Introduction to Project Orion II

Project Orion II - Rovering with Turtles
is the 4th Scouts of the World Award (SWA) Voluntary Service Project of the SWA Singapore Base.

The 2nd installment of this project will be led by 9 youths from Singapore and they will return to Setiu, Terengganu, where the pioneer team had left their legacy a year ago.

The primary aim of the team would be the conservation of sea turtles, but that would not be their only contribution during the project duration of 26th June to 10th July. The 9 passionate youths will also be involved in mangrove replanting, repair work for the villagers and WWF info centre and English and conservation awareness education for the children.


"Leave the place a little better than you first found it." - Lord Baden Powell

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Day 11-Our last "mission"and a farewell to all

The day started off with doing the last patching up of our Pink House at spots such as the small parts of grooves which are hard to reach and also the top panel which was decided last minute to be painted because it is included in the front view of the Pink House and that the previous paint had faded off thus making it look unfinished. This took us till about 12pm and we cleaned up before cycling to Kak Tar's place for lunch.

After lunch, as we cycled back to the Pink House, 4 of us (Jia Wei, Ming Xian, Ding Kun and Jason) decided to make a trip to Penarik Inn because Ming Xian wanted to get an Eco Bag. While we were taking a break under the fan at Penarik Inn and playing darts, the rest were also taking a break back at the Pink House while waiting for us to come back.

It was decided previously that we wanted to take a video of the VISA commercial at the houses which we had painted. Some of them decided to play the peanut game and in the end Ming Xian still lost the game and her forfeit was to dance alone in the video. After the video we came back to the Pink House for banner painting which is made up of the hand prints of the village's kids. We also demonstrated the Compost Heap to the Pewanis members.



After completing the banner, we went to one of the student's house which has a bird house which is used to collect bird's nest. Then afterwards we went back to the Pink House to grab our stuffs before cycling back to Kak Tar's place for dinner. Then afterwards we went back to the Pink House for the BBQ session.

The BBQ session was awesome with good food and good drinks and good entertainment which includes a kick-boxing demonstration by 2 of the kids. Then after the demonstration was the closing ceremony which includes the presentation of the prizes for the kite making competition and also the presentation of a model of the Pink House made by Sijie to the Pewanis members. We also received our souvenirs which was made by them. We also presented the completed VISA video to the Pewanis members and also photo-taking sessions with the Pewanis members and the WWF staff. We then ended our day with a last supper with our dear WWF staff which has provided us with lots of help which we needed throughout the project.


And now, time for me to sleep.
The team will be heading down to Redang in 5 hours time!

Signing off,
Jason (:

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