The Programme
Whilst in Borneo the team will undertake jungle training, trekking, ascending Mount Kota Kinabalu (the highest mountain in South East Asia) alongside visiting local places of interest such as an orang-utan sanctuary and the Kundasang war memorial.
The Kundasang memorial was erected in 1962 and serves as a memorial to the 2,428 Australian and British prisoners who died during World War II at the Sandakan prisoner of war camp. It also commemorates those that took part in the three forced death marches which saw British and Australian prisoners of war forced to march 160 miles from Sandakan to Ranau with little food, in total only six Australians survived the marches of which three of them died later as a result of their ordeal. Whilst at the memorial cadets and staff will hold a memorial service.
Cadets and staff will be undertaking a community project whilst in Borneo which will involve working with a local school. They will help to refurbish the school whilst integrating with the local community and experiencing a different culture. There may be an opportunity for the cadets to attend and participate in some English lessons!
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