Heaps of updates

I got an email from Inka the other day, things are going great in Nepal. She has all the women selected for the training programme, and one of them Susmita is paddling down the Sun Kosi River, where we will be doing the training programme, at this very moment. It is still quite high water but she should be fine as she has been doing very well. When it comes to the training programme she will be able to take on more of a leadership role, and support the other women.

Here is a photo of Susmita surfing and looking great in that kayak.

Singapore Airlines a huge help
So we have less than 2 weeks to go before we head to the airport and try to squeeze as much in as possible. Thanks to Singapore Airlines we will be able to fit in heaps more gear as they have given us an extra 15kg's each free of charge which means we can now take 35kgs each. Without this we would be struggling to get the gear over to the Nepali girls. So a huge thanks to Singapore airlines with the extra luggage allowance totaling 105kg's .......................................Awesome


KAVU donating clothes
Kavu make awesome clothing and have donated a bunch of clothes to the Nepali Girls, check out their website http://www.kavu.com/



Raffle
The raffle is going fantastic, we will be drawing it this weekend and will post the winners on the blog next week. We have had so much support, Thanks so much to everyone who has purchased tickets. The Okere falls store out by the Kaituna River had a beer fest all last week so with lots of kayakers drinking high percentage German beer, many tickets were sold, and I managed to keep hold of the tickets and money all night while have a little German beer too.

All the Fundraising info will be posted next week with how much we raised and where the money has gone. We will also give you a final gear update before we leave (including what other girls overseas have managed to pull together)

Thanks for keeping updated

Soph