Gap year & Travel News

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Tanzania is the first African country i ever visited and i think it will always be my absolute favorite! It really has got every single thing that comes to mind when you think of the stunning and magical continent we call Africa, stunning white sand palm fringed beaches, the most incredible and unforgettable safari on [...]

Hi to Guy and everyone in the office! Mbasaa here (Tanzania project co-ordinator), So far the September team have been working really hard and enjoying every minute! During the first and second week of placement the leapers have been volunteering at the Faraja Women’s Development Center, focusing on construction, as well as assisting mother’s at [...]

Hi to Guy and everyone in the office! The girls are doing really well. They are now about to finish their third week and are now doing painting work at the Moshono government school. Last week they finished doing construction work at the Faraja Center. Mbasa and I are putting an impact report together with [...]

Mambo from the July Summer Team in amazing Tanzania! Sorry it’s taken us so long to update you all on how we’re getting on but we’ve been kept very busy. So here’s what has happened on our African Adventure weeks 1-4… We arrived in Dar es Salaam and our base in Mbezi Luis on the [...]

Hi Guy, We are all doing well and we are now at Lake Manyara doing plastering at the orphanage. We had an Eco-lodge phase yesterday and we are getting ready for the whole day game drive tomorrow. On thursday, the whole group will be heading out to Serengeti and later to the Ngorongoiro Crater before [...]

Hi Guy, The group are doing really well and are all in Zanzibar at the moment, i believe they will be back with us on Thursday. Over the past weeks they have been working at the Neema Children’s Centre and will be working at Don Bosco Centre starting this week. Verena will be coming home [...]