Gap year & Travel News

There’s a magic about Cambodia…or the Kingdom of Cambodia as its more formally known, which casts a spell over many of the people who visit. It’s an incredibly beautiful country with a history both saddening and inspiring where the future is waiting to be shaped! Become a Cambodia volunteer and discover all of this for [...]

  Hi Guy, Jan Leapers are all at Batu Puteh at the moment. All good. They left Kipouvo on the 24th of Jan. They should be there till the 28th and not depart for Bongkud till the 13th of Feb as planned. Over the last week the guys have been working hard and partying just [...]

Hi Alice, now that my exams are finished I thought I would take the time to tell you a little about how our trip went, since I don’t think I have sent you a proper message to tell you about it all! The arrival in San Jose was lovely !!  The taxi driver (Henry) was [...]

Hi to Guy and everyone in the office! Mbasaa here (Tanzania project co-ordinator), So far the September team have been working really hard and enjoying every minute! During the first and second week of placement the leapers have been volunteering at the Faraja Women’s Development Center, focusing on construction, as well as assisting mother’s at [...]

Hi Alice, Just wanted to give you a litte update. The leapers spent two weeks working in Jakera Club and found it challenging but rewarding. They did sports classes in Jakera club, and are also starting to turn our large teachers binder into a more formal typed up version so it is more user friendly [...]

Since it is everyone’s mandate to take care of the environment and of course it was Earth Day, the leapers were not left behind last week and we planted 100 casuarinas trees on Lolarako  women’s groups  part of land, they have set aside for development. Owing to the depleted state of our forests, the leap [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

If your in your last year at school or college this year then your Gap Year is getting nearer and nearer (yayyyyyy)!! And if like me your not one to lay by a pool all day everyday whilst overseas (although a good few days on a palm fringed beach never goes a miss), then id [...]