Cheering the Children in Romania- by Megan Kirsten
The 13th of November 2014 was the start of an absolutely incredible one month long adventure of volunteering on the child care project in Romania. It was a dream come true (with …
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My experience teaching in South Africa- by Flossie Lavy
I joined this project teaching in South Africa for 12 weeks in January 2014. I chose to work directly with one school helping in maths and English lessons of the older year …
Q&A with a volunteer with children in Romania
Here at Oyster Worldwide we love to receive feedback from our volunteers. We asked three important questions to Megan Kirsten, who spent 4 weeks as a volunteer with children in Romania in …
Will Hall’s summer of volunteering in Romania
This past summer I spent five weeks volunteering in Romania in Brasov on the Oyster Worldwide childcare volunteering programme. Volunteering in Romania The work was quite possibly the most fulfilling, challenging and …
Join a gap year sports coaching and teaching group in South Africa in January
If you are on your gap year and looking for something to do in January 2015, we are pleased to say that we have spaces for our gap year sports coaching and …
Sophie Browne tells us about her Nepal experience
When I first decided to take a gap year, I immediately found myself faced with a thousand different choices of what to do, where to go, and which company to go with. …
Where are they now? Jen Wright reflects on her time in Tanzania
I couldn’t have asked for a better gap year experience. One of the great things about choosing Oyster as a smaller company for my gap year meant that I personally knew the …
Demand for language skills in the working world
News reports in recent months have expressed that there is an increased demand for language skills in the working world and that companies are looking for employees with language skills. Surveys have …
Where are they now? Kate Griffiths with memories of her gap year in Nepal in 2008
In the latest of our ‘where are they now?’ blogs, we’ve heard from Kate Griffiths. Kate signed up to participate on our gap year in Nepal teaching programme as a graduate in January …
South Africa sports coaching: A typical day under the South African sun
South Africa sports coaching: a typical day under the South African sun… Has this year’s World Cup given you the sporting bug? If so, why not consider our Sports Coaching programme in …
