First of all I would like say a big thank you to the Young Explorers’ Trust and its honorary members for providing me with the YET Award 2024. Your support has enabled me to have this wonderful opportunity and experience of a life time. My expedition to Kenya commenced on the 14th of July ‘24…
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British Universities Kayak Expedition 2024 ReportOsian Curig, Oli Cooper, Patrick Kyle, Bryony Agar, Alastair Shapland, and Matthew Purvis This is the story of how we spent 6 weeks travelling across Central America loaded in the back of a pick-up truck in search of infrequently and undescended white water rivers, of course this was not our…
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Project, Volunteer Africa! Report for The Young Explorers’ Trust – December 2024 During their summer holidays of 2024 Ace (they/them) and Josie (she/her) Cockburn, who both have cerebral palsy, spent 4 weeks volunteering in Kenya at a local hospital and an animal orphanage, respectively. Mum, Claudi writes: Why volunteer? As the mother of two children…
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I’ve just arrived back from my 2024 Morocco expedition. Thank you so much for helping me get there! We started the 16 days in Marrakech, spending a few days exploring in almost 40-degree heat—a bit of a shock that, luckily, I acclimatised to. I haven’t ever visited anywhere like it, it was absolutely incredible. We…
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I am very grateful to the Young Explorer’s Trust for their generous support. Thank you for facilitating both myself and the wider group in completing this expedition. Preparing for the Expedition The expedition had been in the planning process for 2 years. Preparations began when I returned from my first Borealis Society expedition to Iceland…
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Two years ago I signed up to go on a trip of a lifetime to Ecuador with Camps International. I had to raise £5,580 to pay for flights, accommodation, food and jabs. To do this my family and I ran many fundraisers including an afternoon tea with tombola and garden games, a small gaming convention…
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This summer I spent 5 weeks hiking and exploring the At-Bashi mountain range in the south of Kyrgyzstan (located in Central Asia) with The British Exploring Society. On arrival we spent a few nights at basecamp adjusting to life at altitude sleeping in a tent, washing in rivers (or the odd mountain lake), eating dehydrated…
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In summer 2023 I spent 4 weeks with a group of 17 like-minded students and 3 adults from across the UK travelling across 4 different camps in northern Tanzania (near Kilimanjaro) helping different local communities, areas of wildlife and gaining a deeper understanding of the rich culture of this country. We worked on painting, building…
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Thank you so much for the grant money that was put towards this trip, it has been the best experience of my lifetime and I am so glad that because of you I had the opportunity to do it! We started the trip by flying to Delhi in India which was an okay 7 hour…
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