The Preample
It's November 2020, we have just gone into a second lockdown and I notice an advert from a friend on Facebook that YoCO (Youth Challenge Oxfordshire) are looking for Youth Leaders for the 2021 Berinsfield Contingent Youth Challenge where you work with a group of young people aged 14 to 18 and help them fundraise for a once in a lifetime opportunity to go to Kenya. 18 months of workshops, fundraising, camping prep, expeditions and hard work to eventually spend 10 days in Kenya helping build housing and facilities and to understand how the organisation and supporting charity Nasio Trust . I have supported The Nasio Trust for a number of years and have attended many fundraising events including a delicious Curry Night and a firewalk which was so much fun. Nasio is a charity that has positivity at its heart and that is something I can get behind. I went for an interview a few weeks later and met 2 of the Trustees for Nasio and a Rep from YoCO. I was asked some rather probing quest