Duke of Edinburgh: Silver Practice Exploration

Congratulations to: Mekyla, Oenone, Michael, Haley, Christina, Nathan, Megha, Harry, Christopher, Madi, Jay, Khizar, Victor, Jan, Alex, Rosie, and Jerry who successfully completed their Silver Practice Exploration from 23 - 26 January 2020! This group of students exhibited tremendous resilience and grit in completing the three-day exploration through rough terrain, collecting data to document the impact of the yearly Elephant Charge on the environment and a nearby community. 

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This ground-breaking initiative could not be possible without the help of the following people:

• Driekie Smith (Counselor, Teacher) - Award Leader AISL
• Peter Castle (Parent volunteer) - Chairman Elephant Charge, outdoors expert 
• Frank Louw (Teacher) - Drone operator, outdoors expert, hiker par excellence
• Trevor Smith (Parent volunteer) - 4x4 expert, Mudpackers
• Clare Cullen (Teacher) - chaperone, hiker par excellence
• Mwaba Mwila (Award Leader) - Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award Holder and Adventurous Journey Supervisor and Assessor (find out more below!)

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Mwaba Mwila is a Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award Holder, Award Leader and Adventurous Journey Supervisor and Assessor. He received his Award in 2012 from His Royal Highness, Prince Edward, The Earl of Wessex. Since then he has served the Award Foundation at local, regional and global Levels. In 2018 he was invited by the DofE Foundation-UK to sit on the Global Training Panel and support global trainings of Award Leaders from around the world. 

Mwaba has qualifications in Outdoor Education and Wilderness First Aid and is passionate about youth development as well as the development of domestic tourism in Zambia. Mwaba currently balances his time between running his Adventure Company, Consulting for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Foundation and the filming of his new T.V series “Mwaba Mwila Adventures: Zambia’s first adventure/survival TV show”. 
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“My ultimate dream has been and will always be, to help and mentor young people through some of their most challenging times of their lives, just as my Award Leaders and teachers did for me. My journey with the Award has empowered me to empower others and for that, I will be forever grateful”  - Mwaba Mwila

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