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 [...]
filed in Kenya on Mar.29, 2010
Hello, my name is Nadia and I am volunteering with the EAWST. Every day for the past two weeks the EAWST, The Leap gap year volunteers have collaborated to help rescue a dying coral reef off the coast of Diani Beach. Depending on when the tides were low, we would set out to sea anytime [...]
filed in Kenya on Mar.02, 2010
23.02.2010 36 °C SORRY FOR THE RUSHED ENTRY AND BAD SPELLING! I’m sitting in Forty Thieves Bar on my FINAL day at Diani Beach, before heading off to Tsavo East National Park tomorrow morning. I’m being serenaded by the awful music playing, which has just changed from some awful cheesy song, to the Exorsist theme [...]
filed in Africa, Kenya, Uncategorized on Jul.15, 2009
Our 24 intrepid Summer Leapers have just come back from Mwalganje elephant sanctuary having spent 2 weeks working with rangers and assisting the community with tree planting and elephant conservation initiatives (including making paper from elephant dung- lovely!). They’re now settling into life at the coast in Makongeni and making a start on community projects [...]
