Project Orion - Rovering with Turtles
is the 2nd Scouts of the World Award (SWA) Voluntary Service Project of the SWA Singapore Base.

Led by 9 Rover Scouts from Singapore and Malaysia, the project is set upon

the beautiful wetlands and beaches of Setiu, Terengganu.

Lasting 16 days from 20th June to 5th July, the team will not only be contributing to the

conservation of sea turtles, but will also be involved in mangrove replanting,
repair work for the villagers and WWF info centre, English and conservation awareness education,
assistance in the local women's cottage industry amongst many others.

"Leave the place a little better than you first found it." - Lord Baden Powell
UPDATE: The blog will be updated from time to time with more turtle new issues. However, Project Orion blog will be replaced by the next project when it starts with the new team. So, DO STAY TUNED!

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Day 13: One step away from Redang

Today is our last mission day..

First off, with all the work completed, it's clean up time! We proceeded to the house where we constructed the toilet to clean up the equipment we used for constructing the toilet. And off to lunch we go!

After lunch, we went to the Pink House to do some clean-up as well as do our last service for the WWF Info Hut by painting the Hut, building stairs and repairing hinges and latches for windows. While we were working, the local scouts were playing soccer and badminton near the Pink House. Upon completion, we continued with our packing of logistics to prepare for our trip to Redang.

Sijie painting the door pink.

Arvind building the staircase to the entrance of the Info Hut.


Halfway during our reparation work at the WWF Info Hut, three of us went to Telaga Papan to release some newly-born hatchlings. This was the first time we could actually clearly see all the hatchlings scrambling to the sea, because release of turtle hatchlings is usually done in the night. This prevents preys from eating them.

Look at all these babies! :D

We're heading to Redang in less than 15 hours! Whee!

Signing off,

May Lwin and Melissa