Intern Phase:
Fantastic internship opportunities to assist medical staff in busy hospitals in Ecuador and Tanzania, where volunteers are greatly valued in these often understaffed environments.

Shadow medical staff who will teach you basic practical skills such as taking vital signs, taking blood, immunisation, bandaging etc with the intent that you'll be able to work independently and become a vital part of their team.

+ Volunteering Phase:
Optional chance to add a further 4 weeks of volunteering in conservation, community + ecotourism to provide a set of different challenges and rewards. 

Team Work:
Travel out as part of a team with other interns and volunteers who'll provide great team camarderie and friends to travel with on your time off.

Great experience for those seeking a medical career. 

Intern Phase:
Spend 6 weeks teaching in schools either in Tanzania or Ecuador, helping both inside and outside the classroom.

We work with different types of schools offering different challenges - private, local, rural or in a city - primary to secondary, covering different subjects, sports and extra curricular activities.  

Choose to work as an assistant or main teacher - the level of responsibility will depend on your confidence and experience. But don't panic we provide teaching guides and can reccomend TEFL courses to ease your way!

+ Volunteering Phase:
Choose to add a further 4 weeks of volunteering in conservation and community + ecotourism all found in different locations - feeding your travel bug and challenging you in other ways!

Team Work:
Travel out and live with other interns and volunteers who will provide great team spirit and travel partners. 

Intern Phase:
Internships available in publishing and broadcasting in Arusha, Tanzania. 

In both cases you'll be needed to help with researching stories, editing, accessing advertising revenue, photography and with general program/publication development and design. 

A fantastic opportuntiy to learn about local issues and to get under the skin of the country and culture.

+ Volunteering Phase:
Stay for a contrasting challenge by heading to the coast of Dar es Salaam to join other leap volunteers working on our conservation, community and ecotourism projects - different challenges, different places...perfect!

Team Work:
Travel and live with other Leap interns and volunteers. 

Intern Phase:
We are really excited about our law intern placements exclusive to us in Arusha, Tanzania.  

We work with 2 well respected, small, law firms who specialise in human rights and general law. You'll be able to assist with research for ongoing cases, help with briefs, attend court, research and much more depending on your interests and dedication when on the ground.  Both firms are small and very personal so you'll easily get to feel part of the team.

Volunteering Phase:
After 6 weeks of law divert your attention to traveling to the coast of Dar es Salaam to help on conservation and community projects with other Leap interns + volunteers providing a contrasting phase to your time away.

Team Work:
Travel out and live with other interns and volunteers.
4 departures a year: Jan, April, July and Sept.

Intern Phase:
There are a huge number of vulnerable adults and children who are orphaned, disabled, in need of care and attention all over the world.

We can't help them all but we can change the lives of a few. We work with several care homes in Tanzania and Ecuador who depend on the help of volunteers like yourself.

Work can vary from general care: washing, cooking; to teaching basic educational skills: reading and writing; to entertaining: sport, art, dance - no skills necessary apart from a big heart and big imagination! 

+ Volunteering Phase:
Add on 4 weeks of volunteering in conservation and community in different places and you have a 10 week placement all wrapped up, challenging both your mind and your muscles - perfect!

Team Work:
Travel out and live with other Leap interns and volunteers. 

Intern Phase:
Unique opportunities to work with travel/tour operators in the safari capital of Arusha, Tanzania or in Quito, the capital of Ecuador.

Enter the world of detailed itinerary planning, problem solving and client management!  Acting as a ground handler has its perks and hopefully you'll be sent on a few "fam" trips to see first hand the delights of these amazing countries -Tanzania: the Serengeti, the Ngorogoro Crater, Lake Manyara, Zanzibar Island and Mount Kili or Ecuador: Andes, rainforest, Galapagos.

+ Volunteer Phase:
As with all our intern programmes we recommend you stay on to add a further 4 weeks of volunteering on our conservation and community projects in contrasting environments.

Team Work:
Travel out and live as a team of other interns and volunteers providing great team camaraderie and fellow travel partners.