{"id":60,"date":"2014-04-07T18:50:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T18:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/botswana14\/?p=60"},"modified":"2014-04-07T18:56:03","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T18:56:03","slug":"before-botswana-spring-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/botswana14\/2014\/04\/07\/before-botswana-spring-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Before Botswana (Spring 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kit for Botswana Spring 2014<\/p><\/div>With 5 days to go before my first visit to Botswana it's fair to say I'm very excited about the trip. I have been invovled with CWB for over a year now as a Country Manager, (Organising from afar) but now I get to go and see the fruits of our work in Africa. Along with me I will be joined by 8 other volunteers from the UK and Norway:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/table>\n

\n\tYou will hear from them on the blog as well in the next 2 weeks. These volunteers have been fantastic; fundraising, attending training days and above all being flexible with the ever changing landscape that can be Africa.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWe have a packed programme with coaching in the community, schools and new partnerships with organisations like Top Banana to explore when we arrive on Sunday 13th.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tI can't wait to coach my first session with the children in Gaborone and start to put over our messages around HIV & AIDs awareness. We will attempt to blog every day and tell friends, family and future volunteers all about the trip. For now here is a picture of me happy and smiling like a joyus 13 year old with a lot of brand new kit! I always was a bit of a 'kit bully' there's nothing like shiney new cricket kit, but I will be even happier when it is coverd in dust being wielded in Botswana.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThanks\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTommy Smith\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBotswana Country Manager\n<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\tDavid Kuhwlilm\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tKen Kirk\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tMark Campbell – Project lead\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tCarl Fergusson\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tSimon Hunt\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tAdam park Elliott – Cricket Tutor\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tMeng-Xi Hu\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n