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	<title>Gap year &#38; Travel News &#187; 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>Quick update from sunny Tanzania!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenya Team 1 week update!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Jambo! Just got in from visiting the Leap group they are in good shape and loving the projects and the area. Here’s a photo of them taken on their first day of project work and and also one of the energy efficient stoves we built for the new kitchen, which I was really pleased [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick update from Tanzania!</title>
		<link>http://www.theleap.co.uk/leapers-blogs/destinations/africa/quick-update-from-tanzania/2012014760/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not got your Gap Year plans sorted yet????????</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Panic…Rushing…. Confusion!!!! On your Gap Year and suddenly realized its almost the beginning of 2012, and you haven’t got it sorted yet?????&#8230;.. If this is you, look no further; we at Leap Towers have got it covered!! Our January teams are filling up nicely and some of them are now at full capacity but it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenya- don&#8217;t let the pirates put you off!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alice</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theleap.co.uk/leapers-blogs/?p=4596</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m happy to announce that here at The Leap we are in engaged in a long-term love affair (entirely platonic!) with the East African Country of Kenya. It&#8217;s where the big boss Guy grew up and where I spent 5 incredible and life changing months of my gap year as a Leaper. Kenya is an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My incredible African experience with The Leap! xx</title>
		<link>http://www.theleap.co.uk/leapers-blogs/destinations/africa/my-incredible-african-experience-with-the-leap-xx/2011104539/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overview of Solo Botswana Trip 03 July – 27 September 2011 – Elise Shaw The tangerine coloured sun rose magestically over the Makgadikgadi National Park waking the animals, birds, guests and staff from their slumber. So began another day in magical Botswana. The three months as a solo volunteer placement with Desert &#38; Delta Safaris [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tanzania Team Update &#8211; Teaching, building and caring for children. :)</title>
		<link>http://www.theleap.co.uk/leapers-blogs/destinations/africa/tanzania-team-update-teaching-building-and-caring-for-children/2011094492/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A typical day in the Masai Mara!</title>
		<link>http://www.theleap.co.uk/leapers-blogs/destinations/africa/a-typical-day-in-the-masaai-mara/2011094483/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
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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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