Entries Tagged ‘gap year safety’:
filed in Announcements, Asia, Gap Year on Oct.18, 2010
By Josef- The Leap Intern Way back in February 2005 all those years ago I set off from what can only be described as a bone quivering winter, my destination… Mumbai, India. After six grueling months sat between the ever complaining Dave and Claire, negotiating with thousands of curiously fuming customers, and slowly coming to [...]
Tags: backpacking, Gap Year, gap year safety, india
filed in Uncategorized on Sep.03, 2010
Safety should be of paramount concern when going travelling. When in the planning stages of your trip it is easy to be very aware of safety issues and believe yourself to be too sensible not to pay attention to these things when out there. In reality, however, it is very easy to forget about these [...]
Tags: belongings, drinks, friends, gap year safety, health, keep safe, lose, lost, money, personal safety, safe, secure, steal, stolen, Travel, travelling, valuables
filed in Announcements on Feb.10, 2010
We are always asked why volunteers should pay to take part in The Leap’s programs. And we can see people’s point, why should you pay to give up your time volunteering? On the face of it, surely it’s like paying to help with meals on wheels or help in your local Red Cross… However volunteering [...]
Tags: Economics, ethics, experience, Fundraising, gap year safety, money, volunteering, Volunteers
filed in links on Mar.09, 2009
Our website has details on our UK Staff and overseas Project Hosts. We are also friends with the following organisations: Training – Gap Year Safety We have worked closely with John Cummings, who runs Safetrek, for many years. He designs gap year safety courses and helps us run our gap year safety courses in the [...]
Tags: gap year safety, partners, project hosts, security