From the Camp News Network, Simon Englefield gives you an insight into what happens behind the scenes of the Camp International Africa Office. With just under 600 volunteers expected over the next two months - the planning, preparation, the smiles, tears and screams and the people behind the scenes are all presented to the public for the first time ever…
1000hrs: Meanwhile, HQ Operations Team cuddle closely to keep the bitter cold air conditioning at bay:
Not to worry, the rest of the team knows what needs to be done:
At least we hope they do
And while the office team mumbo jumbo on the telephone, a star team is assembled to pull it all together:
Good thing they have their thinking caps on
After much deliberation, the Ops Dept. realise they need to take their lead from the workshop (with three hundred safety hats for projects, I am sure they can spare some for us office staff too!)
Even the Financial Controller??
2 months, 4 days and 16 hours later – they are ready:
And over the next six weeks the Camps International Africa Expeditions will:
Prepare and serve 16,000 meals
Assemble over 350 tents in 14 different campsites
Purchase over 15,000 building blocks for our volunteers to construct 8 classrooms, 2 toilet blocks, 2 kitchens and 2 resource centers in Kenya and Tanzania alone
Plant no less than 5000 trees:
Recycle over 15,000 flipflops picked from the beaches into art:
And keep smiling (teeth or no teeth)…
This is Simon Englefield reporting live from Diani:
