About Us

Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Hello! We are a team of volunteers for the University of Leeds. This summer we'll be embarking on a project in Tonle Bati, Cambodia, spending two months in rural Cambodia, volunteering at the Seametrey Bilingual and Residential School, the first of its kind in Cambodia. The trip is the first international volunteering project the University has carried out. We'll be using this blog to follow the trials and tribulations of the coming months, and to give you a taste of our Cambodian experience. If you want to volunteer with the University, visit the new volunteering hub at http://volunteering.leeds.ac.uk, We'd also like to thank all of our supporters; we'd encourage you to take a moment to give them a look by clicking on their logos to the right of this page. Thank you to Santander Universities, TD Travel Group, the University of Leeds and Leeds for Life, who has all offered valuable financial and professional support to this fantastic project. The views expressed in this blog post are not necessarily that of the University of Leeds or the project's supporters, they are the views of the Leeds-Cambodia team.

Wednesday, 26 June 2013

And so it begins


Our team Leader Sophie jetted of to Cambodia on Monday, ready to acclimatise and make the final arrangements for our team of volunteers!

Sophie is an experienced international volunteer, she has fundraised thousands of pounds for a project in India on behalf of the Girl Guides, and has worked in Cambodia for a year, volunteering at Seametrey Children's Village in Phnom Penh. Sophie has a great working relationship with Muoy You and the Seametrey NGO, and so was the perfect choice to lead our volunteers out to work on Seametrey's new project, the Seametrey Residential and Bilingual School (SRBS).

Sophie has just completed the second year of her English and Philosophy degree, and is about to embark on a year out before her third year to live and work in Paris. She has been working as a Leeds for Life ambassador since September, and is has also been heavily involved in the Leeds Debating Union, of which she is the outgoing Director of Membership. Fun fact about Sophie: she's still a fan of S Club 7.

Bon voyage Sophie! We'll see you out there.
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