Gap year & Travel News

As we move on from Makongeni we are all reflecting back on the great times we have had over such a short space of time. Our imaculately constructed quarter-finished floor could have been tainted by no other than our leader Muse who absent-mindedly tiptoes over it not so like a delicate mosquito but more so [...]

Jambo, Just a quick word from the Leap camp in Kenya, the July Team are a great group and very happy at the moment! They have been at the orphanage centre for the whole week and the additional classroom we are building is almost done. Here are some photos of the Leapers in action: Stay [...]

Hello again It’s the twins here…We thought it was about time for the fundraising update!! In order to raise money for our trip to Kenya with The Leap, this week we have been doing a 5 day sponsored silence. I have to say this is one of the hardest things we have ever done! It’s [...]

Jambo from Kenya! Just went through Makongeni to see the Leap Summer Team and everyone is on good form! Last week the volunteers worked a little on the nursery school classrooms that we have been constructing this year and spending their afternoons teaching or helping out with various different Rafiki Kenia projects such as at [...]

Well, I’m nearly two weeks in to my Leap placement in Kenya…two weeks, and I’m already looking at my departure date on the calendar, circled in a menacing shade of red. Sigh…I’ve been here at Muthaiga Safari Camp in the Maasai Mara for 12 days, and though it sounds clichéd, I’d have to say it almost [...]

Jambo! Well all have arrived here in Kenya safe and sound, they seem like a great group already, despite a lack of sleep on their flight over here. Today they received a briefing and we reinforced the message that they need to keep their clothes on everywhere except on the beach! They have settled well [...]

Unbelievably it’s the Leapers last day on the project in Kenya (boo!) and the end of an incredible 10 week gap year placement. Some of the team are returning home tomorrow but most have decided to head off to Zanzibar for a well earned beach break, plus a taste of the fantastic full moon parties [...]

Greetings from the Kenyan Coast! Great news from us here: Construction has begun for the new nursery school block at Makongeni Primary! Yesterday, the whole team seemed quite beat as they’d worked really hard on Monday. Some are working on the new nursery classroom block while others have been restoring the tree nursery at the [...]

Greetings from Diani, The team are all happy and well, they came back down from from Mwaluganje Eelphant Sanctuary last week Thursday all in good form. They had a great time and worked primarily on road maintenance, livestock deworming and assisting with the school tree nursery. It’s rainy season so we make a big push [...]