The 12A Expedition Team prepare

2012-01-29T09:42:00.000+08:00

The Karate Kids

2012-01-25T15:41:00.000+08:00

Fieldbase some special visitors this week to celebrate Chinese New Year. A group of children from a local karate school and their teacher came to fieldbase and performed a traditional lion dance. For the Volunteer managers who had just arrived back from their project planning visitors it was a nice welcome home.

It is a typical practice for a martial arts school to have lion dancer troupes that visit the houses and shops of the Chinese community to perform the traditional custom of "cai ching" at new year. The lion dance is believed to bring good luck and fortune and the troupe is usually rewarded with a "red envelope" containing money. The lion dance has close relations to Kung Fu, the martial art members of the local kung fu club or school practice in their club and some train hard to master the skill as one of the disciplines of the martial art.

Allocations what you need

2012-01-22T16:14:00.001+08:00

Drumroll please...the allocations for the volunteer project managers have been announced! The PMs may do one of each of the three different phases Community, Environmental or Adventure, the same one for all three phases or a combination so don't be suprised to see the same person on a couple of photos.

Pictured right: Let's here it for Alpha 1 Community - Building a Kindergarten in KG Mandurian Laut (L-R Penny, Laura, Jerry and Natalie W being presented with project file by Deputy programme manager Stephen)

Pictured left: Alpha 2 Community - Building a gravity feed water system in KG Nibang Pitas and KG Binotugan Suyad, Pitas (L-R Penny, Craig, Nikki, Stuie, Natalie and Caroline being presented with the project folder by fieldbase Finance Manager Jerry)

Pictured right: Alpha 3 Community - Building a Gravity water feed system in KG Imusan, Tongod (L-R Nikki, Cat, Caroline, Astrid, Claire, Paul and Dave)

Pictured left: Alpha 4 Environmental - Sepilok Sunbear Conservation Centre, Sandakan
(L-R Caroline, Chaitaly, Louise, Dave, Natalie - with her hair in a towel sorry Nat!, Kim and the other Dave).

Pictured right: Alpha 5 Environmental - Danum Valley, Lahad Datu (L-R Emma, Sam, Rich, Dan, Kristina and Alex being presented by Kim from logistics)

Pictured left: Alpha 6 Environmental - Bio-diversity survey, Kota Marudu

(L-R Dave, Tim, Craig and Penny being presented the project folder by Alex from logistics)

Pictured right: Alpha 7 Adventure - Trek and dive, Long Pasia (L-R Rich, Cat, Dan, Sam, Krystyna being presented with the project folder by Louise from fieldbase logistics)

Pictured left: Alpha 8 Adventure - Trek and dive, Long Pasia
(L-R Rich, Sam, James and Claire being presented with project folder by fieldbased Team Coach and videographer Ed)

Pictured right: Alpha 9 Adventure - Trek and dive, Kiulu (L-R Astrid, Cat, Joe and Emma being presented project folder by Natalie, fieldbase administrator - once again apologies for fetching blue towel)

So that's it the allocations have been done and the project manager have all gone on a project planning visit for a few days to scope out the site and requirements. They'll be back on Wednesday with plenty to tell us, just in time for a fancy dress party in the theme of the phonetic alphabet! Oh and in case you are wondering about the fieldbase team they will all get to go out on project for about 10 days including the communications team, that's myself, Greg the photographer and Ed the videographer who generally get to visit most of the sites as we need to bring all the news to you!

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