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.

Sunday, 30 June 2013

Volunteer Profile: Harriet Jackson





Name: Harriet Jackson
Degree Programme: English Language and Literature
Year of Study: Final Year
Hometown: Abergavenny

1. So, what made you apply for the Cambodia trip?

 I’ve just finished my degree course and had been looking for something like this for quite a while. When I heard about this through a friend it just seemed like too good an opportunity to pass up!

 2. Have you ever done anything like this before?

 Not even a little bit. This is such a new experience for me, which makes it both more nerve-racking and more exciting.

 3. What's the one thing you’re looking forward to the most?

The culture! I’ve not spent a lot of time outside Europe and I’m so excited to learn more about Cambodian people and their way of life. Also the food. Always the food.

4. Is there anything you're worried about? Anything you're dreading?

Getting a bit carried away by the whole thing and having to ring up my parents to tell them I have decided to move to Cambodia…

What will you and your team do on a day-to-day basis?

 I’m in the ‘sports and games hub’, but truth be told I have the hand-eye coordination of a three year old child and all the speed of a sloth. So I’m really hoping to be mostly involved in the games part of the things and spend a lot of my time playing hide and seek and stuck in the mud. I’m trying to think of games which incorporate some English language learning too!

6. Tell us a fun fact about yourself

 I have an unusually large head 

 7. What's the one thing about the UK you'll miss the most whilst you're out there?

 Probably cheddar cheese


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