Every year, millions of young people take a break either between school and university or after university. The gap year is used by different people for accomplish varied objectives and aspirations. You may want to go on a holiday and re charge your batteries after the series of exams, take up a job to gain work experience, travel and volunteer abroad.
FutureSense works with young people to facilitate a gap year placement. Our company GapGuru (This is also the first brand of FutureSense) specializes in ethical gap year placements for students in developing countries across the world.
We speak to people, identify their needs, skills and match them with our partner charities for a short term volunteering assignment. The gap year projects last anywhere from 1 month – 12 month, though the average time spent is 3 months. Gappers live with a local host family, volunteer with a charity and also get the opportunity to travel and explore the country. Volunteers can choose from a variety of opportunities like