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2008 again brought a very wide and stimulating range of traveller award winners. They are listed below and their reports/blogs /photos have been added as they are received

Edinburgh:
Martin Flett went to an intensive architectural workshop at Ch Boisbuchet in France
Ciaran O’Brien and Hugo Target planned a world tour
Joanna Simpson went on a photo safari in Cuba

City of London Girls:
Louisa Hollway teaching in Brazil and Argentina
Nyasha Weinberg Tanzania and India helping at NGO’s

Christs Hospital
Romy Opperman went to India and Mozambique
Lizzie Rosenthal travelled overland to Senegal, plus working in Nigeria for an NGO

Oxford Brookes
Anne Leewis researched in Haiti the relationship between the UN troops and NGO’s
Sari Kaipanen studied suitable shelters for post tsunami victims in India and Sri lanka
Mark Wright travelled Eastern Europe and Germany to assess progress in green buildings

Read more about each award here.

Quotes

“The three months that I spent working in Ibarra, Ecuador, have contained undoubtedly the craziest, shortest, most challenging and eye-opening experiences that I could never have imagined before I left. Working here [in Ecuador] I have learnt so much more about the language, the culture and the realities of development work in Latin America that I think it will be a long time before I've really absorbed everything!”

Elizabeth Parker, University of Edinburgh, 2006

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