filed in Tanzania on Feb.08, 2012
Guy (The Leap’s MD) has just returned from visiting the Tanzania Leapers for a week of their volunteering gap year. Despite a night flight, very little sleep and a bit of a shock coming from a climate of 35 degrees to minus 4 he’s just filed a quick report and some photographs to help with the [...]
filed in Kenya on Feb.07, 2012
Jambo from Kenya, All is well at Makongeni. The team have been busy making a big push on the new classrooms for the school and building furniture over the last two weeks with some really good progress. We are also continuing to support the feeding program at the Catholic Nursery School and every morning there [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Gap Year, South Africa on Jan.27, 2012
Hi Guy, The leapers have been very busy during the last few weeks. The first week: They removed fences from the old horse paddock for the new elephant paddock. The started to build the dam in the elephant camp for the tame elephants going in there too. On Friday the leapers left for their excursion [...]
filed in Tanzania on Jan.26, 2012
Jambo from Tanzania, We have had a busy first three weeks with the Leap Team in Arusha, Safari Capital of Tanzania! After the classroom construction in the Maasai village of Olkokola in week one, the Leap volunteers moved on to painting a government school called Moshono and visit the Orphanage Center in Arusha. Over the [...]
filed in Kenya on Jan.23, 2012
Jambo from Makongeni! The Kenya Team has had an exhilarating 2 weeks so far with lots of different activities and experiences. After arriving at Mombasa we travelled to our first camp located in Shimba Hills in the Mwalunganje Elephant Sanctuary. The camp far exceeded our expectations and it quickly began to feel like home. We [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Gap Year, Tanzania on Jan.18, 2012
Hi Michaela, Just to let you know that the group are all doing really well! The leapers have been working on the construction of a classroom at the Maasai village. They have had a nice time and witnessed a Maasai warriors dance during their initiation at the village as well. At the weekend the group [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Kenya on Jan.11, 2012
Jambo! Just got in from visiting the Leap group they are in good shape and loving the projects and the area. Here’s a photo of them taken on their first day of project work and and also one of the energy efficient stoves we built for the new kitchen, which I was really pleased [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Tanzania on Jan.11, 2012
Hi Alice, All the ten leapers for our January 2012 have safely arrived in Tanzania last week as you know. We had our Induction course Thursday morning and later that day we ventured into the Maasai savanna ready for our work on the classroom construction on Monday. We had time to talk to a Maasai [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Gap Year, South Africa, Uncategorized on Jan.11, 2012
A letter from one of our lovely team leaders in South Africa – Charlotte! Hi Guy This first week has been brilliant! The leapers started off with a day to relax and recuperate after their long flight.Spending time getting to know each other and starting to work on their Africa tan (V.important). That night they [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Leap Giving, South Africa on Dec.23, 2011
South Africa….one of the most amazingly beautiful countries on earth!!! I may be a little biast as my husband’s South African and i actually got married out at Kwa Madwala where our Leap placement is based this year and its just my favorite place in the world! One reason being, i think you’d be hard [...]
