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 Gap Year Case StudiesWelcome to the Gap Year Case Studies Section! Here you will find stories from fellow gappers on how they got it right, and sometimes, horribly wrong on their own gap year! Click on the case study you are interested in and away you go! BUNAC - Volunteering in Ghana
Clare volunteered with BUNAC in Ghana, Africa and joined an HIV/AIDS awareness project Find out more > BUNAC - Volunteer USA
Rachel volunteered with BUNAC in America and joined conservation projects at 5 US National Parks Find out more > BUNAC - Working a Ski Season in New Zealand
Mikey found a ski season job in Queenstown through the BUNAC Work New Zealand programme Find out more > BUNAC - Working in New Zealand
Julia joined BUNAC Work New Zealand and tells us about working and travelling in the adventure capital of the world. Find out more > BUNAC - Working in Australia
Rachel graduated and joined BUNAC Work Australia, working and playing hard down under! Find out more > BUNAC - Volunteering in Cambodia
Emma joined BUNAC Volunteer Cambodia and joined an English Teaching programme Find out more > Oasis Overland - Middle East by Caravan
Neil Bradley joined an Oasis Overland caravan overland trip in August 2009 as a brilliant start to his gap year. Find out more > Oasis Overland - 23 Weeks Across Africa
Karen Jones joined an Oasis Overland 23 week Trans Africa Expedition to Cape Town and has an awesome experience Find out more > African Conservation Experience - Over 40s Gap Year Experiences
3 gap year experiences from over 40s travellers who put their experience in the capable hands of African Conservation Experience Find out more > African Conservation Experience - A Career Break in Mauritius
Kirsty Beavis, aged 30 joined the Mauritius Dolphin Conservation Project work in Tamarin Bay, off the coast of Mauritius Find out more > MondoChallenge - The benefits of teaching abroad
Ella and Edd decided to take some time out from their teaching jobs to travel and to teach abroad Find out more > MondoChallenge - Teaching English in Tanzania
Camila Bonham finished University and headed to Tanzania, with MondoChallenge, for a different experience Find out more > The Leap - 6 Weeks in Kenya
Jack Nottage, 21 spent 6 weeks in Kenya with the Leap, with his time split between beach and bush, read about his experience Find out more > Raleigh International - A Gap Year in India
Olivia Hayward spent part of her gap year on an amazing 10 week expedition in India with Raleigh International Find out more > Raleigh International - Project Manager in Costa Rica
Libby Gordon was a project manager on an 'indescribable' Raleigh International expedition to Costa Rica & Nicaragua September to December 2008 Find out more > Raleigh International Borneo Expedition
Amy Roberton, 24, spent a positive 10 weeks on a Raleigh Expedition to Borneo in April 2009 Find out more > Sunrise International - A Career Break in Beijing
Chris Henry is a career breaker who joined a Sunrise International journalism programme in Beijing, China from 3rd April to 31st April 2009 Find out more > PGL - Working as an Activity Instructor in Dorset
Tom Caines found working at PGL Osmington Bay in Dorset made his gap year memorable Find out more > Contiki - Travelling New Zealand
Read about the experience of travelling with Contiki on your gap year, an alternative to backpacking alone Find out more > PGL - Working Abroad with Children
Eleanor Cairns worked overseas with PGL during her gap year Find out more > The Leap - A Cambodia Gap Year Experience
Kat and Joelle joined The Leap in Cambodia working with monks and teaching English to teachers Find out more > Real Gap Year For Grown Ups - Career Breaks
A Programme Manager and a Police Officer talk about their experiences with Real Gap Year for Grown Ups Find out more > Real Gap Year For Grown Ups - Career Break in Thailand
A teacher puts her long summer holidays to good use in Thailand with Real Gap Year for Grown Ups Find out more > Real Gap Year For Grown Ups - Career Break in India
A television executive changes her career after a break with Real Gap Year for Grown Ups Find out more > Real Gap Experience - Round the World Adventures
Read about the different gap year experiences in Africa, America, Australia and Latin America Find out more > BSES Expeditions
Read testimonials from BSES Expeditions gap year expeditions to Svalbard in the Arctic wilderness and a Peruvian Rainforest. Find out more > Footloose - Adventures in Costa Rica
Valerie Andersson joined a Footloose tour after her work placement in Costa Rica. Find out more > Projects Abroad - Asia
Projects Abroad offer a variety of projects in Asia. Here's a selection of Case Studies from 2 volunteers. Find out more > TrekAmerica - seeing the real America
