Students from Tayforth University Officer Training Corps kayaking on the River Nile in Uganda, 2003

Digital photograph by Corporal Paul Jarvis, Royal Logistic Corps. One of 467 images taken from two CDs of multimedia, August 2003.

Kamuli is a poor, rural district situated along the banks of the River Nile, three hours from the capital Kampala. In support of London-based charity, The Busoga Trust, and under the leadership of Captain Dave Balmer, three groups of students spent three weeks each, assisting in the construction of shallow wells, hand pumps and rainwater collection tanks situated close to local settlements. In exercises designed to test their endurance, navigational and leadership skills the Officer Training Corps (OTC) student groups also spent three days trekking 80 kilometres through the lush Ugandan bush as well as time kayaking and rafting on part of the River Nile.

The University OTC offers students the opportunity to see and experience life in the Army but the scheme does not commit a student to joining the Army after graduation.