Weekly Club Meeting

Victoria Brett is a Girl Guide Leader in Dumfries. 

In 2018 she was given the opportunity to travel to Cambodia along with 7 other leaders.

The team flew out on the 3^rd July 2018 and after 19 hours travelling and covering 6,198 miles arrived safely in Cambodia. During her visit she had an incredible experience and was able to embrace and learn about a culture far different from her own in Scotland.

The main reason for travelling to Cambodia was to partake in a service project working in a school located in a small village called Treak, situated outside Siam Reap, which she cycled 4 miles to and from each day. 

The school was not state funded and was created to provide children from the lowest income families the opportunity to learn English. This was a truly eye-opening experience where Victoria was given the opportunity to be a teaching assistant in 3 classrooms.

Victoria also met with the Girl Guiding Association of Cambodia where she was welcomed with open arms and given the chance to learn about their girl guiding movement. 

She played some of their local games and taught them some of our games from Scottish culture. 

The interaction between the two guiding associations enhanced her understanding of the Buddhist culture and values.

On days off Victoria was able to enjoy a few typical tourist activities, including visiting the Angkor Wat temples, a local floating village built on stilts to overcome the effects which could occur due to extreme rain fall that they can encounter in Cambodia and also visited the Mondulkiri Project, it is an elephant sanctuary which gives 5 elephants the right to walk freely around the jungle.

It was an unforgeable experience that Victoria would recommend to anyone who is given this opportunity.