Entries Tagged ‘La Piscina’:
filed in Venezuela on Apr.20, 2011
Here’s a quick update to tell you about all the great projects the Venezuela team have been working on: The first week and a half were spent working on the beginning design stages of La Piscina renovation. We did a total of 3 beach clean ups where we managed to pick up 3 boat loads [...]
Tags: abseiling, Angel Falls, blisters, camping, cement, Children, discotec, Drama, Gap Year, La Piscina, Leap team, Orinoco Delta, Painting, Party, Plastering, play, Punto Morena, teach English, Venezuela
filed in Venezuela on Apr.11, 2011
Leapers in Venezuela last week launched a facebook group page to promote their marine conservation campaign in La Mochima National Park. Join the group and show your support for this fantastic cause: “Hi there, we are a team of intrepid gap yearers working for a gap year company called The Leap. Our current project is [...]
Tags: beach, Caribbean coast, coral reef, damaged reef, education, facebook, Gap Year, La Piscina, Marine conservation, raise awareness, Venezuela, volunteering
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 [...]
Tags: conservation, education, football, health care, healthy living, La Piscina, merengue, Spanish lessons, sports coaching
filed in Venezuela on Jan.07, 2011
Hola! It’s Kaitlyn here- the Venezuela project leader. I just wanted to let you know that everything is going well here with the Leap team. After a VERY long flight on Tuesday they were exhausted so the pace of life here was a bit slow at first but they are adjusting just fine to life [...]
Tags: Flight, La Piscina, reef conservation, Spanish lessons, Venezuela
filed in Venezuela on Jul.13, 2010
Hola all! All is well with Leap Venezuela team. They are a fantastic bunch, full of enthusiasm and are very helpful in general. Last week we had 10 hrs of Spanish which all seem to have enjoyed and benefited from. We took them on a walk around Playa to meet the neighbours and see how [...]
Tags: Baby, beach, Birth, Children, conservation, La Piscina, Spanish lessons, sunburn, Teaching