Although the testimonials we receive each year from the girls we are supporting on their educational journeys through secondary school and college or university are a powerful means of finding out how each is progressing, nothing can compare with a real visit to the project. So we have been very fortunate in receiving the active support of Irene Bews and Ally Sangster who together run Adventura Scotland. They bring significant educational experience and expertise in working with young people over many years, including variety of overseas projects.

They are self-funded volunteers, have now visited the project in March 2024, with a follow up planned for August 2025.

In meeting with the girls, they have assessed how each is exploiting the educational opportunity that they have, discovered more of the particular challenges that each is faceing, and got a clearer picture of the true costs involved.

From this they are then developing new means of communicating with those we support so effectively, and have plans for creating a sense of cohesion between them, as a group.