Wednesday 9 April 2008

Day 1: Off we go...

Today our group gathered at Heathrow for our flight to Johannesburg. After months of planning it was great to finally meet in person!

Our group is made up of 10 enthusiastic people from all around the Virgin Group, plus two from Virgin Unite. We're looking forward to getting stuck in and making a real difference. Play the slide show below to meet us and find out what we're most looking forward to about the trip.

We'll be spending several days in the rural community of Dumphries working with Pride ‘n Purpose, the charitable arm of Ulusaba, Sir Richard Branson's South African game reserve. Here's where it's located:


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After that, we'll travel to Johannesburg to work with Virgin Unite Partners CIDA City Campus, Life College, and Active Education.

We've got a long flight ahead of us! None of us can wait to touch down and begin our week of volunteering. Until tomorrow!

3 comments:

Morgan said...

Robin Lane is my mom . I hope you guys and make a big diffrence in there lifes . I am very happy that my mom is doing this . i always go to school marching around saying how much a difference . I love you mommy and i miss you . good luck to all of you .

Anonymous said...

MARCO IS MY WORKMATE AND FRIEND WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED FOR HIM HE WILL MAKE PEOPLE SMILE AND HELP AS MUCH AS HE CAN WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HIM IN GLASGOW

GOOD LUCK MARCO AND THE REST OF THE TEAM

ESTHER BURNS

Anonymous said...

Hi to the wonderful group of the 2008 Human Raffle,

Just wanted to giv a big shout out and say thank you for a most memorable experiance and I am blessed to have met each and everyone of you. I do hope we stay in touch and maybe even have a reunion in a couple of years, always welcome Down Under:-) To Joni and Christie - WOW and thanks for the momories. Keep up the hard work, there is a pot at the end of the rainbow!!!

Love to you all,

Karen (Kazza)

P.S. Mark and 'B' - hope you made it home ok and we were thinking of you always.:-)