Gap year & Travel News

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 [...]

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 [...]

  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 [...]

  Kenya is without a doubt one of the most popular countries to visit in Africa for so so many reasons it would be impossible for me to list them all! We at The Leap have been working in Kenya for 10 years now, its our longest running project without a doubt and remains one [...]

I’ve been to the most amazing places, seen the most amazing things, and met some of the most amazing people. From teaching Maths to eager eyes in classrooms in Kenya to reaching Machu Picchu after 4 days of trekking the fabulous Inca Trail in fancy dress, I have had some of the most memorable experiences [...]

I’m happy to announce that here at The Leap we are in engaged in a long-term love affair (entirely platonic!) with the East African Country of Kenya. It’s where the big boss Guy grew up and where I spent 5 incredible and life changing months of my gap year as a Leaper. Kenya is an [...]

Hot off the press…here are some pics from the lovely Leapers on their gap year in Kenya showing the hand over ceremony they took part in at the Muhaka Islamic Nursery school on Friday. Flower garlands ahoy!

Sophie Mara – Serian Camp, August – October 2011. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SERIAN VOLUNTEER 6.30am Wake up to the sound of the Mara river flowing at quite a pace just feet away from my tent, It has rained every night since I arrived at Serian’s mobile camp, so the river is [...]

Hi Guy, Hope you’re well back in the UK office! The entire group have been in Mwaluganje (the elephant sanctuary) this week and just spoke to their Program Coordinator. It’s been a great week as they celebrated Peace One Day on the 21st September at Ngonzini Primary School with the idea of human-wildlife cooperation and [...]

HI Guy, The group are all getting on really well and everyone’s mixing really well too! We are focusing on two main projects right now in Muhaka – finishing desks for a little nursery school that we just finished renovating and the other group is focusing on making an eco-house on our new and most [...]