9-6 and spent our evening planning lessons to be presented to our groups the next day, WHILST trying not to fall behind on sleep but also not to be anti-social!
And while you would think that that would make for the worst week ever, it was hands down one of the greatest experiences of all time.
An obvious high point of this great experience was meeting my country group; the other 24 volunteers who will be spread across the country! AND the ceilidh dance on the last night!
A less obvious high point of the week was my first ever encounter with a tick! Gained by Abi on one of our evening coll-rock-climbs and removed by ME with a pair of tweezers! (I was feeling very proud and very Uganda-ready.)
A less obvious high point of the week was my first ever encounter with a tick! Gained by Abi on one of our evening coll-rock-climbs and removed by ME with a pair of tweezers! (I was feeling very proud and very Uganda-ready.)
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I also learnt a lot more about my project! Me and my partner will be staying with Brother John, the headmaster of Dr. Archbishop, he wants us to teach pretty much everything that we feel comfortable teaching! Our accommodation is one of the nicest out of all of the volunteers and we also have breakfast, lunch and dinner provided for us by the school cook! As well as that Kampala is just an hour/two-hourish bus journey away and some other volunteers, Shannon and Verity are only about 45 minutes away! And even after that the next project is only a further 45 minutes - and Abi the tick-girl is there so that will be fun!!
I don't want to blog-monologue the day away so I won't go into anymore detail but I have had a seriously incredible week and am seriously ready to go to Uganda!
37 days and aaaabout £700 to go!
It's really happening!
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