Quest Sabbaticals

COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Community projects

Malawi Orphans & Community Project

Experience day-to-day life in a rural African community surrounded by the smiling faces of one of Africa's friendliest countries.

JOURNEY: Malawi
PURPOSE: Community Development
DURATION: 4-6 weeks departs 12th Sep '08, 18th Jan '09, 3rd May '09, 11th Sep '09
Kenya WaterRelief Project
Volunteers are needed to work alongside local communities, constructing small-scale sand dams and water tanks to aid this drought stricken region.
JOURNEY: Kenya
PURPOSE: Community Development & Environment
DURATION: 4-6 weeks departing 30th Mar '08, 3rd Aug '08, 9th Jan '09, 6th Mar '09, 3rd Aug '09
Bolivia Animal Sanctuary Project
Take a puma for a walk. Encourage a monkey to play. Help rehabilitate and care for these and other endangered species, such as jaguars and toucans at an animal rescue centre in the heart of the Bolivian Amazon.
JOURNEY: Bolivia - Amazon
PURPOSE: Animal Rehabilitation
DURATION: 4 - 6 weeks, departing 26th May & 15th September 2008, 25th May & 14th September 2009, individual placements available year round.
Southern Africa Conservation & Community Project + Southern Africa Explorer

Help to conserve Swaziland's spectacular game reserves and then journey through wild Africa searching for wildlife.

JOURNEY: Swaziland, Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana
PURPOSE: Conservation, wildlife, wetlands & whale sharks
DURATION: 3 months departing 12th Sep '08, 3rd Apr '09, 11th Sep '09
Malawi Orphans & Community Project + Southern Africa Explorer
Work surrounded by the smiling faces of one of Africa's friendliest countries and then journey through beautiful wild Africa searching for widlife.
JOURNEY: Malawi, Swaziland, Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia
PURPOSE: Community development, wildlife, wetlands & whale sharks
DURATION: 3 months departing 12th Sep '08, 18th Jan '09, 11th Sep '09
Peru Construction & Community Project
Bring much needed help to the lives of the poorest children and families of Villa Maria shanty-town, where people scrape a living by any means possible.
JOURNEY: Peru
PURPOSE: Construction & Community Development
DURATION: 4 or 6 weeks, Departing 12th May & 11th Aug 2008
Southern Africa Conservation & Community Project
Combine working on community projects in rural Africa with important conservation management in some of Africa's most beautiful game parks.
JOURNEY: Swaziland, Southern Africa
PURPOSE: Conservation & Community work
DURATION: 4 - 6 weeks departing 31st Jul '08, 12th Sep '08, 5th Jan '09, 3rd Apr '09, 29th May '09, 7th Aug '09, 11th Sep '09
Brazil Amazon Project
Help us to protect the threatened Brazilian Amazon, by creating a sustainable eco-village for the communities that live there. An utterly unique experience taking you into the depths of the jungle.
JOURNEY: Brazil
PURPOSE: Conservation & Sustainable Development
DURATION: 4 weeks, departing 2nd June, 29th September 2008, 12th January, 8th June, 28th September 2009
Tanzania Schools & Community Project
Help to make a real and immediate difference to the children of the Manyara region in Tanzania.
JOURNEY: Tanzania
PURPOSE: School renovation, Community Work, Children
DURATION: 4 - 6 weeks departs 24th May '08, 26th Sep '08, 8th Feb '09, 4th Apr '09, 30th May '09, 11th Sep '08
Peru Children's Project & Andean Explorer
A fantastic opportunity to work with energetic children in the shanty town of Villa Maria.
JOURNEY: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile
PURPOSE: Learn Spanish ,work with children, explore from Andes to Amazon
DURATION: 3 Months, Departing 24th November 2008 and 23rd November 2009
Peru Children's Project
A fantastic opportunity to work with energetic children in the shanty town of Villa Maria.
JOURNEY: Peru
PURPOSE: Volunteer work with children
DURATION: 4 weeks, Departing 15th December 2008 and 14th December 2009
Ecuador Cloud Forest Conservation

The Ecuadorian Cloud Forest is an unexplored wilderness and offers some of the world's richest bio-diversity. Your help is needed to gather scientific data and to ensure the protection of this endangered ecosystem.

JOURNEY: Ecuador
PURPOSE: Conservation & Environment
DURATION: 4 - 6 weeks, departing 14th July, various starting dates through October & November 2008, 13th July and various starting dates through October & November 2009
Mozambique Whale Shark & Manta Ray Conservation Project
Join our Mozambique Marine Conservation Project and come face to face with magnificent Whale Sharks, Manta Rays, Turtles and Reef Sharks. Not only is this a richly rewarding personal experience, but you will also be supporting essential research, conservation work and the local community.
JOURNEY: Mozambique
PURPOSE: Marine research, scuba diving, community and conservation work
DURATION: 2 weeks to 3 months departs year round
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