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News for August 2007

New trip reports for Ecuador and Borneo (24th Aug)
Now online are trip reports from Chipping Sodbury School expedition to Ecuador and Wellingborough School Borneo expedition are available.

Southfield School for Girls Ecuador trip report (24th Aug)
Brian Dent, the expedition leader, has written a trip report which can be found here. We will upload some pictures from the expedition soon.

Letter of thanks from Clarita Luz Children's Home, Ecuador (20th Aug)
Thanks to Adventure Works, this summer 5 student voluntary groups have visited the children’s home Clarita Luz in Ecuador. Approximately 100 students, teachers and Adventure Work guides have done a fantastic job.

All together the schools raised almost 7000 dollars for the reconstruction and expansion of Casa Aaron, the main house in Clarita Luz. This project will increase the capacity from 15 to 30 children.

After climbing and / or trekking in Ecuador it was amazing to see how much energy the students had left. More then enough to make cement, take off wall coatings and to put up new walls.

Creativity has been amazing! Inspiration did not fail! Thanks to all groups there has been a complete redesign of the playground. The kids in Clarita Luz now have a climbing ramp up to the tree house, two climbing frames with monkey bars, a hop scotch and a slide.

All groups had excellent painting skills: they gave a different look to tables, cupboards, mirrors and playhouses. Clarita Luz is now far more colorful.

But most important of all was the interaction with our children. The Clarita Luz kids have made new friends, which they will never forget.

In the name of all children, STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND GUIDES THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

Ladies College - Morocco 2007 (20th Aug)
The team from Ladies College recently returned from Morocco where they successfully completed their Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award expedition. A report from the expedition can be found here and photos will be uploaded soon.

Ladies College - Slovakia Gold D of E Expedition (16th Aug)
After completing a tough practice expedition in the rainy Peak District, the team from Ladies College flew out to a very sunny Slovakia to undertake the qualifying expedition. A report can be found here.

St Peter's School Expedition to Morocco (16th Aug)
St Peter's School from York enjoyed their recent expedition to Morocco walking in the Atlas Mountains. The highlights of their trip included reaching the summit of Mt Toubkal, meeting the local children of Aremd and learning about their lives and a 4 day trek over mountain passes and cols.

Eton College return from Corsica (16th Aug)
A group of 7 boys and 2 teachers from Eton College have completed a very challenging trek along the GR20 in Corsica - known as the 'toughest of all the GR routes'.

Their route involved trekking and scrambling along tracks with cables, up ladders and over cols for 2 weeks with well deserved rest stops by various lakes and rock pools.

Well done to the team!

Dronfield Morocco Trip Report (16th Aug)
Escaping from the rain in England, Dronfield School flew out to Morocco to complete their Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award expedition. A report can be found online.

Coombeshead Peru 2007 (6th Aug)
After a very successful trip to Peru, with all of the team summitting Pisco at 5752m, they have now returned home. A report can be found here.

King Edward VII return from Kyrgyzstan (6th Aug)
The team from King Edward's VII school have now returned home after a successful expedition. The team reached over 4000m on more than 6 occassions. A full trip report can be found here.