{"id":11,"date":"2011-02-04T13:29:07","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T13:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2011\/?p=11"},"modified":"2014-01-09T20:29:39","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T20:29:39","slug":"training-weekend-the-adventure-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2011\/2011\/02\/04\/training-weekend-the-adventure-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Training weekend &#8211; the adventure begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-11 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2011\/2011\/02\/04\/training-weekend-the-adventure-begins\/trainingdayspring2011\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2011\/files\/2011\/02\/trainingdayspring2011-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2011\/2011\/02\/04\/training-weekend-the-adventure-begins\/uganda2011\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2011\/files\/2011\/02\/uganda2011-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Welcome to our blog! For us, the Uganda team, the project started at the training weekend in Birmingham. We all met on the 29th January for two days of warm-ups, games, HIV\/AIDS messages and endless cups of tea and coffee. It was sunny but so freezing, that when the trustees suggested a warm-up outside, we didn&#8217;t react, assuming that they were joking.<\/p>\n<p>Saying that we worked hard at the weekend, is an understatement. The practical sessions, including the suggested HIV\/AIDS drills and demos, were energetic and some of us certainly felt the novelty of movement in our muscles later. The classroom sessions were used for the preparation of the teams and itineraries. As we had only five weeks between the training and the actual trip, we felt incredibly excited. Some of the team are seasoned coaches but others are either newly qualified or just cricket enthusiasts. Everybody had a chance to coach the rest of the team as well as deliver the all important HIV\/AIDS messages.<\/p>\n<p>Amongs other things we made sure that the vital positions in the team were covered. Here they are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike Reeves<\/strong> &#8211; team leader and generally responsible for everything that might go wrong<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Guest <\/strong>and<strong> Richard Davies<\/strong> &#8211; tutors, making sure that all the coaching is delivered in the right way<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jack Bennett<\/strong> &#8211; the youngest member of the team, responsible for everybody&#8217;s water consumption<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeremy Knott<\/strong> &#8211; in charge of the kitty<\/p>\n<p><strong>Veronika Reeves<\/strong> &#8211; photography and blog admin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike Stratford<\/strong> and <strong>Hellen Whitehill<\/strong> &#8211; these two have only just joined us, so we will have to give them a job soon<\/p>\n<p>We hope that you will enjoy our blog that all volunteers will contribute to and are looking forward to your comments!<\/p>\n<p>Veronika<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our blog! For us, the Uganda team, the project started at the training weekend in Birmingham. We all met on the 29th January for two days of warm-ups, games, HIV\/AIDS messages and endless cups of tea and coffee. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2011\/2011\/02\/04\/training-weekend-the-adventure-begins\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions\/235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}