Steve Munby's recent school visits have been unlike any throughout his long career in education. "It was a 45-minute boat ride through a jungle and eventually we came to a swamp," he says, recalling his recent trip to a school in Brunei. "We have four teachers teaching in the swamp. They love it out there with the monkeys, crocodiles and snakes."
Brunei is one of the 40 countries where CfBT Education Trust delivers educational support. Since joining CfBT last November, Munby has also visited the organisation's Middle Eastern offices in Abu Dhabi several times and will travel to Kenya at the end of August. Munby is preparing to visit the areas most holidaymakers never see. "I've had all my injections to go off to the slums and the northern Muslim agricultural area to find ways to get primary-aged girls into school," says Munby. "I'm going to some very challenging places."
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