I said a teary goodbye to Cape Town and on the 1st of August I flew to my final destination of Durban on the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Durban…

I spent 3 weeks in Cape Town, and during this time I worked closely with the amazing staff of Habitat for Humanity South Africa. From the 14th-18th of July, HFH…

    It did not take long for me to fall in love with Cape Town. I don’t know if it was because I had been in developing countries for…

I’ve had two wonderful weeks in Luchenza. I’m sad to leave so soon, there is so much more to see and experience in Malawi and there are only a few…

Malawi is a small landlocked country nestled between Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique in the south east of the African continent. Malawians are very proud of their country, ‘the warm heart…

Upon embarking on my next chapter of travel- moving from Tanzania to Malawi- I’ve realised there are some specific intricacies to transitioning from one place to another. Within a few…

(Dated 6/6/14) After a week of intense labour, we’ve finally finished the vegetable garden at Pippi House! We’ve created some wonderful timber planter boxes for new fruit and vegetable plants…

(Dated 30/5/14) The vegetable garden is going so well and I have so many wonderful volunteers to help! Pic of volunteers We managed to purchase a large amount of timber…

(Dated 23/5/14) For the redesign of the Pippi House vegetable garden I have come up with four main concepts to ensure a holistic and sustainable approach. Firstly, Pippi House relies…

(Dated 22/5/14) My bus trip to Arusha, in the north of Tanzania, was the first moment I really felt I had arrived in Africa. The 5 hour journey from Nairobi…