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A brief insight into the Malawi project 2010… Constructing the waiting area for the clinic in Pensulo…. Working at the feeding centre…. Teaching first aid, sign language, dance and theatre with the local Scouts… Playing (and watching) football matches with the youth group and against local teams… Organising a sports day for primary school children… […]

Why not improve your vocabulary, learn a language or brush up on your maths skills whilst donating grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Programme to help end hunger. For each question you answer correctly, www.freerice.com donates 20 grains of rice to the WFP to be distributed in areas which need it most. […]

A few years ago, the British Standards Institute brought out a standard for overseas expeditions, known as BS8848 (8848 is the height in metres of Everest). The standard itself was made up of a hefty tome of a document, well over a hundred pages long. While those who actually ran expeditions may take the time […]

This Sunday saw the inaugral fundraising “Walk for Malawi” in aid of our project partner Joshua Orphan and Community Care. Quest’s Sarah & Heather took up the challenge joined by Tom Faith and conquered a mammoth 23mile round trip across the South Downs Way to and from Eastbourne. Starting from a pub in Eastbourne at […]

For all of you which took part in our Bolivia project over the past 8 years, this could be for you. The project’s charity – Inti Wara Yassi – are holding a fundraising event in London on Friday 8th October 2010, in honour of Nena’s visit to the UK. It’s taking place at the Artesian Well, […]

If you are thinking of taking a Gap Year but are not sure what your options are then why not come along to one of the two Gap Year Fairs happening in Reading and Oxford this week. A whole range of Gap Year providers will be there, including ourselves to answer any of your questions. […]

If you’re looking for a bit of temporary work in the next year, this might just fit the bill for you. Next year the UK is doing a national Census. The census is a count of the population in the UK. Every 10 years everyone is asked the same questions on the same day to […]

Ampleforth College near York will be hosting a Gap Year Fair this Friday. If you want to find out what your Gap Year options are, perhaps find out more about our projects and expeditions in South America and Africa, or just get some advice on travelling to these continents then why not come and say […]

  This summer Johny Wood from Excellent Development came away to work alongside the 17-strong Quest Kenya 2010 team in the Kibwezi District, bordering Tsavo East National Park. They spent six weeks mixing cement, carrying rocks, sand and water, and doing a little bit of teaching, football and safari-ing on the side. Team 2010 did […]

This is a video of the latest house built at our shanty town project in Villa Maria, Lima. Thanks to the support of an ex student, we received the funds to be able to build this house for Eva Suarez, who is more commonly known as Beckham, because of her fancy football skills. Since this […]