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days aff ected there reporting on duty. Safari Park Hotel & Casino
• Pick up of volunteers from Kasarani was delayed
due to lack of transport. Technical Staff and Legends
• Calling for volunteer meetings during the event accommodation
aff ected their duty stations.
• Volunteers did not have airtime during the event.
During the World under 18 championships held in
Nairobi Kenya, Safari park hotel & Casino hosted
Recommendations 50 technical staff and 100 athlete legends. e hotel
was allocated 7 volunteers from LOC. Guests started
• Accreditation of volunteers should have been given arriving on the 3rd of July.
priority.
KYEB
• Uniforms should be issued before the event.
What worked
Storage
Safari park was very cooperative, especially
i.
when there was need for printing or photo-
• e business Centre located at the Windsor Arcade
copying services.
was used as storage space.
ii. Supply of water and sodas was adequate.
• e store was used to receive all
iii. Volunteers at safari park were provided with
airtime worth ksh1, 000.
Offi ce stationery
i.
iv. e accommodation volunteers were very ef-
ii. Welcome Bags
fi cient.
iii. Competition delegates uniform
v. e legends and technical staff were gifted with
iv. Masaai Shukas
150 Maasai Shukas.
v. Vikoys
vi. Transport was readily available.
vii. Medical team provided health services to the
KENYA YEARBO0K
What worked
legends at Safari park.

• Items received at the store were recorded and
Challenges
received together with the concierge, LOC rep-
EDITORIAL BOARD
resentative & the Security.
i.
• e team receiving ensured that a proper record e volunteers had to go and eat at Kasarani
(which was far from the hotel) then come back
of all items received was inventoried and items
to Safari park; this made some of the volun-
that left the store were signed for too.
teers lack food. e LOC Head of Operations
intervened and the situation was resolved. is
Branding happened during the fi rst three days.
ii. ere was no provision of safari tour services
e IAAF Branding was allocated in the following at Safari park Hotel, which made the guests
areas: unhappy since they could not tour.
iii. ere were no linguists to assist in translation,
i. Lobby area when the legends wanted to interact with the
ii. Windsor Terrace technical offi cials.
iii. Windsor Arcade
iv. Windsor meeting room 1 – 5 corridors
v. Signage in all meeting rooms

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