Andrew Johns spent his gap year as a camp counsellor in the USA. As it was his first time to America he then wanted to take full advantage of seeing the “real America”. Find out more > Projects Abroad - Africa
Projects Abroad offer a variety of gap year volunteer projects in Africa. Here's a selection of Case Studies from 3 volunteers. Find out more > Trekforce
Emily Johnston, 18, joined Trekforce on a gap year expedition to Borneo. There are also expeditions to Central America, Papua New Guinea, Amazon-Andes, Morocco, Nepal, Australia as well as an Expedition Leader Training Program, all with Trekforce. Find out more > Let's Trek - Touring Australia
Ricardo Parreira traveled around Australia on his gap year with Let’s Trek Australia and New Zealand. Find out more > Worldwide Experience - An Internship at Sanbona Wildlife Reserve
How does one condense the 3 most incredible months of their life into 300 words? Kellie Donald's conservation internship at Sanbona Wildlife Reserve was everything she expected it to be - and so much more. Find out more > GVI
Jessica Eddison in Kenya - A gap year community day in the life of GVI volunteer Jess. Find out more > Travellers Worldwide - Teaching in South Africa
Rachel Ley went to South Africa as a gap year volunteer to teach underprivileged children between the ages of 6 and 12 in a township school with Travellers Worldwide. Find out more > GVI Marine Conservation
Richard Hallam joined a marine conservation expedition to Pez Maya in Mexico on his gap year after University. Find out more > Travellers Auto Barn
A Gap Year in Australia? To buy or not to buy, that is the question. Discover the benefits of buying a car to travel around Australia! Find out more > GVI Volunteering
Vicky Grant took a career break in 2005 and joined the Phoenix Project in Guatemala. Find out more > The Leap - Polo Team Placement, Argentina
A sample of letters received from gap year Leapers on a Polo Team Placement in Argentina. Find out more > Greenforce - Marine Conservation in Fiji
Join a Greenforce Marine Conservation Project in Fiji on your gap year. Find out more > The Leap - Kenya Team Placement
A sample of letter received from gap year volunteer Leapers on the Kenya Team Placement. Find out more > Starfish Ventures in Thailand
Shari Anderson, from the USA, volunteered for a Starfish Ventures project in Thailand. Find out more > Greenforce - Life in the Amazon Jungle
Spend a gap year as a volunteer on a Greenforce Project in the Amazon. Find out more > Sport Lived - Playing Cricket in New Zealand
James Hawley played cricket on his gap year in Christchurch, New Zealand with Sport Lived. Find out more > Gap Sports
In 2006 Hayley Edwards travelled on her gap year to South Africa with Gap Sports to be a volunteer Netball Coach. Find out more > SnowSkool - Taking a Sabbatical in Winter Sports
At 33 years old and after 12 years in the construction industry, Richard Bartley negotiated a three-month career break with his employers and joined the SnowSkool programme at Big White. Find out more > Gap Sports Snow
A gap year day in the life of Sam Platt, a brand new Gap Sports ski instructor, in Canada 2006. Find out more > Ski le Gap - a special experience
Mark Townsend spent his gap year as an instructor with Ski-le-Gap in Tremblant Canada. Find out more > Raleigh International - Malaysia 2007 Expedition
Chris Burnie was working as a trainee accountant; looking to spread his wings and see more of the world, he used his career break to combine a Malaysia expedition with independent travel. Find out more > Crystal International Academy
A selection of gap year experiences from gappers on a Crystal International Academy course. Find out more > Real Gap Experience - Volunteering in Ecuador and Peru
Ian Richardson volunteered to work with street children in Ecuador and Peru. Find out more > Camp America - Camp Blue Star, North Carolina
Camp America participant Jason Cook reflects on his summer job with Camp America. Find out more > Raleigh International - Costa Rica and Nicaragua 2007
Ayesha Khan had always wanted to take time to travel and volunteer. Having finished school, she wanted a break before starting university and it was the perfect time for her to join the Costa Rica and Nicaragua 2007 expedition. Find out more > BSES Expeditions Svalbard
Yann Rashid spent three months of his gap year in the Arctic with BSES Expeditions. Find out more > Raleigh International - Costa Rica and Nicaragua 2007 Expedition
Ayesha Khan had always wanted to take time to travel and volunteer. Having finished school, she wanted a gap year before starting university and it was the perfect time for her to join the Costa Rica and Nicaragua 2007 expedition. Find out more > Projects Abroad in Peru
Claire Elphick, an Undergraduate studying Geography, went to the Peruvian rainforest with Projects Abroad to carry out research for her dissertation. Find out more > |
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