The sound of the ice cream van was too big of a temptation for some of the Camps Team…

Lucy in particular enjoyed getting stuck in!

The Gap Mobile….

It’s no secret that there is a lot of lip service and token support to communities and the environment in the responsible travel industry. The good news though is that the  traveller (yes, that’s you!) and the media world are a lot more aware and conscious of what it really means to be ‘responsible’ and people ask all the right questions.

We are certainly always asking ourselves the same questions and redefining, adapting and continuously figuring out what we can do to improve our commitment to sustainable environmental and community projects. Yes, we get it wrong sometimes but we are willing to admit that. But, we also know from a lot of public feedback that we are getting a lot right. We have been fortunate to have a few writers and magazines approach us and our doors are open. I am certainly chuffed to be a part of Camps when I come across a piece written by a person who has a skeptical eye when they first approach us and…well, the article speaks for itself….

Click on the image below to read…

There is no question as to how busy things are right now as we get ready for everyone arriving in the summer. There has been little time to breathe in the last few weeks and everyone has got their teeth sunk into making sure each and every detail is being considered and prepared for. We love it! But we also know how important it is to take a moment to breathe and reflect as a whole. So when our Director, Simon suggested that we organise an in-house staff training in order to bring the entire team together and look at where our strengths are as well as deal with our weaknesses, we thought this through very carefully and asked to professional trainers two spend some time with us. The bottom line is that you have to love your job and spending two full days together certainly showed that we all certainly do and if we can walk a tightrope together, we can do just about anything!

I will let the pictures speak for themselves…

Even our ability to make music with a bunch of trash was put to the test. The results…not bad!

The training took place over two days at Camp Muhaka and staff came in from as far as Tanzania. It was such a pleasure to see how everyone worked so well together and how everyone realised that each and every person has such an important role to play and equally important, that we are all very proud to be a part of the Camps International family!

A big thanks to everyone especially our amazing trainers, Chege and Steve Siaka who made the days possible…

On with the show!

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First and foremost a huge thank you to all for your support in my fundraising efforts. I am delighted to say that I not only made it round but my scrawny legs turned out a time of 51 mins and 35 seconds which is not bad given the 2 bottles of Chianti I had the night before in preparation. There were 13 of us in the team and we have collectively raised circa £7,000 in total which after we pay the race fees will net the charity over £5,000.

I have already signed up for next year and now entering a deep mid life challenge crisis that could result in anything from trekking to the North Pole or getting some hair extensions.

As a reminder our achieved aim was to raise money to create a feeding programme for Sasenyi Primary school in the Rukinga Sanctuary on the outskirts of Tsavo National Park, Kenya. Since the post election troubles in Kenya there has been an acute shortage of maize. Currently the situation is very bleak for children at the school. They have one small meal at night in their homes. The next morning they have a cup of water before walking to school. For some of them this can be up to 2 hours. At school they have nothing all day, not even water, before returning home again in the evening. Our programme would aim to feed the 600 pupils at the primary school, aged roughly from 7 - 15, and 200 under 7’s from the pre primary school.

Bit of bubbly, bit of cake and an afternoon of project updates really does provide that fuzzy feeling that…901 is the magic number!

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