Gap year & Professionals

Have you ever wanted to travel with purpose – to use your skills and passions to make a real difference while exploring the world? Whether you’re a gap year student with months to spare or a busy professional on a short career break, we provide meaningful travel experiences that benefit both you and the communities you serve.

Follow your passion and skills

You can travel with purpose and help deliver life-changing projects in East Africa. From education and healthcare to building, conservation, and creative arts, our work is as diverse as the people who join us. This isn’t one-size-fits-all volunteering – it’s about you, what you’re good at, and what you care about.

It’s a way to use your knowledge and energy meaningfully, even in just 10 days – with everything organized and guided on the ground.

For Creatives, Communicators & Performers

Are you into art, music, drama, media, photography or storytelling? You can bring your creativity into schools and youth clubs, helping young people express themselves and build confidence. Volunteers have:

  • Run drama workshops to explore important life topics

  • Started school choirs and music clubs

  • Created photo blogs and video documentaries to raise awareness of local issues

  • Helped young people write their own stories, poems, or newsletters

For For Medics, Health Professionals & Aspiring Clinicians

Whether you're a qualified nurse, doctor, paramedic, public health worker, or you're just planning to apply for med school, you can get hands-on experience supporting rural health initiatives. Volunteers have:

  • Worked alongside local clinics on wound care, malaria testing, and basic triage

  • Helped run health education workshops about hygiene, nutrition and reproductive health

  • Provided support to leprosy communities or disability projects

  • Shadowed midwives in rural maternity clinics

For Conservationists & Nature-Lovers

Care about the environment? You can help promote eco-friendly practices and protect natural resources around Lake Victoria. Past volunteers have:

  • Planted trees and run reforestation drives

  • Helped build fuel-efficient stoves to reduce smoke and deforestation

  • Supported local communities in setting up kitchen gardens and composting

  • Run education sessions about sustainability and waste management

For Teachers, Students & Educators

If you’ve studied education, worked as a teacher or tutor, or just enjoy mentoring others, you’ll find lots of ways to get involved. You might:

  • Assist in local primary or secondary schools

  • Introduce interactive ways of teaching English, science or maths

  • Help run after-school learning clubs

  • Offer workshops for local teachers on lesson planning or classroom management

For Engineers, Builders & Hands-On Problem Solvers

Love a challenge? Good with your hands? Practical volunteers make a massive impact on our infrastructure projects. You could:

  • Build or repair water tanks, toilets, or village homes

  • Set up safe cooking stoves or assist in creating sanitation systems

  • Help service and maintain our fleet of Land Rovers used to reach remote areas

  • Work on sustainable energy or small-scale agricultural initiatives

For Sports Coaches & Active Volunteers

If you enjoy sports and want to motivate others, your energy can go a long way here. Even basic coaching skills can create amazing opportunities for kids and teens. You might:

  • Run football, netball or athletics sessions at schools or youth clubs

  • Use sports to teach teamwork, discipline and leadership

  • Help organize mini-tournaments or physical education classes

  • Combine sports with health awareness campaigns, like those on HIV or menstrual health

Gap Year Adventurers

Don’t worry if you don’t have a clear “career” yet – we love working with open-minded, adventurous young people who want to learn, explore, and help. We’ll help you find your place across a variety of activities, like above.

You’ll gain confidence, independence and perspective – and have a whole team to support you every step of the way.

Make it your own

Whatever your background, we’ll help match your skills and interests to projects where they’re needed most. You’ll be working with experienced staff and local partners who know the community and can guide your impact. Whether you're here for a few weeks or a couple of months, you’ll be surprised by how much you can achieve – and how much you’ll grow.

You won’t just “volunteer” – you’ll Go Make a Difference.

How to apply

Come and be part of something truly special. Make a difference together and create memories that will last a lifetime.

  • Dream it.

  • Build it.

  • Grow it.

  • Raise it.

  • Heal it.

  • Sustain it.

  • Empower it.

  • Enjoy it.