Introducing Laura!

Hello!

I am Laura West and I am from South Gloucestershire in the South West of England. I am a Guide Leader, and am busy setting up a unit for The Senior Section which will start in September. Aside from local Guiding I am currently the UK candidate for the WAGGGS Europe Committee, and will find out at the European conference in June if I am lucky enough to be voted on.

I am extremely excited to be going to Peru to develop their association, particularly in relation to developing a peer education programme and empowering their younger members to deliver education to their peers. I am of course looking forward to the other elements of the project from friendship to lots of fun, oh yes and probably little sleep!

Introducing Amy

Hi, I’m Amy and I’m the treasurer for team Peru 2016. 

I live in Hertfordshire and am an accountant. I have been a member of Girlguiding since I was 7. I loved being a Brownie so much that I never left and now run my own Brownie unit (with my fabulous team) which is a lot of fun. My other Guiding role is Assistant International Adviser for Hertfordshire County which has been really enjoyable- it’s so rewarding be able to help members to have amazing international experiences and return home even more excited about Guiding! 
I am really looking forwards to visiting Peru and put the training and preparation into action, it’s going to be an amazing opportunity to develop not only Guiding in Peru, but also to develop personally.

Third briefing!

This weekend we headed to Jade's in Bedford for our third briefing.

Alice, Jade, Laura, Amy and Dawn having fun at the park.

We wrote several sessions plans on peer education, leadership and valuing volunteers whilst Amy and Jade went to set up the group bank account. We are feeling very organised and just have some tweaking and finals bits and pieces to go until we are all set with training.

We began to write our risk assessment which wasn't as exciting as others we have written in the past but just as important, including deciding what information we want shared with our families whilst we are away and what information we want to receive from our families. We also had a native Spanish speaker, a friend of Jade's, who came round to translate an introductory piece about each team member to use in Peru. Hopefully we will all be able to orally say the piece too. 

We took a break from the important agenda to go to the park and check out the local zip wire which was tonnes of fun. The evening's entertainment consistent end of home made pizza with wine. Naomi arrived that evening in the middle of an interesting camp fire song session where we discovered Laura's collection of songs had some interesting lyrics. Always a good laugh. 

On Sunday we re convened to update Naomi on the sessions plans and anything she had missed from Saturday. We all had to talk about our team roles to each other so we all have a better understanding on what each of us is responsible for. 

All in all a very productive weekend with around 70 days until our departure. Exciting!

Another team member intro coming soon.

Team Peru. 

Introducing Naomi...

Hi! I'm Naomi!

I am in charge of the teams social media platforms including the blog! I'm 27, live in South London and I am a Primary School Teacher - I have a real passion for making a difference. I have been back in Guiding for almost 2 years and I am currently working towards my Leadership Qualification. I help run a Guide unit and have just started helping a local Brownie unit too. I am incredibly excited to learn more about the aims of our trip and to start planning our sessions in order to meet these aims. Peru is a once in a lifetime opportunity and not your average choice of destination.

You'll hear lots from me between now and the end of our journey. I am looking forward to telling you all about our adventure!

Introductions to the rest of the team coming soon.

Naomi.