Over 60 Explorer Scouts and leaders from Hertfordshire completed an expedition of a lifetime to Swaziland during the summer.

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Based at the Thirst for Life Campsite in the remote village of Buhlebuyeza, the scouts were involved in putting up two new buildings, creating an allotment garden, planting trees and distributing a wide range of items which had been generously donated in England. These items had been packed into a 40 foot sea container which took two months to get to the campsite. Among the items were bicycles, clothes, books, gardening and building equipment as well as computers for local schools. ??

Speaking after the Hertfordshire contingent had arrived back in England, Bhekie Metfula, Swaziland Commissioner for Development,

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