• Zip lining, snorkelling and fun in the sun in Vanuatu

        The 2016 face to face fundraising competition winners from Australia and New Zealand, came together in November to Port Vila for a relaxing and insightful trip. We checked into our resort late in the night and the next morning we were woken to the sound of waves gently crashing into the shore at our own private beach! For the first two days of the trip, we swam, canoed to a small...

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  • Limestone bat caves and blowholes in Tonga

     An island famed for its friendliness and hospitality, Tonga lived up to its reputation as the friendly Islands, with more then a few secrets uncovered along the way. Our team of seven, made up of fundraisers from Australia and New Zealand were lucky enough to visit the friendly and hospitable Kingdom of Tonga in November 2014. Staying on the main island of Tongatapu it didn’t take long to...

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  • Trekking up volcanoes and swimming with whale sharks

    The Philippines is a Southeast Asian country in the Western Pacific, comprising more than 7,000 islands.    The country has a population of more than 100 million people of which one-quarter (26.5 million) of the population fell below the poverty line.  The Philippines lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire, which causes the country to have frequent seismic and volcanic activity, Typhoons and...

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  • Police escorts, mangroves and malaria in South Sulawesi

    Our Indonesia adventure started in the Port town of Makassar, in the South Sulawesi region. The face to face fundraisers that won the 2015 annual fundraising incentive were in for an exciting 3 days in Makassar, visiting the local programs with the Red Cross, and then off to Bali...

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  • Eye operations, sunsets, and volunteering in Fiji

    Our team made of fundraisers from Australia and New Zealand, were welcomed with open arms in Fiji. We started our adventures with a relaxing sunset by the pool of our very comfortable resort, after a good nights sleep we were off to meet with Fiji Red Cross the next day. We found the senior management extremely welcoming, delighted to provide us the time, and curious as to how we helped the ARC...

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  • Eye operations, water celebrations, and sailing around Ha Long bay

    Most of the team have fundraised on behalf of the Red Cross for many years, this is the first time that they have seen firsthand the work of Red Cross in another country. The chance to witness and get involved directly with the work of the Red Cross, interact with the amazingly happy children as well as walk 3 kilometers in muddy gumboots, provided a once in a lifetime experience for all of...

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