Gap year & Travel News

Hello everyone! Brilliant news!!!!!! The kids at Good Hope now have their 16 new beds, matresses, pillows, sheets and moquito nets, as well as supplies of food! Now they can sleep comfortably in their new beds, have balnkets to keep them warm in the winter months and will be less likely to contract Malaria. Malaria [...]

Hello everyone!! So It’s been quite a while since I have written a blog on here (sorry if you have missed me)!! Getting the sponsor money all collected in was a hell of a task, but I can very happily and proudly say….It’s all in!!!!! Yayyyy. We managed to raise enough for 16 beds, 16 [...]

For those of you who’ve never met me my name is Susie, I’m about to start a university course in London and I went on the July team Leap to Kenya. I’m guessing you know that when you are out in a country like Kenya it’s quite common to take steps to sponsor a local [...]

I personally think its really nice every now and then when someone (or indeed a group of people) says something or more importantly DOES something, which really does help you to believe in the kindness of people again! My auntie Colette, who took part in the sponsored walk with us works at a college in [...]

Hello again lovely readers! So its Friday 14th May Today, so I’m pretty late at putting this blog up for you, however i come bearing BIG NEWS which i have just been dieing to tell you! On Sunday 2nd May we did it! Me, my beautiful mum Maria, Dad Ray, Sister Tara, friend Fran, Auntie [...]

Heloooooo again you beautiful people! Today is Thursday 29th April 2010 and as well as it being my 21st birthday tomorrow (yipiiiiieeeeeee), its also time for our Sponsored walk on Sunday and you guessed it….it’s going to rain, but we shall soldier on! I have been very busy this morning creating a group page on [...]

Here is the cost beak-down (Thank you Mathias for working hard on this for me)!: 8 bunkbeds @ Tsh 70,000 each Total= Tsh560,000 16 blankets @ Tsh 15,000 each Total= Tsh240,000 16 Matresses @ Tsh60,000 each Total= 960,000 16 Mosquito nets @ Tsh160,000 each Total=160,000 16 Sheets @ Tsh10,000 each Total=240,000 16 Pillows @ Tsh10,000 [...]

Hi Michaela, Yes we had the meeting and it went well. I have the breakdown and Adam will be mailing it to you today.The kids at the two centers  are very  grateful for the help and they are preparing some Maasai paintings with the kids as a gift to you! The cost we had are [...]

Its 12 days now until the sponsored walk and so far i personally have raised about £160 and getting more donations from sponsors everyday, which is great! I’m getting quite excited about this now…it feels really good doing something for somebody else and I’m hoping to get back out to the orphanage in Tanzania next [...]

Helooooooo again!! I come bearing good news, today is April 11th 2010 and I have come across something very interesting on the internet, which might be just the thing I’m looking for to kick start some fundraising J Yayyyyyyyyyy. It’s a sponsored walk-15 miles which is just over a half marathon (ouch)!! On Bank Holiday [...]