Caitlin goes to Ecuador!

That is right, Caitlin Crack is going to Ecuador with VESA. Caitlin came to speak to our club looking for financial support to help her fund her adventure to provide remote villages with fresh water, restore the local primary schools, teach English to primary school children and more. Ecuador is a Spanish speaking country located in Latin America nestled between Peru and Columbia and adjacent to the famous Galapagos Islands.

Caitlin is a Spreyton born and bred woman who enjoys making wedding cakes, playing netball and anything on skis. Has a part time job at Just Jeans and does relief office work at Reece High School. She completed a BA at the Cradle Coast Campus of the University of Tasmania in Burnie, majoring in History and Sociology. During her time at university she tutored and was involved in the PASS program and came out with many awards and much recognition such as Best First Year Student (First Year Aboriginal Studies and First Year English), and made the Dean's Roll of Excellence in 2007, 2008 and 2009 resulting in a Dean's Roll of Excellence with Honors.

Currently she is doing a Master of Teaching course and is currently gaining teaching experience in Ulverstone High School and soon will go to Devonport High (watch out students!).

Last March she stumbled upon the 16 day VESA Ecuador program and spontaneously signed up as a volunteer. Volunteers need to pay their own airfares and land content, but gain invaluable experience by fully immersing themselves in a foreign community, participating and helping at community level programs, and participating in adventures and  excitement that will give her a lifetime of memories.  She intends to teach English, dig trenches, fix schools, as well as hike in the Amazon, visit with witch doctors, see coffee plantations and whatever else she can fit in!

Her main dreads are the warnings about anacondas. We assured her that apart from the anacondas there is crime, civil unrest and a general threat of domestic terrorism, frequent violent protests,  and a high threat of terrorist and serious criminal activity in the provinces of Carchi, Orellana, Sucumbios and Napo.... but hey, Ecuador wouldn't be Ecuador without it! Let's support Caitlin and email her with your pledge [email]!