EAE 14 - Newsletter - Jul 2014

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Our fundraising campaign for The Meserani Project is finally over and there

are only a few days left before we fly out to Africa – argh! It’s crazy to think

we’re going so soon.

We fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport at 10:05 on Monday 14 July,

landing in Amsterdam at 12.25 local time. We then spend 9 hours in

Amsterdam airport before boarding our flight to Nairobi at 21.00 (landing

at 6.25 local time). It’s an early start on 31 July as we fly from Nairobi at

8.15 before landing finally on Teesside at 21.50!

We’ve summed up the whole EAE 14 experience (so far!) in this newsletter,

with a final word before our flight from each of us.

Don’t miss us too much; we’ll be back before you know it!

James, Joe, Chloe & Tom x

NEWSLETTER | JULY 2014

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FUNDRAISING EVENTS

Summaries of the final fundraising events for The Meserani Project (Charity no.

1135670) organised by the team.

Let’s take a look:

THE KILI TOPPING CHALLENGE

Sat 24 May 2014

Despite the horrendous weather conditions,

we had an excellent number of participants

taking part in our most challenging

fundraising event yet.

The team battled the elements and put

themselves through their paces – achieving

lots of personal goals along the way.

Thank you and well done to everyone who

took on the Kili Topping Challenge – shall we

do it all again next year!?

AMOUNT RAISED: £534

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OUR LAST EVENT

Sat 14 June 2014

That’s a wrap! Our

fundraising campaign for

The Meserani Project came

to a spectacular close at

our final event held at the

Longlands Club,

Middlesbrough. With pie &

peas, raffle, bar and some

top music all night, it was

the perfect way to

celebrate everyone’s

efforts in achieving our

goal of raising £3,000.

Despite the event clashing

with the first England game of the World Cup, it was great to see so many people

out before they headed off to watch the match later on.

Music was provided by Jordan Heaney of Release Events (details can be found later

in this newsletter) and Aunt Becky’s, Parliament Rd, Middlesbrough provided the pie

& peas for everyone – thank you to both Jordan and Becky for their support. Many

thanks also go to those people who provided raffle and tombola prizes.

AMOUNT RAISED: £256

So, in total, we have raised an amazing

£3,350

for The Meserani Project through our campaign!

Thank you to everyone who supported us.

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BACK TO SCHOOL

In June, the team returned to primary school to work with Year 6 pupils on a special

work of art for Meserani Chini Primary School. Pupils at Acklam Whin created a

mural for one of the classrooms using an array of art materials and resources. The

project tied in with their theme for the term (African culture) and the pupils really

got to show off all they had learned. From pastel drawings to charcoal drawings to

handmade jewellery and masks, the mural really is a masterpiece!

In addition to the mural, pupils in Year 5 and 6 also took part in an assembly about

The Meserani Project. We compared Acklam Whin Primary School to schools and life

over in Tanzania and the pupils were really enthusiastic and involved throughout.

We will return to Acklam Whin in the autumn to update the pupils on what went on

during our trip and show them images and videos of the fantastic artwork taking

pride of place on the classroom wall.

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TRIP HOODIES Thank you to Tom Chapman of Wonderful Ideas for Entertainment (WIFE) for organising

our trip hoodies – his help has been much appreciated! They will definitely keep us warm

on a cold African night.

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Mobile DJ service

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Release Events provided music & sound at our last

event on Saturday 14 June

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Well, Africa is getting closer and closer and it still hasn’t hit me. I don’t

think I truly know what I’m getting myself into. I do know that some people

over in Africa are going to appreciate every single thing we do and I hope

to help change lives. There is no higher calling than that. I am well chuffed

with the amount of money raised – that is going to make a major impact.

Besides that, however, the thing I’m most excited about is seeing some of

the African wildlife on safari, especially elephants roaming the African

plains. I think that will be a fantastic experience as you don’t see that every

day. I need to get a move on with packing but besides that everything is

bought and money is changed.

I am going to be spending a lot of time with people from all over the world

in the coming months as I’m helping international students at university as

well as in Africa. I now have the chance to help people from around the

world! This is definitely what I want to continue doing.

In terms of other things, university is done for this year and 2014 is a big

one in general. I’ve got a lot planned. I can safely say I am living life to the

full and I think I will be proud of myself when I’m older and I look back at

my youth. I’m expecting Africa to have a major impact on my life. I also

hope I can keep smashing experiences and hope the coming years are as jam

packed as this one. I need to start planning for 2015 as I leave university!

But there’s time for that.

