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GYC1401 - Water Relief Project Country: Kenya Cost: £1495.00 Please note: £1495 for 4 weeks. £1585 for 5 weeks. Cost also includes £850 contribution to project and all activities. Cost Includes: The price includes accommodation, food and pickup from airport but does not include flight, insurance, kit or visas     Duration: 4 weeks Company Rep Nearby: All the time 0845 344 7599 or

 

	This placement would suit... Students interested in geography, development, water management or African studies. Five weeks working in a local Kenyan village called Kola building small scale sand dams to help improve the lives of people living in the arid areas of Eastern Kenya. 4 weeks dam construction, tree planting, school education including 2 days Kikamba lessons and 4 days safari and beach holiday at the end of the Project. Spectacular opportunity to work in a rural environment making a real difference to an African village who are struggling to survive from the effects of drought, deforestation and global warming which has reduced rainfall to a minimum. Work side by side locals as they strive to improve their drought-stricken land for the future benefot of their children. Construction Projects The construction projects are hard work but extremely rewarding, we usually have 3 or 4 construction or rennovation projects going on all at the same time so students rotate between building the sand dams, constructing water tanks, painting educational murals and working on environmental workshops with the school kids. Alot of the work is hard and physical so you need to be happy to get dirty and tierd on a regualar basis! Project Leaders Two Project Leaders are with your team for the full duration of the project to manage the work and budget and also to aid with Risk Assessments and keep the health and safety on site as high as possible. They are massively experienced in Africa and are also there to make sure you have a cracking time on your holiday at the end of the project! Accommodation Students live together in a house in the village and have a fully active part in all the village events. Basic loos and bucket showers are all part of the experience of living and working in Africa - you need to have a sense of adventure for this aspect! Food is prepared by the volunteers and this involves two students walking into the local market every day to buy the fruit and veg and prepare dinner for the rest of the team. Lunches are on site and are cooked by the villagers of the sand dam you'll be constructing- a good hot African meal of rice and vegetables is very welcome mid-day as you'll be starving from a hard mornings work. Kikamba Lessons The Project is preceeded by 2 days of Kikamba lessons and followed by 4 days exploring Tsavo National Park and the coast of Kenya for a well deserved holiday! Fundraising Advice is given out at the weekly Open Days and you are welcome to chat to our past students who love the opportunity to have fresh ears for their numerous stories! Why Quest Overseas? Quite simply because we have the best reputation in the Gap Year market. We are second to none when it comes to safety, value for money and down right fun! We've also raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for our charities overseas and we have long term commitments to our project sites. We've never had a complaint and we aim to keep it that way - if you'd like to speak to a past student they would be more than happy to bend your ear on everything you could get up to! Our users say... "Working on the dam and planting trees with the local community is very, very hard work but great fun. The locals work so hard, and the five-year-old kids are stronger than us! They love to sing and dance as they work, and we've been teaching them some classics (She'll be Coming Round the Mountain, Give me Oil in my Lamp etc). The facilities at the school are minimal - barely any paper or pens, mud floors and rickety, overcrowded benches - yet still the kids are exceptionally bright and pick everything up so quickly" - John Evans. "Doing the water relief project in Kenya was a fantastic experience. I met a bunch of like-minded volunteers from many different backgrounds, learnt a lot about how different cultures live through working closely with the local communities and found out a lot about myself and my ability to adapt and perform in different situations. It was a thoroughly worthwhile experience." - Gavin Lester 0845 344 7599 Quest: Adventure travel in Latin America and Africa combining both worthwhile volunteering and challenging, action-packed expeditions. We commit to all our projects long-term, from constructing schools, helping shantytown children and orphans, rehabilitating animals, working in the depths of the rainforest or scuba diving to help protect endangered marine species. All our trips are designed to show you the real side of Africa and South America, to enable you to make a difference and to make sure you have the time of your life! Open afternoons in West Sussex, online presentations and telephone appointments are all regularly available.