Quest Overseas - Gap Year Travel

For those of you aware of the work of Jane Goodall, you might be interested in the following opportunity. The Jane Goodall Institute is holding a private screening of the recent release of "Jane's Journey", one of the 15 movies shortlisted for the Best Documentary in this year's Oscars.

The screening is taking place at the May Fair Hotel in London on 2nd May 2012, and will be co-hosted by Jane Goodall, together with BBC world affairs editor John Simpson. a pretty impressive turnout! It is an invitation only event and details of how you can attend are on the link below.

Click here to find out how to attend this event

Are you part of the crowd which missed out on the Olympic tickets? Well all is not lost, you might still be able to be part of the action, and this time get paid for it as well! Have a look at the details below for six jobs on offer working in the Olympic village this summer:

Coca-Cola is working with BioRegional (http://www.bioregional.com/) on an exciting project within the Athletes Village. We are looking for six Sustainability Ambassadors to work in the Athletes Village at The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (27th July to September 9th 2012). This is a once in a life time opportunity to be part of the greatest show on earth, communicating with world class athletes from around the world in the heart of the Olympic Park.

We are looking for enthusiastic, positive and bubbly individuals with strong communication skills, a passion for sustainability and ideally a second global language such French, Spanish, Mandarin or Russian. Applicants should be 18 or older.

This is a paid position, the application deadline is 20th February with interviews being held on the 2nd or 3rd of March.

If you or any of your friends are interested in any of these positions please apply directly for them as per the details on the link below.

Click here to see the job spec and application process

...is the fear of Friday the 13th - don't worry, it's almost over.

Other interesting phobias which (apparently) exist:

Coulrophobia - Fear of Clowns
Ergasiophobia - Fear of Work (try that one for your next sickie...)
Automatonophobia - Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues, anything that falsely represents a sentient being
Caligynephobia - Fear of beautiful women
Consecotaleophobia - Fear of chopsticks
Arachibutyrophobia - The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words
Phagophobia - Fear of being eaten
Phobophobia - Fear of phobias!

I wonder how many of these will be Hollywood blockbusters in the future...

Our final day in the office until next Wednesday, we just wanted to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and all the best for 2012. Also, here are our office hours for the next week

Friday 23rd December - 9am - 2pm

Monday 26th December - CLOSED

Tuesday 27th December - CLOSED

Wednesday 28th December - 9am - 6pm

Thursday 29th December - 9am - 6pm

Friday 30th December - 9am - 1pm

Monday 2nd January - CLOSED

Tuesday 3rd January - 9am - 6pm

Then we are back to normal.

Have a great break!

Congratulations to Bethany Ecroyd from St Christophers Sixth Form College in Accrington for winning this year's Jane Goodall Roots and Shoots Award for Individual Endeavour! This is a quite impressive feat considering there are around 1,500 schools in the UK which take part in the Roots and Shoots programme, and who knows how many students.

In recognition for all the work and effort Bethany has put in over the year, Quest Overseas is delighted to be awarding her with a fully funded place on one of our summer project teams in 2012. She has to decide between working with wild animals in Bolivia, building sand dams in Kenya, putting on stage shows for kids in Peruvian shanty towns, among others.

Read below her letter of recommendation from one of her teachers, I'm sure you'll agree that she is a worthy winner - well done!

Click here to find out more about the Roots and Shoots movement in the UK.