A competition that could be the answer to my future...

So my ultimate dream is to work alongside big cats, and GVI's wildlife expedition would give me fantastic experience to pursue this. Since graduating I keep visiting the site and re-reading about the expedition as well as following their blog entries of various big cat sightings and studies. Unfortunately there is also a hefty price tag to get involved, and as a recent graduate who can barely afford the monthly bills my dream seems a VERY long way off....

Until........on GVI's site appeared a competition, of which the winner receive's a round the world flight and one years worth of volunteering with GVI.....My heart lept when I read this, and for the past two months I have been hard at work putting together my entry.

To enter you need to make a video about how you make a difference by volunteering.....and what else to talk about than wildlife aid! Something I am so passionate about is surely easy to make a fantastic video about...WRONG! Unfortunately the video has to be no more than 90 seconds, I could talk about what I do and how much I love it endlessly...so cutting it down to just 90 seconds seemed impossible....but eventually I managed it......here it is:




The top 20 videos will go to a public vote, so if I get that far I will be begging everyone for those vote....

With the thought of a years travelling it encouraged to me delve further into GVI's site, and I have fallen in love with so many of their projects, here is just a few I would love to do:

Wildlife research expedition in South Africa - My first, obvious choice, a chance to track and monitor lions, cheetahs and my favourite of the big cats, the leopard. This would give the perfect field skills to follow my career.

Rainforest Expedition in the Ecuadorian Amazon - When I think of a place rich with wildlife, the amazon always comes to mind first, with new species always being discovered its a place of pure paradise, and I would love to get involved.

Conservation project on the Galapagos - With so many endemics, the Galapagos islands are another place I would love to visit. I could finally see the world through the eyes of Charles Darwin.

Marine Conservation in Mexico - I learnt to Scuba Dive when I was 12, and although I loved the experience, English waters do not have much to see. To be able to dive alongside turtles, study the coral reef and experience a whole new underwater world would be just incredible.


I am so excited at the prospect of this and I have put in so much effort on my video, I may not have the best camera or editing skills but I definitely put in so much passion.
If I won it would be like winning the jackpot, only better....
I will actually burst into tears if I win.......but for now all I can do is hope......