Posts by Elizabeth Knowles

Getting stuck in

Day 2 at the nun’s orphanage and it feels like we’re starting to make some progress. We finished clearing an area of jungle (lots of hard work chopping out bits of bamboo) and then marked out where we want to plant some aubergines tomorrow. Here’s a picture of the team hard at work. We were [...]

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The whole team together

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Here we all are at Dream House! Vic helped us get all the kids together for the photo in front of their beautiful rainbow. It was sad saying goodbye to them today, but hopefully we will be able to go back for a visit next week when we are working on another project. We all [...]

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The sun has come out

We have just finished a great day at Dream House. We spent most of the day plastering the toilet walls so hopefully we can start painting tomorrow. We all worked really well as a team to get all the plastering finished swapping in and out to take breaks from the heat. There were also lots [...]

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First day at the orphanage

Just got back from our first day at the orphanage. It was great to meet all the kids who were very happy to show us all their games. They had so many great smiles, which reminded us why we wanted to come on this trip. We then started the hard work of digging a drainage [...]

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The Grand Palace

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Great first day in Thailand. We’ve visited The Grand Palace, The Temple of Dawn and a giant statue of the reclining Buddha. Looking forward to going out for a traditional hot pot meal tonight and then heading to Sangkhlaburi tomorrow morning.

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Packing!

I still can’t believe we’re going in a week. It all seems verys real now, especially after talking to the guys who have just got back from Costa Rica. I’ve started my packing, but currently it’s a strange mix of anything to keep mosquitoes away from me and games! I had the best time in [...]

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