I'm raising £4,000 for a children/youth project trip to take me to Borneo. Whilst i am there my time will be split into 3 volunteering areas:

1. Local Schools, Local villages, supporting local community projects & Zoos / Wildlife projects to help cleaning enclosures.

2. Expedition in the Jungle - led by me / friends carrying all our kit and food.

3. Time to spend on our own but i have to budget , decide where to go, stay, eat and activities to complete....

During the 2 weeks I will learn invaluable life skills, working within communities, being independent, learn how to deal with money and time management, along with Character building skills needed to fund raise.

I will be completing multiple fundraising events over the course of the next 18months to get me to my goal as well as getting a Job to save for this wonderful experience.

Some Borneo Facts :

Borneo, is not a country it is an isle in the Southeast Asia’s Malay Archipelago and is shared by the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, Indonesian Kalimantan and the tiny nation of Brunei.

Covering just over 288,000 square miles, Borneo is the third-biggest island on the planet. Only Greenland and New Guinea are larger.

Borneo lies astride the Equator. It has a length of 830 miles (1,336 km) from northeast to southwest and a maximum breadth of 600 miles (960 km)

To give you some idea of scale, the UK could fit inside Borneo three times – and there’d still be room to spare.

In Sabah is 4,095m-tall Mount Kinabalu, the island’s highest peak, is in one of Borneo's multiple UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Borneo is famous for its rich jungle – but did you know that it’s actually twice as old as the Amazon rainforest? Dating back 130 million years, it’s the oldest rainforest on the planet.

Borneo has lots of wildlife and there are 100 species which you won’t find them anywhere else on Earth.

The Bornean orangutan is undoubtedly Borneo’s most famous creature. If you’re a David Attenborough fan, you’ve probably also heard of proboscis monkeys and the Bornean clouded leopard. Other lesser-known endemic species include Hose’s langur monkey, the bay cat, and the Bornean flat-headed frog.

Borneo is also home to the famous Bornean pygmy elephant and the Bornean sun bear, which are both the smallest elephant and bear species in the world ...

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