Gap year & Travel News

2011 has been a huge year for the Leap in Venezuela. On a year which saw our largest ever team descend on the Caribbean coast to volunteer, dozens of energetic volunteers conquering the highest table-top mountain on Earth, and untold friendships forged for life. However it’s the glorious season of giving, so lets recap all [...]

“Hey Leapers! My name is Claire Brady. I am from Minneapolis, Minnesota and I am a student at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut where I am studying Government and Environmental Studies. I have studied Spanish for 8 years and have spent time living in Luque, Paraguay as well as Xela, Guatemala. I am currently learning [...]

Hi Alice, now that my exams are finished I thought I would take the time to tell you a little about how our trip went, since I don’t think I have sent you a proper message to tell you about it all! The arrival in San Jose was lovely !!  The taxi driver (Henry) was [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Have you ever dreamed of exploring Kenya on your gap year? Its one of the most breathtaking countries on the amazing continent that is Africa!! The endless plains of the serengeti, the Big 5, living with incredible indigenous tribes and with local communities, learning about their traditions and learning their traditional dances, teaching english, working [...]

Hi Alice, Please find some photos attached. The group are working on restoring the old mushroom growing house at Imani Women’s Group. They said they had a great time at Mwaluganje and we arranged a surprise treat for them and brought them down to the beach on their last Saturday before they transferred to Camp [...]

Hi All, The Leap Ecuador group just spent yet another fabulous week in Los Naranjos getting to know the families who takes care of us even better. The girls have been helping cook dinner and the boys have become unofficial landscape designers under the direction of the three youngest girls. This week we helped finish construction [...]

Hi Alice, Just wanted to give you a litte update. The leapers spent two weeks working in Jakera Club and found it challenging but rewarding. They did sports classes in Jakera club, and are also starting to turn our large teachers binder into a more formal typed up version so it is more user friendly [...]

Cheers! ………That seems to be the statement that has so far summed up our time in Sabah, and on a night when 9 bottles of rice wine have been consumed such a saying seems rather apt.  Maybe it is the residual effects of those bottles we enjoyed on our last night at camp Tinangol, but [...]