filed in Kenya on Oct.24, 2011
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!
filed in Africa, Announcements, Kenya on Sep.28, 2011
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 [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Kenya on Sep.23, 2011
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 [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Kenya on Sep.08, 2011
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 [...]
filed in Africa, Gap Year, Kenya on Aug.25, 2011
Have you ever dreamed of exploring Kenya on your gap year? Its one of the most breathtaking countries on the amazing continent that is Africa!! The endless plains of the serengeti, the Big 5, living with incredible indigenous tribes and with local communities, learning about their traditions and learning their traditional dances, teaching english, working [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Gap Year, Kenya on Aug.11, 2011
Hi Alice, Please find some photos attached. The group are working on restoring the old mushroom growing house at Imani Women’s Group. They said they had a great time at Mwaluganje and we arranged a surprise treat for them and brought them down to the beach on their last Saturday before they transferred to Camp [...]
filed in Kenya on Jul.12, 2011
The Kenya Leapers have just finished a week in Makongeni camp and they started on a real high note. They have been focused on community projects, like building a house for a very poor family in the village. They are expecting to finish it very soon. Some in the group have been weaving Makuti leaves [...]
filed in Kenya on Jul.07, 2011
Jambo from the Sun-Soaked Kenya Coast! The Kenya Summer Team arrived on Tuesday morning and are settling in really well to village life! I just popped in to say a quick Hello and everyone in good shape. The boys were out playing football with some of the locals but I caught the girls in camp [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Gap Year, Kenya on May.17, 2011
Jambo (Hello) to everyone in the office! End of stay in Makongeni for the 6weekers and they more or less got to see the completion of a traditional house. The owner is one of the members of the Baraka Mangrove Conservation Group. The remaining 4 in camp will complete the house this week….what an achievement!! [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Gap Year, Kenya on May.05, 2011
Since it is everyone’s mandate to take care of the environment and of course it was Earth Day, the leapers were not left behind last week and we planted 100 casuarinas trees on Lolarako women’s groups part of land, they have set aside for development. Owing to the depleted state of our forests, the leap [...]
