August Trip Girl Guides 2024

Thursday 15th August and the alarm goes off. Some time you wake up and you get that felling of, ok what day is it where am I, what am I doing today. Then your brain kicks in and you remember it'sLæs mere
Day 2 - Travel Day Durban to Foundation

Johannesburg, question why do we fill out all those forms when they never look at them 🤔
Arrived in Durban safely and the builders were there with the pickup to take all the bags.
Walked straightLæs mere
Day 3 - 1st Community Day

A great third day
We visited the children at the children's home and Nosihle was running on Africa time. The GG’s made up impromptu songs and sang to the children and the children were supplicatedLæs mere
Day 4 - 2nd Community Day

Our second day out in the community this time the girls are looking at houses that we have built and what impact it has on the people that live in them . Sybongah comes back from work in order to showLæs mere
Day 5 - 1st Build Day

The morning starts early 5 o'clock for me and the girls get up at 6 o'clock.
We're picking up Dumisani and then off to pick up Nkosie. It's the usual first day on a build but this time we have twoLæs mere
Day 6 - 2nd Build Day

Another great day on the Build, the girls are getting on really well. The team of men are being gentlemen and making sure that they're well looked after.
I feel confident enough to go offsite and lookLæs mere
Day 7 - Sick Day

Build day today after throwing up all night with sickness & diarrhoea spent the day in the van asleep while the girls did an amazing job carrying on the Build.
My hero's...! (Well done girls)
Day 8 - After School Club, Ebaniza

Bit of a late start this morning for the Team just to catch up with paperwork.
Off to the after-school club which is that yet 11 o'clock the girls look little nervous getting out of the van andLæs mere
Day 9 - Breakfast Club

A super early start this morning is breakfast club. Thank you to Kids Like Us for sponsoring this event.
Girl guides are so excited about going back to the school after the nervousness of yesterday asLæs mere
Day 10 - Beach Day, Clean Up

After two years of planning Girl Guides UK meet Girl Guides SA...!
The big Beach clean.
We went down to Sodwana Bay. I have never seen the waves so high it just leaves me in all the power of motherLæs mere
Day 11 - Safari Day

Sitting having breakfast and BANG..!
A little bird hit the window.. I jump up and picked it of the ground. Gently stroked it and then popped it on a branch. It moved its little head and seemed ok.Læs mere
Day 12 - 2nd Sarafi Day

Second day at the Safari and up at 5:30 am the girls are looking a little bit tired today. My love seeing the sunrise.
It was a bit of a dry drive but then we saw a lioness so beautiful andLæs mere
Day 13 - Bag Wah & Paint day

It's going to be a hot day today.!
Down to the Build not too early arriving at 9 am.
The builders have done me proud they've got all the stuff that we need for bagwash and painting the first house.Læs mere
Day 14 - 2nd Bagwash day & Handover

We decide to get up early at 7 am just because it will be cooler to paint in the morning.
The girls certainly know what they're doing this time second time around and crack on. I go and get theLæs mere
Day 15 - Rest Day - Zulu Croc

Put the Build complete it's time for a rest day the only challenges it's chucking it down with rain and 14°. So we make a decision to go to Zulu Croc 🐊 to come and visit the crocodiles and snakeLæs mere
Day 16 - Travel day

Over the last 16 Days it has been fantastic to watch these group of ladies individually grow. Each one from an outsider looking in has changed so much.
It's been a joy to watch..!