On Friday the 6th July, I set off from Heathrow airport, with a mixture of excitement and trepidation, for Moshi in Tanzania. I was heading there to work as a volunteer with the charity i-to-i and afterwards to fulfil a personal mission to climb to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Worldwide Experience offers you the chance to help make a difference. Why just travel on your Gap Year when you can do something worth while and put something back to this world we take so much from. Placements include Conservation, Community outreach and Adventure programmes.