Friday 20 February 2015

Meet Team Latvia

Blog post by Ellen


Net - Team Leader
Age: 25
Job: activity instructor / professional child annoyer
Favourite food: anything with chicken in it!
Travel: yes please!! I've been to America, Australia, Spain and France. With Girlguiding I have visited India (twice!!0, Finland and Latvia.
What are you looking forward to most in Latvia...? meeting friends from last year and continuing the hard work we did with a new team.

Sarah K- Treasurer
Age: 28
Job: Physiologist
Favourite food: Chicken nuggets
Travel:  Within Guiding I've visited Our Chalet twice and been to a few international camps in the UK too. I also had the opportunity to travel during my gap year. Whilst volunteering in a community in Kenya, I learnt to scuba dive. I also visited Tanzania, where I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. I have also traveled to the United States and Thailand.
What are you looking forward to most in Latvia...? I am most looking forward to working with the Guides and Scouts and seeing how everything works in a different country. Also camping in the forest will be a definite highlight!

Sarah S- First-aid
Age: 25
Job: Patent Secretary
Favourite food: Cheese
Travel: Australia (twice), Hong Kong, Fiji, Kenya, Belgium France, Spain, Hawaii, America- but this will be my first international trip with Girlguiding
What are you looking forward to most in Latvia...? making new friends, exploring the Baltic and camping in a forest!!

Laura- Resources Coordinator
Age: 28
Job: Engineering Geologist
Favourite food: Lasagne
Travel: I've been to France, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy, Israel, Oman, Jordan, Japan, Iceland, UAE and Australia. With Girlguiding I have attended and international camp in Norway which probably inspired many of the other trips as well as geology of course.
What are you looking forward to most in Latvia...? making new friends and embracing the challenges that no doubt will occur, not to mention camping in the forest in autumn!!! :)

Ellen- Secretary and Social Media
Age: 21
Job: Doctoral student at the University of Nottingham
Favourite food: Mac n' cheese
Travel: I was lucky enough to be selected for LaSER volunteering trip to Costa Rica  in 2011. I have also had the opportunity to visit the United States, the Caribbean as well as lots of European countries.
What are you looking forward to most in Latvia...? Camping and wearing lots of layers!!

Katie- Photo and Video Coordinator
Age: 24 
Job: Project Assistant for a heritage project
Favourite food: Hot chocolate fudge cake with ice-cream
Travel: Outside of Girlguiding I've visited America, France, Spain and Monaco. With Girlguiding I've visited Iceland, Denmark, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Finland and Canada.

What are you looking forward to most in Latvia...? Discovering the Latvian culture, and meeting and working with the Latvian Guides and Scouts.