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	<title>Gap year &#38; Travel News &#187; beaches</title>
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		<title>Volunteer in the Kingdom of Cambodia &#8211; One of the poorest but most beautiful countries in Asia!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a magic about Cambodia&#8230;or the Kingdom of Cambodia as its more formally known, which casts a spell over many of the people who visit. It&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A lovely note from our man in Cambodia &#8211; Team Update!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Guy, I hope you&#8217;re well! The volunteers have completed the house building and pumping well for the community now, which is fantastic! They&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LeapGiving™ Costa Rica</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year The Leap celebrated our 6th year of gap year volunteer work in Costa Rica! Over that time Leapers have helped with a huge range of projects in the El Silencio Cooperative community, helping the village to unite and develop so that every family has comfortable living conditions and the next generation a brighter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My time in Costa Rica &#8211; George Rowett!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theleap.co.uk/leapers-blogs/?p=4222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ecuador Team Update!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone! Yesterday concluded our time in the Tsachila community of Búa, located just outside of Santo Domingo in the Rainforest. Last week was spent helping various local families with different farmwork including planting yucca, corn, plantain, and achiote as well as clearing fields of yucca for future planting. We also continued painting and rust-proofing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteering in Kenya! Video :)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick update from Ecuador!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela Team Update!</title>
		<link>http://www.theleap.co.uk/leapers-blogs/announcements/4289/2011084289/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela Team Update!</title>
		<link>http://www.theleap.co.uk/leapers-blogs/announcements/venezuela-team-update-4/2011074255/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Alice, The leapers have been doing great and for a smaller group they are incredibly motivated and positive. It has been a pleasure working with them the past three weeks and we have acoplished a lot. Week one the group jumped right into to beach clean ups, one at Playa Melissa and one at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What we&#8217;ve achieved in Ecuador this April!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Guy and everyone else in the office, We finished up the cabin! Yeah! And just in time for some tourists who stayed the night in the cabin the same day we finished it. This last week has been a whirlwind of work with hammers flying (not literally, don&#8217;t worry) and saws cutting, as well [...]]]></description>
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