I've got some exciting news! I submitted an application to become an Astronaut with the European Space Agency and I made it through the initial application sift! Back in around February, the official timeline was released for the European Space Agency to once again invite applications from across Europe for 6 people to join the … Continue reading The next chapter begins!
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21. Coming soon… the next adventure…
Join me on this next exciting adventure as I apply to become an astronaut with the European Space Agency and train hard for a trip across the Cairngorms in the depths of winter!
18 APOPO training, welfare, research and data
I was tired this morning after waking up to another rainy day. I started off by documenting all of the rats in the breeding kennels (which spelled completion of my Head Office rat audit!) and then I finished up adding the information to the master spreadsheet. Then I interviewed Pendo, a wonderful character at APOPO. … Continue reading 18 APOPO training, welfare, research and data
17 Early morning minefield training with the HeroRATs-in-training
I am not a morning person, but my 5:50am alarm signalled the start of a great day and I quickly rolled out of bed and made it to the rat dormitories for 6am to see the rats* being loaded on to the rat bus. By 6:20am we hit the trail. *They attain the status HeroRAT … Continue reading 17 Early morning minefield training with the HeroRATs-in-training
16. Starting week two at APOPO making myself useful
I started off this new week at APOPO in Cindy's office, catching up after my first week and also so that I could conduct her interview. It was a really nice one and I find her very down to earth and humble, so it's an honour to have such a brilliant scientist spend her time … Continue reading 16. Starting week two at APOPO making myself useful
15. TB Office and Full Cheek Friday
I had a little bit of time this morning to type up some more of the interviews I did in Nairobi before heading to the main office and then getting a lift from Kobe to the Apopo Morogoro TB lab. I had a really nice time interviewing Mica over a coffee and muffin and then … Continue reading 15. TB Office and Full Cheek Friday
13. APOPO Life-Saving Detection Rats
APOPO I'm not sure how to blog about the next two weeks. I'm going to be at APOPO Headquarters and Training Facility shadowing all elements of the operation here for two weeks. Because I have the luxury of chatting to the whole team on multiple occasions so I'll see how things develop. Today was a … Continue reading 13. APOPO Life-Saving Detection Rats
12. The long journey to Morogoro
The epic bus ride to Morogoro and settling in to my new home away from home.
11. Another go at getting the pump running at Busami
Some amazing teamwork transcending language barriers to install the pump at Busami.
10. Getting water to Busami and Mwamigongwa
Getting hands on with some practical tasks to deliver clean drinking water to the remote village of Busami.
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