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	<title>Gap year &#38; Travel News &#187; South Africa</title>
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		<title>South Africa Team Update!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spotting lions, Rhino&#8217;s and hippo&#8217;s, flying in microlights and building elephant enclosures &#8211; Our South Africa Team get busy in the bush!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from one of our lovely team leaders in South Africa &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LeapGiving™ South Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Africa&#8230;.one of the most amazingly beautiful countries on earth!!! I may be a little biast as my husband&#8217;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&#8217;d be hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Africa Team Photo Diary!</title>
		<link>http://www.theleap.co.uk/leapers-blogs/destinations/africa/south-africa-team-photo-diary-2/2011094453/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theleap.co.uk/leapers-blogs/destinations/africa/south-africa-team-photo-diary-2/2011094453/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[beach]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Guy and all in the office. Its been another successful week with community work. The girls taught at Shama College and spent some time at Sivudendela home based care. This week ahead is conservation week and they will be doing a few mixed projects including bush clearing after the fire that come through just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Africa Team Update!</title>
		<link>http://www.theleap.co.uk/leapers-blogs/destinations/africa/south-africa-team-update-2/2011094434/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theleap</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Michaela, All is going well here and the group have just returned after the mozambique excursion. It was a fantastic trip, everyone had the most amazing time and as always Mozambique is just as beautiful as i remember!! In the week leading up to mozambique the group where in the community at a school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Africa Team Update!</title>
		<link>http://www.theleap.co.uk/leapers-blogs/destinations/africa/south-africa-team-update/2011094374/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theleap.co.uk/leapers-blogs/destinations/africa/south-africa-team-update/2011094374/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theleap</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Guy and everyone else in the office, All is going well here and the team have settled in really well! This past week the girls have been busy with conservation work. They have been involved in the following: •bush clearing of a burnt area after a bush fire that come through Kwa Madwala. These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My South African Experience &#8211; Sorrel Ireland!</title>
		<link>http://www.theleap.co.uk/leapers-blogs/announcements/my-south-african-experience-sorrel-ireland/2011084299/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi My names Sorrel Ireland, I&#8217;m 18 and ive just returned from Spending 10 weeks in South Africa&#8230;..it was the best thing I have ever done! It has opened up so many doors for me. Every minute of the trip was memorable, we took part in so many different activities like game drives, bush walks, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Darting Ellies, Lion and Rhino &#8211; all in a day&#8217;s work for South African Leapers!</title>
		<link>http://www.theleap.co.uk/leapers-blogs/destinations/africa/south-africa/darting-ellies-lion-and-rhino-all-in-a-days-work-for-south-african-leapers/2011043941/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dindela]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello from sunny South Africa! What a week it&#8217;s been&#8230; The Leapers have been on their African gap years now for nearly 3 weeks and are settling into life on the game reserve.  Over the past week they&#8217;ve taken part in a mix of community development projects and helped out with conservation initiatives here in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help to save the Rhino</title>
		<link>http://www.theleap.co.uk/leapers-blogs/announcements/help-to-save-the-rhino/2011043915/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported in the Blog several months ago, illegal Rhino poaching is at an all time high in South Africa with a known 85 killings this year alone. Rhino are butchered for their horns, which consist of keratin (like the human fingernail) and can actually survive if they are removed. However, tragically poachers kill or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Africa Update</title>
		<link>http://www.theleap.co.uk/leapers-blogs/destinations/africa/3826/2011033826/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week the team has been involved in the following tasks/projects: Lion and Rhino tracking, Working on community vegetable gardens, Helping to build a small house in the community, Helping out at the orphanage, Taking part in game drives, and Last but not least&#8230; Microlight flights. Everyone is fine with no illnesses over the past [...]]]></description>
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