Entries Tagged ‘Construction’:
filed in Tanzania on Sep.15, 2010
Hi everyone, Sorry this comes a little late, but with only 5 computers with alright(ish) internet speed in the whole of Arusha it is rather difficult to keep up-to-date! Anyway, two weeks have already past and we have completed our first placements. The task was to build a wall (or as much of it as [...]
Tags: Arusha, Building, Construction, foudations, Moody and Kev, orphans, Tanzania Gap Year, Via Via
filed in Kenya on Sep.07, 2010
Just went up to say ‘Jambo’ to the Leap team and wanted to let you know that they are doing really well. Very happy, positive and working hard! I caught up with them at Ngozini Primary School which is on the border of Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary and they were busy making bricks for the new [...]
Tags: brick building, Building, Construction, Elephants, Kenya, school, Teaching
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 [...]
Tags: Borneo, Building, conservation, Construction, Monkeys, Orangutans, Reforestation, sports, Teaching English, tree planting
filed in Ecuador on May.17, 2010
The Rainforest – Leaves, massages and more rice than you can shake a stick at… So we left Quito early on Sunday morning. We´d gone out for dinner the night before in a torrential downpour so a few of my clothes were slightly damper than I´d hoped but I was to soon get used to [...]
Tags: Bob Marley, Bua, Building, Construction, flaming shots, Giant Carrots, Organic Chocolate, rainforest, Rice, Tubing, Zip wires
filed in Cambodia on Apr.07, 2010
In Cambodia 60,000 children die each year many due to waterborne illnesses exacerbated by the countries habit of drinking water out of pit wells. For the next 3 weeks the Cambodia Team (Sergey, Emily, Sarah, Jess, Sarah, Becky, Zara and Josephine) are working with the dynamic Trailblazer Foundation, a local NGO, whose main aims are [...]
Tags: buidling, clean water, community projects, Construction, hot and sweaty!, Trailblazers, water borne diseases
filed in Kenya on Feb.01, 2010
Another week has gone by, unbelievably the Leap team have now been here for 4 weeks! Everyone is starting to feel African now and the team is still getting on great. This was another busy week for the volunteers spending their mornings constructing that walls of a nursery and teaching the school kids in the [...]
Tags: Construction, football, Kenya, Teaching
filed in Borneo on Jan.22, 2010
Hey, It’s been another great week in Borneo and the January team are doing sterling work…and as you can see for the photos below the sun is now out and here to stay! During their stay at Camp Tinangol, the team have been really busy, completing the first phase on Tinangol Kindergarten Project with guidance [...]
Tags: Building, Construction, Digging, Sunshine!