Volunteers from Project Trust, UK excel in Outward Bound Sabah.

Project Trust is one of the longest established organization in United Kingdom, based at The Hebridean Centre on the island of Coll off the West coast of Scotland. This organization recruits volunteers to attend residential selection for suitability preparation which deals with culture shock, giving these young people the opportunity to learn about a wider community. Programme that designed allows the volunteers to learn using their imagination and skills by undertaking work that they may never have done before, to take up new interests and to utilize their initiative and resourcefulness to help others. It also enhance the objective of the programme by appreciating both the community they lived in overseas and their home community. The volunteers were taught to use their newly learned skills to benefits others and to have a clearer pictures of what they want to achieve in future.

In collaboration with Project Trust, Outward Bound Sabah was chosen to provide the volunteers a range of different skills. In July 2012, volunteers were sent to Outward Bound Sabah to undergo a year out attachment in the Educational Volunteering Charity Programme. Jenny Steward and Clea Halliday whom been selected into the programme were not tourist but as a valued member of a local community. The long term projects of 12-month gave them plenty of time explore The Land Below the Wind whilst working in the community.

 

Outward Bound Sabah took an effective path to change the way they look at the world. The volunteers were set in new challenges on daily basis as well as learning new skills to be applied in their future endeavours. They have to run the Outward Bound courses for people of all ages or background, that would be one of the main goals to improve self-confidence in its participation and encouraged teamwork and trust in the community. The Outward Bound courses are often physically and mentally challenging, includes setting up and supporting various activities such as kayaking, wall climbing, abseiling, trekking, sailing, rafting, camping and team games. The volunteers have been involved in different activities with the other instructors, including equipment maintenance, technical training and first aids. Recently, they were given an opportunity to hike and trek at the Crocker Range for 4 days 3 nights as well as sailing to the Dinawan Island which is approximately 4 kilometres away from the school base together with the other Project Trust's volunteers from Outward Bound Lumut, Malaysia. 

 

Jenny Steward shared in her farewell speech on 6th August 2013, that she gained friendship, sense of togetherness and has grew as a person. Given a chance to master the local language; she is now able to speak to any local people here and also fluently sing 'Sayang Kinabalu' in her Scottish essence. She left home as a confused yet excited teenager and now she returned in a more confident, experience and motivated young adult. Outward Bound Sabah's family has really shaped her to be whom she wants to be in the future.

Clea Halliday(in blue) and Jenny Steward gave a speech in one of the
Outward Bound Staff Retreat Session. 

The volunteers and the staffs of Outward Bound Sabah went on a
4 days 3 nights expedition at Crocker Range recently.

The volunteers participated in the ridge Cleaning Project in early July 2013.
From (L): Alister Lee, Katie Dougan, Sukardi, Libby, Jenny and Evelyn.

The Outward Bound Sabah's Instructor and the volunteers were
at Borneo Paradis Kinarut.
From (L): Edith, Evelyn, Farida, Jenny, Libby, Alister, Jatriya,
Benjamin Benedict (Assistant Director of Outward Bound Sabah) and Rechel.

 

Farewell gift presented to Jenny Steward from Datuk Gabriel William

and his wife, Datin Teresa. 

 

A group photograph of the staffs in Outward Bound Sabah
together with Jenny in her farewell party on the 6th August 2013.

 

 

Written by: Jamie Lee Cyuen
(Business Development Executive of Outward Bound Sabah)