This bi-annual month long event took four students from Abbots Bromley School for Girls in Staffordshire on an amazing and exciting adventure in out back Kenya. World Challenge is a national educational programme and gives students the opportunity to experience a life-changing journey teaching them independence, team work, responsibility and life skills development - all while having an amazing time!
The AB programme is headed up by language teacher Mrs Elizabeth Lampard and this year’s team comprised of: Keri Wild, Paige Bromley, Emma Dayman and Lucie Derry who spent two years building up to the event and raising money to fund the trip. As part of their adventure they climbed Mount Kenya, visited Hells Gate National Park, helped in a week long project to build a primary school for African children, saw some wonderful wildlife and finished the expedition with a few days rest and relaxation on the beach in Mombasa.
The 2011 AB World Challenge team has just been announced and this group of intrepid girls will be visiting the island of Borneo. The new team includes: Polly Baines, Sarah Dayman, Rebecca Woodward, Olivia Tomlinson, Rebekah Stanley and Emily Shaw.
Commenting on the trip the girls took this year, Mr Wild, father of pupil Keri Wild said: “It was a wonderful and a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the girls. It taught them a great many life skills including; independence, fundraising and money management and we are very grateful for the support of Mrs Lampard and without her the project wouldn’t have happened”.
Thu 31st Dec 2009
