Gap year & Travel News

There’s a magic about Cambodia…or the Kingdom of Cambodia as its more formally known, which casts a spell over many of the people who visit. It’s an incredibly beautiful country with a history both saddening and inspiring where the future is waiting to be shaped! Become a Cambodia volunteer and discover all of this for [...]

Dear Guy, I hope you’re well! The volunteers have completed the house building and pumping well for the community now, which is fantastic! They’ve also been teaching at the orphanage centre in the afternoons. The Cambodian Children Painting Project in SihanoukVille is expecting them to be there on 15 Feb and start works on 16 [...]

Kat and Joelle volunteered with us in Cambodia a while ago now, but had written some beautiful blogs about their time in this unforgettable country, so although late, we thought we’d share them with you! Enjoy! You can look through lots more photo’s here too! And if you’d like more info about the project just [...]

  Dear Guy, Many thanks for your e-mail.  As you know, the volunteers arrived and settled in safely. -On Friday morning, we took them to visit the orphanage center in the morning and visited the community in the afternoon. The end of the day finished with briefing and orientation on safety guidelines. -Monday morning, we [...]

Kat and Joelle volunteered with us in Cambodia a while ago now, but had written some beautiful blogs about their time in this unforgettable country, so although late, we thought we’d share them with you! Enjoy! Hello all! We thought we’d write a travel blog and let you all know what we get up to [...]

Cambodia is without doubt one of the most beautiful and rewarding places in the world to volunteer. So much so that when the Leap’s very own email whizz kid Michaela was given a choice of all The Leap’s destinations to volunteer in next Summer she chose (you guessed it!) CAMBODIA! We have sent over 60 [...]

Hi, I’m Alex  – I’m in my second year studying History of Art at University, after taking a wonderful gap year with The Leap! My Gap Year began with The Leap in January 2009 when I jetted off to Ecuador (in South America) for 10 weeks on a team project. I spent some the most [...]

If your idea of a summer well spent involves powder soft  sand, palm-fringed beaches, surfing the best breaks and swimming through coral reef teeming with tropical fish then look no further (in fact you might as well dig out your bucket and spade now). Most of The Leap’s Summer Teams volunteer on or near some [...]

We are extremely excited to announce that the Cambodia Leap will be changing from January. Lucky Leapers traveling to Asia in 2011 will experience our most exciting placement yet, with a fantastic combination of community and water conservation projects in three amazing environments. Starting in Siem Reap, Cambodia’s hippest town the team will teach in [...]

According to a recent survey by The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) the employment market for this years graduates is looking bleak. The overall number of graduate vacancies has been slashed by one in four and competition for vacancies has intensified, too, with jobs attracting an average of 48 applications, up from 30 last year. [...]