filed in Borneo on Jan.25, 2011
It’s the end of an era here in Borneo! The Leapers ended their programme at Kipouvo Homestay last night with a farewell party hosted by the village community leader and a birthday Party for Hannah. The community members cooked their best local dish, shared their best rice wine with everyone (cue slightly sore heads this [...]
filed in Borneo on Jan.13, 2011
Hello from Borneo! The leapers had a great time on their first week in country getting themselves adapted to the new (very hot!) environment, the culture and the community at Kipouvo homestay. Their first week included learning basic Bahasa Malaysia, they learned how to play gongs and the local Dusun traditional rice wine making, had [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Asia, Gap Year, South America on Aug.20, 2010
According to the daily telegraph Gap Year bookings for school leavers will rise by up to 150% this year! Applications to British Universities are up by £250,000 but with 6000 fewer places available than last year, it is believed that up to 200,000 British students may miss out on their places, despite having secured the [...]
filed in Borneo on Jul.27, 2010
Greetings from Borneo! The arrivals of the July leapers few weeks ago was welcomed with much excitement by the communities and staff of Camp Borneo as always. Everyone is good and happy. Over the past few weeks the Leapers have been working really hard and got themselves stuck in with our Kindergarten foundation project in [...]
filed in Announcements, Borneo, Gap Year on May.19, 2010
If your in your last year at school or college this year then your Gap Year is getting nearer and nearer (yayyyyyy)!! And if like me your not one to lay by a pool all day everyday whilst overseas (although a good few days on a palm fringed beach never goes a miss), then id [...]
filed in Borneo on Jan.10, 2010
Hello from Not completely Sunny Borneo! Hows the weather in Uk ? Still freazing cold?! Its been raining here all week and my attempt to surprise the team up at Tinangol with chocolates for their hard work failed as I got stuck in a big flood in Kota Belud, half way on Saturday. So had [...]
filed in Announcements, Asia, Borneo, Gap Year on Sep.15, 2009
Borneo, one of the largest islands in the world and located in South East Asia, this is a total paradise! With lush rainforests, stunning beaches and hot hot hot sun this place should definitely be on your holiday wish list. A Borneo holiday doesn’t have to just involve lazing on the beach (although drinking cocktails [...]
filed in Announcements, Borneo on Aug.11, 2009
How often can you say “Tony Blair came for a visit when we were planting ferns on the screen walls of the Sunbear house today”?! Only in Borneo… To find out what the gubbins he was doing in Borneo and the good work done by Sepilok Orangutan Centre click here! Read about Leapers project work [...]
filed in Asia, Borneo on Aug.11, 2009
How can 6 weeks have gone so fast? It seems only yesterday that our first ever Borneo team were setting out on the adventure of a lifetime and now they’re well on their way home having completed their placements in Malaysia…ready to enjoy the rest of the English Summer (!?!). When we left them last [...]
filed in Borneo on Jul.21, 2009
The team are storming ahead with their bio-gas collector project at Tinangol. The construction of Bio Gas Collectors will pipe the decaying gases off human and animal waste (yum!) into kitchens for cooking or lighting purposes. It will have a massive impact on the Rainforest environment that surrounds the viallage, which was previously being destroyed [...]
