CAROL Compton is battling the Borneo jungle to raise money for Camp Quality.
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The Corlette resident is one in a party of 14 Camp Quality volunteers who are walking in the shoes of prisoners of war forced to march between Sandakan and Ranau, in Borneo, during World War II.
The Sandakan Death Marches, as the trek became known, resulted in the deaths of 2345 Allied prisoners of war held captive by Japan.
Once completed, the gruelling trek will have raised more than $60,000 for Camp Quality. The funds will remain in the Hunter.
"We each, individually, committed to raise a minimum of $4000, but we've all gone over," Mrs Compton said.
"We hoped to raise $60,000 between the 14 of us, which I think we already have."
Mrs Compton, a retired school teacher, did the Kokoda trak in 2010 to raise funds for the charity she has volunteered with for six years.
Never having children of her own, Mrs Compton said she thought it would be nice to do something for children and their families who needed some help.
Mrs Compton raised the money for the Camp Quality cause with the help of Port businesses, which contributed prizes for raffles.
All trip expenses were paid for by herself.
Before the trip Mrs Compton, a fit and active woman, had trained by running up Tomaree Head and the sand dunes, wearing ankle weights and doing outrigger paddling.
While she said Borneo was not as "hilly" as Kokoda, it would be very humid.
"Humidity is going to be a major factor," she said.
Mrs Compton left for Borneo last Friday.
She began her formidable trek challenge in Sandakan on April 2, and will finish in Ranau on April 11.