Over and out,

Dobson

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I can't believe how hectic these last few weeks have been/ are

continuing to be... not only with EAE based things but with uni

and work too! In between raising a tremendous amount of

money for The Meserani Project and buying every mosquito

repellent available on the high street, I've also passed my degree!

It really has been a crazy few weeks- and I've loved every

second.

Obviously, I'm still as excited as ever to be going to Africa.

Trying out my head torch and new bag/chair (making myself

look like the biggest wally you've seen) has had me skipping

around my living room dancing and singing to The Circle of Life

like the most hyperactive 20 year old you've ever seen. I also

saw a dollar for the very first time and it's just all too much for

me to handle I think it might keel over with immense

excitement as I'm forgetting where I should be using

punctuation as I type this excruciatingly long sentence.

To sum up, I'm EXTREMELY excited to be part of this trip and

honoured to be spending it with 3 of the nicest guys I know.

We're going to have the time of our lives, I'm absolutely certain

of it!

Once again, we're ever so thankful for all your help and

support, we couldn't have done it without you!

Chloe x

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Wow… This is it! There are now fewer days separating us from our

trip than are in the trip, scary times! This is going to be my last

message before we go, but of course we will try and get as much as

we can online while we are in Africa.

What’s happened since last time? We hosted our hugely successful

final event, which (in my opinion) went far better than we

imagined, considering England were playing on the same night.

I cannot express my immense pride at what the team are

achieving, but we could not have done it without the support of

everyone who has been involved with us, and of course Peter and

Diane Swan who have helped us so much - so a big thank you to

everyone!

Excitement is the main feeling running through me at the moment,

as well as frustration at having to wait just a couple more weeks, it

has come round ridiculously fast! I remember the day me and

James booked the flights like it was yesterday, and it all seemed

like a dream it was that far away.

All I have to say now is wish us luck, and of course keep checking in

on us when we begin our journey on 14th July!

Joe x

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You know, it still hasn’t really sunk in that I’m going to Africa again.

Really! It’s hard to believe that the ‘pipe dream’ we had over ago now is

ready to come into fruition. It’s happening!

I can’t explain how proud and humbled I’m feeling right now. Seeing how

everyone has got involved with our fundraising events – and enjoyed them!

– was amazing and made organising them all the more worthwhile. Yeah,

we were raising money for The Meserani Project but being able to have a

laugh with our friends, family, colleagues etc. at the same time made it

even better. So, thanks to all those who took part, you’re all legends –

thank you very much.

What about the EAE 14 team? They’re just ace and I’d like to thank them

for being so ace. Some people question why we use the term ‘team’ to refer

to ourselves but it’s the only word that fits. Everyone pulls their weight,

everyone pitches in and everyone has helped us to get to where we are

now. I just can’t wait to see how Chloe and Tom react to the whole Africa

experience (since they have never been before) as well as continuing with

Joe the Africa experience we began back in 2011. I’m so glad they’re as

nuts as me to want to go on this trip!

In other news, I have finished my second year at uni now which is a huge

relief – just waiting on my final results!

I hope everyone has a fantastic summer and I’ll see you in August –

although I don’t want to think that far ahead just yet!

James

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NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL EAE 14

We each chose

10 songs to

create a ‘trip

soundtrack’ –

this is what we

came up with.

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ASANTE

SANA

With just weeks to go before we fly out to Africa, there are so many people we have

to thank for their help and support up until this point. If we named every single

person who has helped us in some shape or form then this newsletter would be at

least 100 pages long – please forgive us if we do not mention everyone individually!

PETER AND DIANE SWAN – Without their help, organising the trip would

have been virtually impossible. The support they have given us over the past

has been priceless and we can’t thank them enough for that. We’d also like to

thank them on behalf of the pupils, families and communities in Meserani for

doing what they do – and doing it so well.

OUR PARENTS AND FAMILIES – Thank you for supporting us every step

of the way and letting us embark on this adventure this summer. We promise

to behave and be safe!

VOLUNTEERS, SPONSORS AND DONATIONS – Big thanks to everyone

who has helped out/volunteered at/sponsored our fundraising events over the

past year. Reaching our £3,000 target would have been impossible without

your help!

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KEEPING UP WITH EAE 14

Thanks for reading!

Remember to follow our journey through Kenya and Tanzania on Facebook,

Twitter and our website. We’ll be posting updates as and when we can.

Thank you all for your support and we shall see you in a few weeks’ time!

Have a great summer.

James, Joe, Chloe & Tom

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