Arriving into the office to find a postcard from one of our teams overseas sitting on my desk certainly brightens the day here in Brighton….so thanks Bolivia Gap Team 1 for this beauty from Sucre! Looking forward to many more to come….. Keep up to date with what the Bolivia team are up to on […]

For only 3 more days, The Big Give will match any donations received by charities, turning a £10 gift into £20 received. For our project partners in Kigali, Ubaka U Rwanda, this money will help buy land for a new home for the 30 ex-street children who live there. As rent of their current building […]

“This school has been supported in its continuing improvement by funds raised by friends and family of Katie Ashbridge. Katie was a well-loved volunteer with Quest Overseas in 2000, and donations continue to be made in her memory.” As a thank you for all the support over the years from Katie’s friends and family in […]

Quest strives to be different, to challenge our team members and to inspire them……most evident when the South American teams reach Machu Picchu each year! The Quest tradition of trekking the Inca Trail dressed up, dressed down or simply carrying a porcelain toilet (yes it happened!) is still going strong. Recent teams have really risen […]

Yesterday we received a very generous gift from former Quest Leader Ted and friends at Rampant Sporting.  Their donation will soon be shipping its way over to our projects in Africa and South America where it will be distributed to those most in need. In the countries we work clothes donations are of massive help, […]

The first members of our Africa summer teams have now landed in Kenya, ready to get stuck into their Water Relief Project.  The team is going to be working with two community self-help groups this year – Malaika and Nzwyy (“un-zwee”) to build sand dams over five weeks. What is a sand dam? A sand […]

The first members of our Africa summer teams have now landed in Kenya, ready to get stuck into their Water Relief Project.  The team is going to be working with two community self-help groups this year – Malaika and Nzwyy (“un-zwee”) to build sand dams over five weeks. What is a sand dam? A sand […]

A big thank you to last summers Kenya team from the self help groups of Kenya: “I would like to see other volunteers come to work here in the future as it has had a very motivating effect on this community.” Anna Katwele, 93, Malaika Self Help Group “A sand dam here will change our […]

Following the visit of Jane Goodall to our animal sanctuary project in Bolivia, Quest has maintained close links with the youth action movement of the Jane Goodall Institute, Roots and Shoots. So much so that this year we have sponsored their annual Award for Individual Endeavour, offering a fully funded place on one of our […]

It’s official – the summer has begun here at Quest with our first summer project team landing in Bolivia this morning. The team will be spending 6 weeks working hard in two of the Inti Wara Yassi animal sanctuaries. First of all in the newest park, Jaqj Cuisi, constructing a large enclosure for 2 recently […]