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In the absence of a blog from the Villa Maria team (obviously they are working far too hard to get one written) here’s some photos of what they have been getting up to….thanks Lucho! Constructing new homes and new classrooms for the Quest school… Organising activities and games for the children and taking part in […]

Well…it seems like blog posts from our teams overseas are like buses…..you wait ages for one then they all turn up at once! Here’s the latest from the Villa Maria team. Thanks to Sophie for sending this one through! Monday-Thursday We arrived and met the secret member of the team i.e. May, unfortunately Adam couldn´t […]

Well…it seems like blog posts from our teams overseas are like buses…..you wait ages for one then they all turn up at once! Here’s the latest from the Villa Maria team. Thanks to Sophie for sending this one through! Monday-Thursday We arrived and met the secret member of the team i.e. May, unfortunately Adam couldn´t […]

And here’s another short snippet from the Andean Expedition team…. Everyone passed through customs smoothly…until it was Tye’s turn, whom Pete had stitched up by packing illegal goods into his bag: cinnamon, popcorn and porridge which were all confiscated! Finally across the border we arrived in Arica, or Deadsville as we called it. The more […]

Monday. A new day, a new week, and a new dam site to work on. The site at Nzyee was a dam improvement, not a ‘dam-from-scratch’ scenario; but that did not mean it would be a small task. The dam required heightening, widening and thickening to improve its effectiveness for the local community. It took […]

Monday. A new day, a new week, and a new dam site to work on. The site at Nzyee was a dam improvement, not a ‘dam-from-scratch’ scenario; but that did not mean it would be a small task. The dam required heightening, widening and thickening to improve its effectiveness for the local community. It took […]

Another big thank you to a number of people who have generously donated to support Quest’s work Villa Maria on behalf of Katie…. For donations at Penny Ashbridge’s 60th – thank you to Mr & Mrs Hadley, Dr & Mrs Lewis and Mrs Healey! Thanks to Jane Powell and other staff at Peter Hickman’s Hairdressers […]

Another big thank you to a number of people who have generously donated to support Quest’s work Villa Maria on behalf of Katie…. For donations at Penny Ashbridge’s 60th – thank you to Mr & Mrs Hadley, Dr & Mrs Lewis and Mrs Healey! Thanks to Jane Powell and other staff at Peter Hickman’s Hairdressers […]

The Andean Expedition team now find themselves taking in the sights and sounds of beautiful Lake Titicaca – having just spent 3 days undertaking a challenging trek in the Apolobamba Range in Bolivia. Take a look at their photos below! The team about to board their plane taking them out of the Jungle in Rurrenabaque […]

The Villa Maria Team fly home today after 4 action packed weeks at the project, where they have completed the construction of 5 new homes for some of the poorest members of the community – fantastic work! Their hectic last week saw them construct 2 of these houses with the last one going up from […]