filed in Announcements, Asia, Borneo, Gap Year on Apr.28, 2011
Kipouvo Homestay – 02nd/21st April ‘11 Community The first thing to notice when arriving in the village of Kipouvo is the bumpy dirt track that leads you there, you really feel like you are heading into an isolated community. The population here is only about 400 people who are predominantly Kadazan/Dusun (the largest ethnic tribe [...]
filed in South Africa on Apr.20, 2011
Hello from sunny South Africa! What a week it’s been… The Leapers have been on their African gap years now for nearly 3 weeks and are settling into life on the game reserve. Over the past week they’ve taken part in a mix of community development projects and helped out with conservation initiatives here in [...]
filed in South Africa on Feb.22, 2011
Hello! Hope all is well up in the chilly Northern Hemisphere? You’ll be pleased to hear it’s nice and sunny here : ) Over the weekend the group decided to have a girls and guys weekend rather than the entire team sharing activities as we have been doing. The guys got the testosterone pumping with [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Gap Year, Tanzania on Oct.27, 2010
Hi Guy, The group are doing really well and are all in Zanzibar at the moment, i believe they will be back with us on Thursday. Over the past weeks they have been working at the Neema Children’s Centre and will be working at Don Bosco Centre starting this week. Verena will be coming home [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Fundraising, Gap Year, Tanzania, The Leap's chosen charity on Sep.30, 2010
Hello everyone! Brilliant news!!!!!! The kids at Good Hope now have their 16 new beds, matresses, pillows, sheets and moquito nets, as well as supplies of food! Now they can sleep comfortably in their new beds, have balnkets to keep them warm in the winter months and will be less likely to contract Malaria. Malaria [...]
filed in Africa, Destinations, Fundraising, Gap Year, Tanzania on Sep.30, 2010
For anyone who doesn’t already know or hasn’t been lucky enough to go to Tanzania with The Leap, CCF stands for Children For Children’s Future and its an orphanage for street children based in Arusha (the safari mecca of Tanzania)! Our lovely leap volunteers have been doing lots of work at the orphanage over the [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Fundraising, Gap Year, Tanzania, The Leap's chosen charity on Sep.27, 2010
Hello everyone!! So It’s been quite a while since I have written a blog on here (sorry if you have missed me)!! Getting the sponsor money all collected in was a hell of a task, but I can very happily and proudly say….It’s all in!!!!! Yayyyy. We managed to raise enough for 16 beds, 16 [...]
filed in Africa, Kenya on Sep.25, 2010
Wow! Such a fab weekend, I need to update earlier than expected… We decided to hit the town on both Friday and Saturday night (I get the feeling this might become routine) and hit the beach all weekend. Friday night was lots of fun, it wasn’t too packed in Forties for a change, so we [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Asia, Gap Year, South America on Aug.20, 2010
According to the daily telegraph Gap Year bookings for school leavers will rise by up to 150% this year! Applications to British Universities are up by £250,000 but with 6000 fewer places available than last year, it is believed that up to 200,000 British students may miss out on their places, despite having secured the [...]
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 [...]
