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There are still some places available on the 3 month Gap Year teams departing in January & March 2013. If you are researching Gap Year options at the moment and are… …Interested in making life-long new friends, as part of a supported team of like-minded 18-19 year olds? …Wanting to travel to Africa or South […]

All of Quest’s volunteer projects are a long-term relationship between us and a local partner, who work on grass-roots development initiatives in collaboration with local communities. This way we can make sure that our teams undertake work which is part of an established development plan and that it will be both sustainable and beneficial. The […]

Kenya tourism secretary Dr. Nelson Githinji recently said that Uganda tourism sector grew by 25% in 2011, a commendable performance compared to other countries like South Africa which recorded only 21% growth. “One of the primary reasons for this impressive growth was the country’s increasing stability and the guaranteed security it offers to tourists,”stated Githinji. […]

The year’s most anticipated event . . . what a way to start the lead up to Christmas!  7pm – midnight on SUNDAY 16TH DECEMBER 2012 The Artesian Well, 693 Wandsworth Road, Clapham, London, SW8 3JF **DJ**  **Charity Casino**  **Raffle** **Black Tie with a hint of Africa/South America** Tickets £30 per person This includes your entry, […]

Nothing brightens up a Thursday morning like some genuinely inspiring news….and this is what we’ve heard today from our project in Bolivia. A small group of howler monkeys, Faustina, Octavia and Fausto, who have been rescued and cared for by the volunteers (including Quest teams) at Parque Ambue Ari, have been spending more and more […]

There are always those photos that stop you in your tracks – and we think this is one of those on a gloomy, cold Monday… Courtesy of the BBC With the hippo’s rightly fearsome reputation, we’re only surprised that this monkey looks so chilled out face to face! Fancy having a chance to get up […]

We love a bit of spooky fun here in the Quest office and hope you all have some terrifically terrifying plans in place to celebrate Halloween in style. To get you in the mood here are a few utterly amazing (and creepy!) halloween pumpkin carvings that we’ve come across online…. And possibly the most incredible […]

Quest4Change has raised a staggering 1.5 million pounds in the last five years as direct support of our overseas projects, with serious help from all our volunteers along the way.  Here at the Quest HQ, we have been reminiscing about all the weird and wonderful fundraising moments that have driven Q4C forward.  Here are a […]

Thanks to Helen for this brief update… Hi, Just a quick update to say that we have had a productive week. On Sunday afternoon we went the Zion church in Manase, which was great fun, lots of dancing and drumming. We went to visit different Joshua programmes around Malawi, to see what quest have achieved, […]

Okay, maybe the title’s a bit misleading, but Brighton and Hove (home of the Quest office) has been included in the Lonely Planet top ten cities with beaches, up there with the likes of Rio de Janeiro! This means if you apply to go with Quest on our Rio project, and come and visit us […]