Well…a new departure date at least! The Manu Conservation Project is now available as a 4 week summer project, departing on July 12th 2011. Take a look at the full list of dates and costs here. The Manu Project is a unique opportunity to live and work in one of the most pristine areas of […]

Here in the Quest Office we have everything crossed for all of you waiting for A-Level results to come out next week. We all remember it well and know what a tense time it can be, but remember, whatever happens your options are open. With the rise in tuition fees in 2012, if you have […]

The 2011 Tanzania Gap Year is well and truly underway!  Dom, Emily, Haydn, Kari and Lorna touched down at Kilimanjaro Airport on Friday evening and have spent the weekend preparing for work and acclimatising to the temperature (not to mention getting used to the rice and beans diet!) Thunderstorms are the byword in Babati at this time of year, […]

The 2011 Tanzania Gap Year is well and truly underway!  Dom, Emily, Haydn, Kari and Lorna touched down at Kilimanjaro Airport on Friday evening and have spent the weekend preparing for work and acclimatising to the temperature (not to mention getting used to the rice and beans diet!) Thunderstorms are the byword in Babati at this time of year, […]

  Congratulations to Bethany Ecroyd from St Christophers Sixth Form College in Accrington for winning this year’s Jane Goodall Roots and Shoots Award for Individual Endeavour! This is a quite impressive feat considering there are around 1,500 schools in the UK which take part in the Roots and Shoots programme, and who knows how many […]

Before setting off for the project phase in Lima, the Villa Maria team took full advantage of their final weekend in Ecuador with a few days at the beach. Read on… We arose at Mompiche to the sound of the ocean crashing onto the beach. This place was incredible. Our hostel, like all other buildings […]

Before setting off for the project phase in Lima, the Villa Maria team took full advantage of their final weekend in Ecuador with a few days at the beach. Read on… We arose at Mompiche to the sound of the ocean crashing onto the beach. This place was incredible. Our hostel, like all other buildings […]

Hi there this is Tiahna and Max, we are meant to be writing the blog this week so here we go. After a great weekend we were eased back into school life with a trip to elmercado de brujas, or the witch’s market. it was a strange place, many lama foetus’, toucans beaks and the […]

Hi there this is Tiahna and Max, we are meant to be writing the blog this week so here we go. After a great weekend we were eased back into school life with a trip to elmercado de brujas, or the witch’s market. it was a strange place, many lama foetus’, toucans beaks and the […]

Emily’s Blog:As Big Momma this week I started in the best way I possibly could finding my chickies a big Baba – old member of the Iraqi tribe who even though was crooked in normal life could be straight for their dancing. We weren’t at home (Wa’angaray) for the usual Big Momma swap over ceremony […]