A City Girl In Nature
The latest episode of ‘My Craghoppers, My Kiwis’ sees us catch up with Kwesia, aka ‘City Girl in Nature’.
Kwesia grew up in Deptford and experienced a great deal of challenges that often come with living in an area with people who have been neglected or marginalised.
Experiencing a lot of senseless violence and trauma from a very young age, Kwesia found herself homeless and struggling with her mental health, finding her life without meaning or a sense of purpose until an amazing opportunity to be part of a British Exploring Society expedition to the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest came along. Kwesia spent 3 weeks in a remote part of the jungle with people she didn’t know, a million miles from the life she knew in London.
This experience gave Kwesia the love of nature that she has today and when she returned, she was full of ideas of how to connect other people to the nature on their doorstep. This is how City Girl in Nature was born, a way to give back to the community and share her love and passion for the great outdoors.
Kwesia’s connection to Craghoppers is a strong one, since starring in our AW23 campaign in the Lake District we have supplied kit for City Girl in Nature’s first camp.
Follow the City Girl In Nature journey here.
Kwesia’s Kit List:
