I have always wanted to take part in volunteer work in another country where I can be involved in giving something back to the local community. My work are giving me a fabulous opportunity by partnering with Marie Curie to send a group of 20 trekkers to the beautiful Rift Valley in Kenya where we will trek across varied and amazing terrain and work hand in hand with the local tribesmen to work on maintenance projects for their school.  Many schools in Kenya lack even the most basic amenities such as walls, classrooms, desks, blackboards, kitchens and toilets and we will performing a variety of tasks such as building benches and desks or fitting water-tanks and gutters to catch rainwater in the dry season (bringing my well known DIY and hard labour skills to bear!).  It is a 12 day trip and will involve 6 days of trekking and 5 days working with the local community on projects for their local school.