Tag Archives: Nepal

Last minute gap year, career break and holidays with a difference

Left your gap year career break or holiday with a difference plans to the last-minute? Worried it might be too late to take that trip of a lifetime? Don’t panic! – Check out your options and we’ll make it happen… Current special … Continue reading

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Trekking in Nepal: the start of the journey before volunteering

  Melanie Bowman, who is out in Nepal with Oyster, updates us on the beginning of her adventures trekking in Nepal. Thanks Melanie! “I am now with my Nepali family in Dhaparkel –  they are so lovely!  The palsy centre … Continue reading

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Outstanding welcome for Oyster volunteers in Nepal

Oyster are delighted to be welcoming our long-standing Nepal rep, Basant, over to the UK for one week in January. Basant has been working closely with Oyster since 2001 and has received well over 100 volunteers in that time. Basant … Continue reading

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Last minute gap year: teach and trek in Nepal in January

Taking a last minute gap year? If you want to go overseas to volunteer after Christmas and are thinking that you are running out of time- don’t worry! As specialists in organising gap years, we are very flexible and happy … Continue reading

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My unforgettable time as a volunteer teacher in Nepal!

Now working a summer at Oyster following my degree, I am filled with excitement (and an unhealthy dose of jealousy!) every time we get an application for our Nepal program – reminded of my own amazing 4 month experience back … Continue reading

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Great news as the peace process continues in Nepal

Yesterday the BBC News revealed some very promising and long-awaited news – Maoist rebels have handed over their weapons to mark a ”major step towards completing Nepal’s five-year-old peace process”. As a returned Oyster volunteer who spent five months teaching in Nepal during the collapse of … Continue reading

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Teach, trek and visit Tibet this September!

Here at Oyster, we are prepared for anyone deciding to take a last minute gap year or career break, for whatever their reason. As a specialist company we are flexible to individual needs and able to organise projects only weeks in advance … Continue reading

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Volunteer teaching in Nepal: the highlights

A fantastic experience for Oyster volunteer Erin. Thanks Erin! Teaching was, for lack of a better metaphor, really a roller coaster ride! The experience as a whole was full of ups and downs, but in hindsight I wouldn’t change a … Continue reading

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What volunteering can I do during the summer?

Summer holidays allow many students and gappers the opportunity to do something different with their breaks- something that really stands out on a CV and is very much off the beaten track. Even for people restricted to the annual leave, … Continue reading

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Dalai Lama to step down from his political role

It hit the news this morning that the Dalai Lama is to step down from his political role as leader of the Tibetan government in exile. He inherited control of the government in the autonomous region of Tibet at a … Continue reading

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