17/08/12…Join Lucy’s Quiz night for Raleigh international

GREAT Haseley resident, Lucy Edwards is set to swap her 9-5 job for life in the Jungle next Summer. Lucy has gone through a tough selection process and been selected to Project Manage a three month expedition for the youth and sustainable development charity, Raleigh International.

The expedition will be a mix of community and environmental projects mixed with a challenge of adventure. Lucy will be living and working among rural communities near Sabah in the north of Borneo. Sabah is often referred to as “Land below the wind”, a phrase used by seafarers in the past to describe lands south of the typhoon belt. Many people in Sabah are living below the poverty line, with Sabah having the highest rate of poverty throughout Malaysia.

Lucy has been set a fund raising target of nearly