Not long to go, expedition update

Thing have been pretty busy in the last few weeks. Getting the last lot of grants sent off, organising fundraising events as well as planning our stay in Egypt. Here's a little summary of our progress...

Michael, Emily and I are now qualified STEM ambassadors! STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. It is a programme where professionals (yup that's us) volunteer to help out at schools and events to inspire young people to get involved in these subjects and hopefully go on to have a successful career in them. We can't wait to get in the classroom and do some science.

Guy and I also took part in a Remote Emergency Care first aid course. This was pretty intense all-weekend course teaching us how to handle emergency situations in the field. From bandaging up cuts, dealing with trauma and providing all important emotional support we are now prepped for any situation.

The whole team had a great day bag packing at Tesco Extra, Silverburn, in March. Not only did we have the chance to promote our expedition to a huge audience, we raised a massive £380. A huge thank you to everybody that donated and thank you Tesco for having us!

Emily



Michael

 

We also had a really good band night at Broadcast. Three awesome bands played their sets and everybody had a great time. Thanks to Suse Mon Beat, The Gazelles and Fairweather Soldiers, you guys rocked!



Micahel and Anna in charge of Box Office

 

Fair Weather Soldiers

 In other news, our flights and accomodation have also been organised and now our excitement can really begin! With this out of the way, we can look to planning the projects in more detail, putting together the training and dealing with any other logisitics and neccessary training.

With less than 6 weeks to go, I'm sure we will be busier than ever and we will keep you updated every step of the way.

Jen x