filed in Ecuador on Jan.19, 2012
Hi, This week has been really exciting; we have learned a lot from each other and about the customs of Ecuadorians. Today the last team member (Rob) arrived safely and enjoyed a delicious breakfast for dinner we all shared! The team have been learning Spanish and started working on Monday in two different groups: 1. [...]
filed in Kenya on Jul.07, 2011
Jambo from the Sun-Soaked Kenya Coast! The Kenya Summer Team arrived on Tuesday morning and are settling in really well to village life! I just popped in to say a quick Hello and everyone in good shape. The boys were out playing football with some of the locals but I caught the girls in camp [...]
filed in Gap Year, South America, Venezuela on Jan.29, 2011
Hola everyone at The Leap! Since our last blog we have had a very exciting time here in Playa Colorada. It started with a big group of us from Jakera heading to Puerto La Cruz to watch the Caribes de Anzoutigue vs. Leones de Caracas baseball match which had an amazing atmosphere and we all [...]
filed in Venezuela on Jan.24, 2011
Hello! The leapers are enjoying their time in Venezuela and are hard at work on volunteer projects, practicing their Spanish, and polishing up their Merengue skills on the dance floor! Week 1 kicked off the La Piscina clean up and restoration project. This week they have been working on two projects, football training with a [...]
filed in Kenya on Jan.24, 2011
The Kenya Leapers have been in Makongeni community for 4 days after 2 great weeks in Mwaluganje elephant sanctuary that really united them as a team. They’ve settled in well at the coast and are enjoying life in the village, Makongeni is a very special place which has always given Leapers a real feeling for [...]
filed in South Africa on Jan.19, 2011
Greetings from the Bush! Our 27 (!) Leapers are well and have been kept very busy this end. Currently I’m out with 9 volunteers in the community teaching at one of the local senior schools. The others are back on the reserve doing various tasks including lion and elephant tracking using the telemitry device, anti [...]
filed in South Africa on Nov.12, 2010
After 6 wonderful (if slightly cramped!) years of Leapers calling Gazebo Lodge home we are on the move. From January 2011 teams traveling to South Africa will be staying in Bush House, a 6 bed house about 3km from Gazebo and close to Kwa Madwala’s football pitch which we fully expect Leapers to be dominating [...]
filed in Kenya on Sep.22, 2010
Jambo from Kenya! All is well here at the coast, after arriving from the elephant sanctuary for the first couple of weeks the team have spent this week settling into Makongeni. They have working on the new nursery classroom in the mornings and every afternoon they teach either at the school or the ICT centre [...]
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 [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Gap Year, South Africa on Aug.19, 2010
Hi Guy, I hope your holiday was good! The past week was a huge success with loads and loads crammed in! The team did 4×4 driving, shooting, elephant groom day, micro lighting, horse back safari, survival night and Swaziland day trip all in the past week! We also went on a farewell game drive whilst [...]
