filed in Kenya on Jan.23, 2012
Jambo from Makongeni! The Kenya Team has had an exhilarating 2 weeks so far with lots of different activities and experiences. After arriving at Mombasa we travelled to our first camp located in Shimba Hills in the Mwalunganje Elephant Sanctuary. The camp far exceeded our expectations and it quickly began to feel like home. We [...]
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 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 Kenya on Oct.04, 2010
Just got back from the field and you will be pleased to hear things are running really well now. Have had long chats with all and they are very happy and all is organised and running smoothly. The group is split into various projects with some carrying on with the nursery school construction while others [...]
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 Announcements, Fundraising, Kenya, The Leap's chosen charity on Sep.20, 2010
For those of you who’ve never met me my name is Susie, I’m about to start a university course in London and I went on the July team Leap to Kenya. I’m guessing you know that when you are out in a country like Kenya it’s quite common to take steps to sponsor a local [...]
filed in Kenya on Apr.22, 2010
Greetings from the Kenyan Coast! Great news from us here: Construction has begun for the new nursery school block at Makongeni Primary! Yesterday, the whole team seemed quite beat as they’d worked really hard on Monday. Some are working on the new nursery classroom block while others have been restoring the tree nursery at the [...]
filed in Kenya on Apr.19, 2010
Greetings from Diani, The team are all happy and well, they came back down from from Mwaluganje Eelphant Sanctuary last week Thursday all in good form. They had a great time and worked primarily on road maintenance, livestock deworming and assisting with the school tree nursery. It’s rainy season so we make a big push [...]
filed in Kenya on Feb.08, 2010
It’s a hard life here in Kenya…NOT! 06.02.2010 34 °C Hello again! I really haven’t done well with “writing the blog every weekend”… I’ve been keeping a diary every single day, so when I come home you’ll have something to read! So this is weekend #5 in Kenya so far, and weekend #3 at the [...]
filed in Kenya on Jan.28, 2010
Hello, quick update from Makongeni village camp where the Kenya team have settled in and are all still smiling (a lot!). This week they have been working on a new classroom block for the nursery school at Makongeni. This afternoon they are going across to Muhaka to see the work we are doing on biofuels [...]
