filed in Announcements, Ecuador, Gap Year on Dec.06, 2010
These are some of the new faces working out in Ecuador to make sure you get the most out of your gap year experience. Lucas Emmerson is the volunteer coordinator at Yanapuma Foundation in Ecuador. His main responsibility is organizing the volunteer and group placements. In 2007 he completed his studies in International Development with [...]
filed in Announcements, Ecuador, Gap Year, South America on Nov.15, 2010
To all of my wonderful friends in the Leap office in the UK, Thank you so much for the wonderful message on your website and for your emails of goodbye. You all beat me to it. I don´t really know how to express to you all how much I have loved working with the Leap [...]
filed in Uncategorized on Nov.02, 2010
On Monday we had a tour of the community, the museum, the plants and animals. Then we went up the river and filled the canoe with sand to bring back and mix with cement. On Tuesday and Wednesday we helped build two shower blocks behind the museum. This was the first time we were allowed [...]
filed in Venezuela on Oct.14, 2010
A Word from the Project Leader: Hola, The Venezuela team are doing really good, missing Jen but besides that happy and healthy. We have spent the last week working on a project that I think really meant a lot to us, we have been building a kitchen for a school in Punto Morena, a small [...]
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 South Africa on May.11, 2010
News just in on the South Africa Horse Team: Along with daily rides of Kwa Madwala’s 7 Boereperde horses, the April Horse Safari Team have recently been getting in on the action with the other Leapers, taking part in routine reserve work with the main Leap team and building an extension to the orphanage in [...]
filed in Announcements, Costa Rica, Destinations, Gap Year, South America on Sep.30, 2009
The word adventure incorporates risky, dangerous or uncertain experiences….but an adventure doesn’t have to be dangerous…… Taking a wild expedition in to Costa Rica, an adventure tour in to the pristine rainforests and crystal clear waters of this beautiful central American paradise can be a much safer experience, when travelling with an organisation who will [...]
filed in Africa, Announcements, Asia, Gap Year, South America on Aug.21, 2009
A-level results yesterday, it feels like only yesterday we at The Leap were also stood in line at college waiting very nervously to get our results!! And this is why we know all too well that its not always a picnic. You might not have felt much like celebrating yesterday whilst trawling through UCAS Clearance [...]
filed in Borneo, Cambodia, Ecuador, South Africa, Venezuela on Aug.17, 2009
Music festivals are two a penny these days, so adventurous types are starting to cast the net a little wider and get off the beaten track (if you can call the M4 to Reading festival a track!) for their next festival fix. Whether your tastes are for rapid BPM on S.E. Asia’s beaches, chilled world [...]
filed in Announcements, Botswana, Destinations, Gap Year on Jul.17, 2009
Are you sat at work reading this right now and hoping for a miracle?? We can save you and get you on a plane out of here pronto!! Gap Years For Adults-they do exist….there is a god after all!! Whether it’s Africa, Asia or Latin America you fancy we have the perfect travel and volunteer [...]
