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Can I hug a lion cub?
Working with cubs? It is important to Oyster that our projects are beneficial to the local community, are really in need of the help of volunteers and that the volunteer makes a real and worthwhile contribution. We are often asked … Continue reading
A sad farewell to Mads, our long-serving Tanzania rep and a warm welcome to our new rep, returned volunteer Tracey!
Oyster are sad to be saying farewell to our fantastic Tanzania rep Madeline or ‘Mads’ as she is known, who is off to live in New Zealand. Mads has been with Oyster from the very start as our in-country representative … Continue reading
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Tagged career break, gap year, News, Oyster, representative, Support, Tanzania
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Last-minute voluntary and paid work with Oyster…
Left your gap year or career break 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… For departures within 4 weeks: Volunteer … Continue reading
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Tagged career break, gap year, last-minute, Oyster, paid work, short term, Volunteer
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Life as an Oyster volunteer in Brazil!
Holly Massey, a current Oyster volunteer, has been teaching, playing and bringing oodles of fun and laughter to the kids of Sao Paulo for 3 weeks so far. She has kindly given us a little insight into her first impressions … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, career break, childcare, gap year, Oyster, Sao Paulo, teaching, Volunteering
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150cm of snow fallen this week for our Whistler workers!
Whistler seems like the place to be this season. With some really fantastic dumps of snow over the last few weeks, this week seems to have topped it off! 150cm has fallen in just the last seven days, meaning some … Continue reading
Lizzy Knott tells of her Tanzanian adventure
Looking at photos taken from my gap year in Tanzania, it’s surprising how easily I can conjure up what sometimes felt like being in another world. For my three months in Tanzania last summer I was placed in a village … Continue reading
Peaceful elections in Tanzania strengthen the country
Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham has spoken following the elections which were held in Tanzania on 31 October. “I congratulate the people of Tanzania on their largely peaceful multi-party elections which were proof of the growing maturity of Tanzanian democracy. … Continue reading
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Tagged Commity Project Tanzania, gap year, Oyster, Tanzania, teaching
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Enhance your CV by working in Hospitality on your Gap Year
Gap years for your profession: Hospitality If you work in hospitality or are considering it as a career, it’s a smart move to spend time working in another country. It will make your CV stand out from the crowd and … Continue reading
Buying Ski Gear in Whistler
Buying Ski Gear So what should you buy, where? Being a skiing town, Whistler obviously has many equipment stores which you can buy from and your staff pass will give you discounts on equipment in most stores. Most people in … Continue reading
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Tagged gap year, Oyster, paid work, Skiing Gap Year, teaching, Whistler
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Our Chilean Representative quotes on the trapped miners freedom…
Our representative in Chile Jaqueline recalls the moment in Chile when the trapped miners became free “I was in Santiago when the miners got out – it was amazing because everyone just went mad. After the earthquake this year I … Continue reading
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Tagged Care Work, Chile, Community Work, gap year, Oyster, teaching, Volunteering
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