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2 Kenyan electrical engineering students have invented a phone charger which runs off the power generated when riding a bike. It is estimated that some 17.5 million people out of Kenya’s 38.5 million population own a mobile handset – up from 200,000 in 2000, however in rural areas without easy access to electricity, charging a […]

The Malawi summer team have started the construction of the classroom in Chitakale village. With 5 weeks of mixing cement, laying bricks, spreading lime, plastering, painting, digging and carrying ahead of them they have set about their task with enthusiasm. The foundations were in place prior to the team’s arrival into Malawi and everything was […]

Since coming to Chitakale we have learned four things: Do not measure your strength with that of an African man – you will be annihilated. Mixing cement is the funnest thing in the world. Fried lettuce goes really well with Macaroni. And there is nothing quite as exhilarating as a game of football whilst the […]

I returned on Friday to soggy weather and M25 traffic.  Over the last 6 weeks I have visited 3 of Quest’s project sites in Africa and enjoyed every minute of it! Tanzania – The new classroom built by Quest Tanzania GAP ’09 at Waang’waray is a true thing of beauty and is already in use.  […]

    To Charles Darwin it was emblematic of sexual desirability. To French naturalists it was “grossly monstrous”. But even to the uneducated eye, it was conspicuous as an alarmingly oversized appendage. The toucan’s bill is one of the most bizarre products of evolution, but in the past 200 years scientists have failed to agree […]

10. Gaffa tape; if you have a problem gaffa tape is usually the answer, from torn tents to leaking water bottles it does it all.   9. Para cord; ideal for hanging mosquito nets or used as a washing line.   8. Zip lock bags; for putting random stuff in, and preventing sun tan cream exploding onto everything […]

The Quest Overseas dedicated charity Quest4Change has been getting up to some rather exciting things already this year and I thought I’d post a blog to let you know all about them. Firstly a massive thank you to all the volunteers and fundraisers who have worked tirelessly for Quest4Change this year, many of whom are […]

  After weeks of swims between the piers in Brighton and long cycle rides to Worthing and back, Our South America Manager, Jon Cassidy will be dusting off his speedos and bike to take part in the Mazda London Triathlon on Saturday 1st August raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support, an extremely worthwhile cause which […]

About 12 months ago, Quest Overseas was contacted by Katie’s mother, interested in supporting the project Katie worked on with Quest in Peru back in 2000. Since then, the response from her friends, family and work colleagues has been just incredible, with all manner of crazy activities bringing in some much needed suport. In December, friends […]

  The guys at the animal sanctuaries in Bolivia are extremely excited, as we have recently learned that Jane Goodall is coming to visit later this year! Jane Goodall is one of the World’s most famous scientists. Her pioneering study of wild chimpanzees, begun over 40 years ago in Tanzania, revolutionised how we think about […]