This was my ninth trip to Vietnam/Cambodia with The VVPA team or AHHA as we are also known.

I was of the opinion that the shortened one week Cambodian sojourn would be nothing more than a walk in the park. I was wrong, dead wrong. The work undertaken was no less fulfilling and energy sapping as any of the previous eight trips I have been involved in. Our volunteers, new and old were as dedicated as any before them. They performed their duties with utmost skill whilst displaying the compassion and dedication that has become synonymous with this wonderful organisation. I always marvel at the unselfish, unwavering commitment shown by those volunteers who still have that desire to help even though they are now on their tenth or more mission. One would think they have tired of it all, or become complacent to the cause, but they haven’t.