The remote and rural community of Ta Lek does not have any mains water supply and the small reservoir that they do have is not big enough to last through the long dry season that they experience in this part of Cambodia. Without a water source, sanitation has been poor and the risk of disease high. What they do have is reliable source of ground water that is reasonably close to the surface. As part of our project work here that you may get involved in we are building wells to provide drinking water and water for irrigation to ensure a reliable source of essential food. You may also build toilets and it is our aim to provide a toilet for every household in the community.
You’ll get the incredible opportunity to undertake your PADI Open Water Dive qualification off the coast of the spectacular Koh Rong Sanloem Island.
Over four days, you’ll be guided by expert instructors to master the theory and fundamentals of scuba diving, surrounded by colourful marine life in the glistening Gulf of Thailand.
You’ll get a Fundraising Get Started Guide and an Ultimate Fundraising Handbook, packed full of advice and practical tips.
24/7 access to fundraising resources on your Traveller Gateway, with hundreds of resources to help maximise your fundraising potential.
You’ll receive monthly fundraising newsletters straight to your inbox, with lots of seasonal fundraising ideas.
Join our awesome community on social media and network with thousands of other students through our dedicated fundraising group – the best place to share ideas and success stories.
Don’t just take it from us, check out our blog for stories from other students just like you, to help get you inspired with some fundraising ideas.
Our fundraising gurus are super approachable and love talking about ethical travel. Our team is available for personal support and motivation throughout your journey – you can chat to us online, over the phone or on social media.
We have a comprehensive vehicle safety policy to ensure all the vehicles you travel on are road worthy and checked against appropriate standards. Our drivers are also carefully selected and fully trained. They carry mobile telephones at all times and have excellent knowledge of the local, regional and national area. Where we do have to outsource transport to third party providers, we have strict policies in place to ensure they meet our stringent high standards.
We offer round-the-clock emergency support; our leadership team, camps and the Camps International UK Office are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This ensures we can always respond immediately to an incident. We have extensive risk assessments for each location. They are reviewed annually and whenever there are significant changes that affect our expeditions operating to the highest possible safety standard. We also provide the lead teacher from every group with an opportunity to undertake a one-week teacher training visit to our camps and projects before the expedition so that they can undertake their own risk assessments.
Our camps are strategically located close to hospitals and main roads. We have carefully selected and built excellent relations with the hospitals we work with. Each camp has appropriate security such as perimeter fences, security guards and controlled access to deter unwanted visitors – of the human or wildlife variety.
Our mountain technical expert is a qualified International Mountain Instructor and advises us on best practice for all aspects of our treks, including emergency response protocols. All mountain treks are led by qualified Mountain Leaders who have extensive training and experience on this terrain. Professional guides and porters will accompany your mountain trek – they are experts on these routes and will support your team every step of the way.
We use professional dive centres for our diver training courses that are staffed by highly qualified professionals, who are subject to stringent safety regulations from Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI). All our diving is conducted according to PADI regulations. We have chosen dive locations where the risk from local marine life is extremely low. We follow the General Standards and Procedures guidelines for recreational diving, which outline certain medical conditions that may preclude you from diving – we ensure all our travellers have undergone any necessary medical checks before partaking in diving activities.
All our school expeditions include a comprehensive travel insurance policy from a trusted provider with whom we have worked for years. Our Emergency Assistance Providers are experts in emergency medical response and repatriation and have UK doctors on call, who liaise with the doctors in country in the unlikely event that someone is hospitalised, to ensure they receive the best possible treatment.
Camps International has a whole team working to make your expedition a success. This includes our in country directors, office, camp and support staff, our camp managers, our drivers, the dive instructors and guides and porters on the mountain, all backed up by our dedicated team in the UK Head Office.
Every one of our school expeditions will be accompanied by a professional and experienced expedition leader, who will play a pivotal role in keeping your expedition safe and successful. Your expedition leader is responsible for managing the safety of your team, facilitating the personal development of each student and coordinating the day-to-day logistics of the expedition.
We are proud to be a part of the globally recognised World Travel & Tourism Council Safe Travels Initiative. This means that we adopt the strict WTTC health and hygiene protocols, leaving our travellers feeling confident about travel.
For more information on the WTTC Safe Travels Initiative and what it means for our expeditions, check out their website here.
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