10G project allocations: Who's going where

All of our project managers now know which projects they will be leading on Phase 1 of the expedition and are gearing up for their project planning visits (PPVs), which will take place over the next fews days. The PPVs are an opportunity for the PMs to get a feel for their project sites, make contact with the local people they'll be working with and get started on their risk assessments.

Here's some info on all our 10G projects (that's the five week expedition) and who'll be working where. All of the Delta projects are located in Costa Rica.

Delta 1 (Community) - Tayni Indigenous Reserve
Project Managers: Sarah Neale, Karol Ostaszewski, Emilia Uzar

Situated at the center of a Cabecar indigenous reserve in the Matama region of Costa Rica, a Raleigh group will be helping the local people build a primary school in the community of Nimari. At present in this area of the reserve many of the children receive education in a temporary shack which lets in the rain. This project, funded by the British Embassy, is extremely important for the reserve as it will equip the future generations with the skills they need for the challenges of globalisation and change in the 21st century. The Raleigh volunteers will be working with local Cabecar families and learning about the culture of these indigenous peoples.
                                                              
Delta 2 (Community) - Jokbata, Chirripo
Project Managers: Ellie Williamson, Owen Nicholson, Natalie Smith

This group will be working in the Chirripo Indigenous Reserve to build a primary school in the community of Jokbata. This remote community, 5 hours to get to on foot and found in the foothills of the Caribbean slope of Central Costa Rica, is inhabited by the Cabecar indigenous people who maintain their own language and culture. There currently are no primary schools in this area and the children have to go great distances and cross rivers to receive an education. This group will also have a unique experience where they can learn about the lives of the Cabecar people and understand the challenges that face this indigenous community at the beginning of the 21st century.

Delta 3 (Community) - Alto Pacuar, Chirripo
Project Managers: Oscar Saborio, Sue-Lyn Cashman-Pugsley, Kala Rudman

Very similar to the Delta 2 project, this group will be building a secondary school in the community of Alto Pacuar.

Delta 4 (Environmental) - Playa Hermosa
Project Managers: Matt Lyes-Wilsdon, Lizzie Phillips

This beach literally mean beautiful beach – and this year it is home to the World Series of surfing. Sharing the waves with the surfers and thousands of turtles that also lay their eggs on this beach. Behind the beach there is a 4km section that has become totally deforested and the aim of this project is plant 6,000 trees in this area to build a biological corridor that runs behind the beach. This unique project will also get to take part in nightly turtle patrols to collect the eggs of the turtles and put in them in a hatchery. Monitoring the nesting of the turtles gives us important information to conserve this important species.