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13/06/2025

🌱♻️ New Focus: Composting & Recycling in Cambodia! 🇰🇭✨

We’re excited to launch a new environmental initiative in Cambodia, focused on composting and recycling. 
With support from amazing local partners, learners have created their own compost, decorated recycling bins, and kickstarted sustainable systems in their schools, turning learning into real-world impact. 💪🌿

This project is all about action, awareness, and growing a greener future from the ground up. 💚

12/06/2025

🌍✨ Heading off on your gap year? Adventure awaits - but safety comes first! From travel tips to health hacks, we’ve got you covered. 🛫💡

👉 Tap the link in bio to read our essential guide to staying safe while making the most of your journey!

11/06/2025

Seeing a teenager step outside their usual world and really grow is something special. That’s exactly what happens on a GapGuru gap year. It’s not just a break after school, it’s a chance to build real-life skills like resilience, confidence, and leadership.

On a GapGuru gap year programme, your teen will:

Push their boundaries by experiencing new cultures
Learn how to handle tough situations and bounce back stronger
Turn mistakes into valuable lessons
Take responsibility by working on projects that matter
Lead and make a difference in communities around the world

These aren’t just memories, they’re life skills that help teens face university, work, and whatever’s next with more confidence and purpose.

If you want to help your teen grow in a safe and supported way, encourage them to consider a gap year with GapGuru.

👉 Learn more and get started here:

Impactful gap year experiences, empowering young adults to travel and create lasting change in disadvantaged communities worldwide.

05/06/2025

🌍 Happy World Environment Day! 🌱

At GapGuru, we believe every journey should leave the world better than we found it. From supporting conservation projects to promoting sustainable travel, all of our programmes support positive climate action and our teams are making a real impact, one step at a time. 💚

Join us in travelling with Impact.

30/05/2025

India Spotlight: Empowering Through Language
Last month, local learners in India dove into Conversational English with energy and enthusiasm, exploring topics like greetings, family, daily routines, school life, and the world around them. Through engaging, practical activies, they built real-world language skills, boosted their confidence, and made communication more fun and meaningful. 💬📘

Led by our local team in India, this initiative reflects the heart of GapGuru’s mission: empowering learners through education that’s rooted in community, connection, and impact.

This is what a GapGuru Conversational English programme looks like in action, collaborative, empowering, and full of possibility. 🌍✨

29/05/2025

Choosing what’s next after A Levels can feel overwhelming for both students and parents. At GapGuru, we understand how important it is to support your child in making the right decision for their future.

A gap year isn’t just time off, it’s an opportunity for young people to gain real-life skills like confidence, communication, leadership, and adaptability. These are the qualities that universities and employers look for, and they’re often developed best outside the classroom through new experiences and challenges.

We work closely with students to support them on a gap year that focus on personal growth, not just travel. Our goal is to give your child the tools and confidence they need to succeed whether that’s at university, in work, or beyond.

If you’re a parent wondering how a gap year could benefit your teen, we’re here to help you understand the lifelong advantages it offers.

23/05/2025

Community Cleanup Crew Spotlight – Thailand 

Our Thailand team are here to remind us just how much impact grassroots action can have. In April alone, volunteers collected 80 litres of waste, working together to create a cleaner, safer environment for the local community.

At GapGuru, we believe real change starts at the community level. Whether you’re joining a litter pick, planting trees, or supporting sustainable development projects, you’re not just a visitor, you’re part of something bigger. 

Wherever your journey takes you, every GapGuru programme includes meaningful, hands-on engagement. Because small actions, repeated around the world, lead to powerful climate solutions.

21/05/2025

Today is World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development and we’re here to remind you: the best education doesn’t come from a classroom. It comes from living inside a new culture, not just passing through it.

At GapGuru, we don’t do basic travel. We do real cultural immersion. That means eating local food, learning local traditions, working alongside communities, and seeing the world through someone else’s eyes.

Real people. Real stories. Real change.

Ready to see the world differently?
👇 Tap the link in bio to read why cultural immersion is the best education you’ll ever get.

20/05/2025

🌍 Why a Gap Year Is an Investment in Your Child’s Future 🌍

If your teen is considering a gap year, it’s natural to feel a mix of excitement and uncertainty. But here’s the truth: time spent travelling, volunteering, or working abroad isn't time wasted, it’s an opportunity.

Stepping outside of the classroom allows young people to develop real-world skills that can’t be taught through exams or lectures. From learning how to adapt in unfamiliar environments to becoming more culturally aware and independent, these are experiences that shape confident, capable adults.

Taking a break from formal education doesn’t mean stepping away from learning, it means expanding it. A well-planned gap year helps students return with more direction, a stronger sense of self, and valuable life experience that gives them an edge in university and beyond.

19/05/2025

We’ve rounded up our top 5 money-saving tips to help you save smarter and travel further on your gap year, without breaking the bank. From using local transport to joining structured programmes like GapGuru where your essentials are covered, these simple strategies will keep your budget in check and your adventure on track.

Ready to take control of your finances and start planning your gap year? Let’s make every penny count. 💪🌍

16/05/2025

Even when the classrooms are quiet, our hub teams are out in the community hard at work. In Nepal the team has been focusing on community engagement opportunities and working with partner schools to bring the SDGs into the curriculum. To ensure our programmes are truly long-term and sustainable, we’re always working behind the scenes to make them inclusive, impactful, and built to last.
When you join us on a gap year in Nepal, you step into something bigger than a single moment - you become part of a long-term vision.
Ready to be part of it? Explore our Nepal programmes and start your journey today. 🌏✈️