Wir hatten die große Ehre, Mitglieder einer Internationalen Expediton in Brunei Darussalam zu sein. Drei Monate lang führten wir Projekte mit Jugendlichen im tropischen Regenwald des Sultanats durch.

Die Expedition stand unter der Schirmherrschaft Seiner Königlichen Hoheit, Duli Yang Teramat Mulia Paduka Seri Pengiran Muda Mahkota Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, Kronprinz von Negara Brunei Darussalam. Jugendliche aus vielen Ländern der Welt trafen sich im Sultanat, um während dieser dreieinhalbmonatigen Expedition mehr über Land,  Leute,  Kultur und Sitten sowie über sich selbst zu erfahren. Die Expedition war ein voller Erfolg. Unter anderem wurde eine Hängebrücke über den Temburongfluss instandgesetzt, ein traditionelles Langhaus gebaut,  hölzerne Stege im Temburong NP verbessert und einige interessante Regenwaldexkursionen mit Flussabfahrten in Kanus durchgeführt. Der Expedition stand alle erdenkliche Ünterstützung Seiner Königlichen Hoheit Kronprinz Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah zur Verfügung. So konnten wir ein Fußballspiel gegen die Auswahlmannschaft Ihrer Königlichen Hoheit bestreiten, und er lud uns auch zum Ausspannen in seinen Sportkomplex ein.
Weiterhin wurde die Expedition durch die exzellenten Ausbilder von Outward Bound Brunei Darussalam und von NBT - Niederlassung Brunei Darussalam - unter Führung von Herrn Ninan Chacko unterstützt.
Möge immer Friede und Harmonie in Brunei Darussalam herrschen, dem Land der Verborgenen Schätze.

Terima kasih banyak-banyak!

Hier können Sie nachlesen (Englisch), was der Expeditionsleiter, Herr Stephen Jones, von Olaf's Tätigkeit für Raleigh International hielt:


RALEIGH HOUSE PARSONS GREEN LANE LONDON SW6 4HZ TEL:020 7371 8585 FAX:020 7371 5116
www.raleighinternational.org
EXPEDITION STAFF REPORT
Name:         Olaf Wündrich
Expedition:     Expedition 00K Brunei
Position:     Project Manager
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Olaf Wündrich was a voluntary member of staff with Raleigh International in Brunei for three months from September to November 2000. Raleigh International is a charity which runs 10 week expeditions overseas for young adults between the ages of 17 and 25. The volunteer participants take part in adventure, community and environmental projects and live and work together with other participants from different countries and cultures. The focus of the experience is on the personal development opportunities for the participants, whilst undertaking meaningful project work. Each expedition is run by staff who are themselves volunteers. They provide technical skills and people management expertise which enable them to facilitate the volunteers' learning and experience.

Olaf was the project manager responsible for one of the two adventure projects. He had fulfilled the same role on an expedition in Chile at the beginning of the year and it was very useful having someone of his calibre and experience in charge of operating with novice groups in such difficult mountainous jungle terrain.

The aim of the adventure projects is to take Venturers into a challenging wilderness area with a minimum of equipment as an opportunity for individuals to learn new skills and to experience a sense of achievement. It is also a powerful group learning experience as the group is only as strong as its collective ability to work together. The plan for each phase was to do a week or more of jungle trekking to the headwaters of the Temburong river from which point the group canoed down river. The projects ran successfully and on the final phase he led a group on a 17 day trek around the highest section of border ridge taking in the highest 6,000 ft. summits along the way.

Olaf was totally reliable and dependable whilst operating in a remote area far from immediate help or support. He has a strong set of technical outdoor skills and was gifted at sharing his enthusiasm and knowledge with each group of Venturers. He empowered individual Venturers to lead the group and to act as trainers to pass skills on to others. He has a clear and definite commitment to achieving the set objectives and balances the capabilities of the least able individuals against the majority of the group completing the route.
He was a very able and successful project manager, and I am very grateful to him for his hard work, loyalty and support; and would recommend him for staff positions on further Raleigh International expeditions in the future.

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Stephen Jones
Expedition Leader