Team Leap (combine safari, community and conservation)

The Leap Overseas Ltd

Vacancy: Team Leap (combine safari, community and conservation)
Company: The Leap Overseas Ltd
Category: Gap year projects (Conservation, Community development)
Dates: January – 10 or 6 weeks, April - 10 or 6 weeks, July - 6 weeks (Summer Team Leap), September - 10 or 6 weeks
Cost: £1600 - £2800 approximately. The prices do vary so please see placement descriptions for specific details including what is and isn’t included.

Join a dynamic team of leap volunteers to implement simple yet life changing projects across Africa, Asia and South America. Our teams are involved in a unique combination of community, conservation and eco tourism/safari projects all in the one placement– which we call the 3 Leaps.

What this means is that rather than committing to a single task for your entire stay e.g. teaching the same class for 2 months or spending every day of your trip in the back of a jeep counting antelope, Team Leapers take part in a series of different small-scale, achievable projects that really make an impact and are very rewarding.

By trying your hand at the 3 Leaps you will be challenged and stimulated in lots of different ways, ensuring that you maintain your enthusiasm and enjoyment of your gap year. You will develop loads of new skills that will benefit you in the years to come and may even discover talents and passions you never knew you had!

What will you be doing?

Leap 1
Leap 1- Safari camp/eco-tourism projects:
Escort guests on safari
Help rangers track indigenous wildlife
Horse ride amongst Africa's wild game
Create guide trails through the Amazon Rainforest

Leap 2 – Conservation
Rehabilitate injured game in Africa
Release endangered species back into the Costa Rican rain forest
Remove snares from the bush
Help stop poaching in a private game reserve
Help protect the Ecuadorian Amazon Jungle

Leap 3 – Community
Teach English and art to remote communities
Refurbish medical dispensaries and classrooms
Teach young children about basic hygiene
Play sport with orphaned children
Build fresh water systems in villages

Unrivalled Variety
On a Team Leap, no two days are the same. For example, one week you could be teaching indigenous kids, the next you’d be thatching people’s homes and putting in irrigation systems before heading out to the bush to study elephants or dolphins, all topped off with organizing a local football league or putting together a drama performance to educate villagers about AIDS or Malaria.

Mixing it up allows you to really get under the skin of a country. In addition to this, some of our placements are split between two or even three different environments- giving you the chance to experience life at the beach, bush, mountains and jungle.

Variety is the spice of life!