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A huge thank you to the wonderful friends and family of Kevan and Penny Ashbridge, who raised £260 for the Quest School in Villa Maria at Kevan’s big birthday bash the other day!  This money is a fantastic donation to help support the work in Villa Maria, and will be used to provide full sponsorship […]

Less than two weeks to go, our Andean Exped team are still going strong – thanks for the update guys! We came back from the Salt Flats relaxed and photoed-out (nearly) and prepared for the Condoriri trek and Pequeno Alpamayo ice climb. We were all quite nervous about the trek having suffered during Colca but […]

Today is both a sad and a happy day in the Quest office…  It is sad because Rose Terry, legend of Quest4Change and many times Africa Team leader is leaving us.  Happy because that means cake – chocolate cake!!  It also meant we had an extremely random night at the Monster Truck show last night, […]

Lima, City of the Kings, as it was so named during the days of the Conquistadores sits on the Pacific coast and is the present day capital city of Peru with an estimated population of over 10 million, roughly a third of that of the entire country.  Steeped in history we were however neither here […]

Hello everybody! My name is Matty and I have recently joined the Quest Overseas office in sunny Brighton. Quest entered my life following my response to an email received through my university department. Within three months I had fully signed up for the Summer Kenya Water Aid Project, not forgetting the accompanying challenge of climbing the worlds highest […]

  2012 may seem like a whole year ago, but lets be honest, the work of our volunteers was so fantastic, it deserves a renewed cheer and high fives all round…  (I am not biased of course, but I think its worth mentioning that it was the very same year of my team, the Poa […]

  Orphan Voluntourism in decline – what are the alternatives? In 2012, a hard hitting documentary by Al Jazeera highlighted some of the dangers of poorly managed short-term volunteering in orphanages in developing countries, and has ignited intense debate. The documentary, shot in Cambodia, highlights the relationship between the demand for orphanage placements and the […]

Climbing Kilimanjaro is the most satisfying thing I have ever done. Yes Chris Moyles has done it, but the feeling of accomplishment when you see the summit sign is something you can’t really put into words, especially when you have climbed throughout the night.     We started our submit trek at midnight, and were […]

Thanks to their trusty leader Pete, here we have part 1 (of 2) of the Parents’ adventures in Ecuador and Peru last month – enjoy! Whether inspired by their offspring’s’ travel memoirs from Quest-fuelled adventures…perhaps an insatiable curiosity towards the great civilization of the Incas?…or just the desire to get away and do something completely […]

Our latest update from across the miles – this time courtesy of Tilly – enjoy! This past week there has no time for rest and relaxation, despite the dreary weather we have been thrown into the Ecuadorian culture fast and furiously. At trip to Inti-ñan saw us standing on a latitude of 0’0’0. (Before this […]