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All posts by questoverseas

Quest Overseas Shop

Visit us on-line now! Everyone who joins a Quest Overseas team is given a much coveted T-shirt and pair of Havaiana flip flops before they go away with us. We’ve found though that just one isn’t always enough, and it seems we have also started a new fashion trend! As as result, due to popular […]

Jon’s project up-date from Villa Maria

At Quest Overseas we pride ourselves on worthwhile projects that mean both volunteers and host communities benefit from the work that’s done.  That’s why Quest Overseas Director Jon Cassidy is currently out visiting our projects in South America.  This week he has been checking up on our Villa Maria Project in Peru.  Quest have been […]

Quest nominated in World Travel Awards

Quest Overseas has been nominated as one of the world’s leading responsible tourism schemes in the World Travel Awards 2009.  The awards acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the global travel and tourism industry.  We feature in the category of World’s Leading Responsible Tourism Scheme, among the following other nominees: Endogenous Tourism […]

Quest Overseas Leader Selection this weekend

This weekend we will be starting our selection of our leaders for teams going overseas in 2010. It’s the leader which makes or breaks the trip, so so selecting the right ones is probably the most important task of the year for us. We’re very demanding in what we want our leaders to have in the way […]

Quest nominated in World Travel Awards

Quest Overseas has been nominated as one of the world’s leading responsible tourism schemes in the World Travel Awards 2009.  The awards acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the global travel and tourism industry.  We feature in the category of World’s Leading Responsible Tourism Scheme, among the following other nominees: Endogenous Tourism […]

Quest Overseas Leader Selection this weekend

This weekend we will be starting our selection of our leaders for teams going overseas in 2010. It’s the leader which makes or breaks the trip, so so selecting the right ones is probably the most important task of the year for us. We’re very demanding in what we want our leaders to have in the way […]

Malawi Summer Team – Amrit on Week 3

Week three has almost come and gone. It has probably been our quietest week so far – things have calmed down since our venture to Lake Malawi. Progress on the school has slowed to a temperamental snail’s pace. The roofs framework has gone up and the painting of the right-hand classroom has begun; however, the […]

Bolivian Indigenous Communities Vote on Autonomy

The Bolivian Government has begun to implement steps laid out in a new constitution which will give indigenous communities the opportunity to become autonomous. Yesterday President Evo Morales enacted a decree setting out the conditions for Indigenous peoples to vote on autonomy. The referendums will be held alongside presidential and parliamentary elections in December this year, […]

Malawi Summer Team – Amrit on Week 3

Week three has almost come and gone. It has probably been our quietest week so far – things have calmed down since our venture to Lake Malawi. Progress on the school has slowed to a temperamental snail’s pace. The roofs framework has gone up and the painting of the right-hand classroom has begun; however, the […]

Bolivian Indigenous Communities Vote on Autonomy

The Bolivian Government has begun to implement steps laid out in a new constitution which will give indigenous communities the opportunity to become autonomous. Yesterday President Evo Morales enacted a decree setting out the conditions for Indigenous peoples to vote on autonomy. The referendums will be held alongside presidential and parliamentary elections in December this year, […]

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