What are they up to now?
Find out who's up to what, where, when and why?
People come away from their time as a volunteer with Quest inspired and enthused from the experience and we love to shout about what our ex-vols are getting up to.
Josh Blakemore's running the Marathon
Josh Blakemore has started training for the Brighton Marathon 2010 which he is running as a part of the Quest4Change team. Josh was a volunteer on our Bolivia project with Inti Wara Yassi in 2009 and as he had such an amazing experience as a volunteer he is now donning a pair of shorts and running 26.2 miles in order to raise valuable funds for the projects we support in Africa and South America - which we think is brilliant! Find out more about Josh's personal challenge here and find out how you can join him on our Get Involved page.
Lucy Lapere's cycle challenge
Lucy cycled from London to Paris in September 2009 to raise money for Quest4Change. Last year she worked with Quest4Change building a primary school in rural Mozambique and says she was inspired to support Quest4Change because "having seen personally the benefits this brought, I know for a fact that this is a worthwhile cause. Quest4Change doesn't only focus on education projects; their work is far-reaching and varied, they problem-solve with communities, and also help protect endangered habitats and the plants and animals that rely on them."
Lucy raised over £1,000 which is amazing - thank you for all your hard work!
Yosuk
e Matsumiya Kili challenge
Yosuke Matsumiya will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of the Village Education Project Kilimanjaro in Tanzania this August. He worked as a Quest volunteer with VEPK in his Gap Year and says "We have chosen to raise money for VEPK because it is a charity which does fantastic work local to the area where we will be staying; we will be able to see directly where the money that we raise is being used, and some of us will be able to do voluntary work for VEPK after the climb." We wish him and his team loads of luck with the climb. Find out more.
Helen Lloyd takes on Africa
Helen Lloyd was a quest volunteer at the Macquipacuna project (Ecuador) in 2000 and after 4yrs working as an Engineer she has decided to embark upon the challenge of a lifetime. On July 20th Helen set off from Poole on the start of an epic 2yr, 20,000mile bike ride to Cape Town, South Africa.
Her journey will take her through some of the most exciting and challenging environments, from Desert to Mountains Helen will be pushing her body and soul to the very limit. Helen hopes to raise£5,000 for the Welbodi Partnership, a UK charity supporting the provision of paediatric care in Sierra Leone, where child health statistics are among the worst in the world. Good luck Helen.
Jane Keenan in Rwanda
Jane Keenan was a volunteer at our Yachana project (Ecuador) in 2001. She has spent the last two years working as a volunteer with VSO in rural Rwanda. She has lived without running water, electricity and is now a master of the motorbike
What are you up to? Writing the dissertation of a lifetime? Working in rural Africa? Training to be a lawyer? Training for the Marathon? Get in touch let us know, and if we can help you out we will.
