filed in Africa, Announcements, Tanzania on Sep.23, 2011
Hi to Guy and everyone in the office! The girls are doing really well. They are now about to finish their third week and are now doing painting work at the Moshono government school. Last week they finished doing construction work at the Faraja Center. Mbasa and I are putting an impact report together with [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Kenya on Sep.23, 2011
Hi Guy, Hope you’re well back in the UK office! The entire group have been in Mwaluganje (the elephant sanctuary) this week and just spoke to their Program Coordinator. It’s been a great week as they celebrated Peace One Day on the 21st September at Ngonzini Primary School with the idea of human-wildlife cooperation and [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Gap Year, South Africa on Sep.22, 2011
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 [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Gap Year, South Africa on Sep.07, 2011
Hi Guy and everyone else in the office, All is going well here and the team have settled in really well! This past week the girls have been busy with conservation work. They have been involved in the following: •bush clearing of a burnt area after a bush fire that come through Kwa Madwala. These [...]
filed in Africa, Gap Year, Kenya on Aug.25, 2011
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 [...]
filed in Announcements, Gap Year, South Africa on Aug.03, 2011
Hi My names Sorrel Ireland, I’m 18 and ive just returned from Spending 10 weeks in South Africa…..it was the best thing I have ever done! It has opened up so many doors for me. Every minute of the trip was memorable, we took part in so many different activities like game drives, bush walks, [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Gap Year, Tanzania on Oct.27, 2010
Hi Guy, The group are doing really well and are all in Zanzibar at the moment, i believe they will be back with us on Thursday. Over the past weeks they have been working at the Neema Children’s Centre and will be working at Don Bosco Centre starting this week. Verena will be coming home [...]
filed in Kenya on Oct.03, 2010
The Kenyan elephant sanctuary, i think, is my idea of heaven. We were so spoilt, and had everything we needed and more. Working toilets, bamboo showers which were roofless so you could look out into the sky (and get dive bombed by passing bugs…). The tents were huge, and could have easily fit in 6 [...]
filed in South Africa on Sep.20, 2010
Hello from Kwa Madwala! The volunteers have been very busy with conservation work! Last week they took part in two anti-poaching patrols, Bushwalks, game drives, bush clearing, elephant branch harvesting, sand shoveling and some shifts at Manyatta Lodge. The anti poaching patrols in particular have been very effective and the team have so far located [...]
filed in South Africa on Sep.09, 2010
Sorry for the late blog post, been busy out in the bush today! All the South Africa Leapers are well and have settled well into the program, making fast friends with the other volunteers we have staying at Kwa right now. Over the past week we have done the community tour where the students went [...]
