So I’m sitting Gatwick airport with Mathias, co-founder of GMin.

We’re excited to board our flight bound for Lungi Airport in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where we’ll meet up with David and probably a few others from Red Cross Nordic UWC. Security was pretty tight due to the bombing in Glasgow last Saturday, but luckily they didn’t scrutinize our luggage too closely.

Gatwick airport is rather crowded and noisy, but it was definitely interesting to meet the other people on our direct flight to Freetown with Astraeus airlines. The people from Kevin McPhillips Travel were very kind and we learned a bit about their influence in Sierra Leone which extends beyond air traffic.

We should have some pictures a or video up on this blog in a couple of days. I hope you will enjoy following our blog, and that I’ll be able to pass on some of the feeling of excitement and adventure that I am experiencing. Stay tuned!

-Morten

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At GMin we’re always looking for new and exciting ways to fight poverty and diseases. So today we received 5 LifeStraws that we’re going to bring to Sierra Leone for testing purpose.

A LifeStraw is - as you may have guessed - a straw, but what’s cool about it, is its ability to filter water thus preventing diseases such as diarrhoea, dysentery, typhoid, salmonella and cholera, among others.

More information about this little life saving gadget can be found here: www.lifestraw.com

-Jacob

We will bring malaria to a minimum in the village of Sahn Malen in Sierra Leone, Africa.

During our trip we’ll be updating this blog with stories, photos and maybe even a few videos.

So stay tuned…

-Morten