Gap year in Africa
Gap year placements in Africa
Gap year sports & outdoor courses in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest continent, after Asia. It is also the Worlds poorest
continent according to the United Nations' Human Development Report in 2003. The report also stated that the
poorest 25 nations in the world were all African. The real reasons for this are a
matter of wide ranging debate featuring factors such as global trade, attitudes to debt, corruption
and insufficient aid. Western governments could go a long way towards ending poverty in Africa by doing more, and many have
demonstrated and supported organizations such as Make
Poverty History to demand that exactly that happens. On their website they make it very easy for you to voice your displeasure at our
own governments policies on Africa.
Africa offers thousands of opportunities for gappers to make a small difference and to have
a life-changing experience. With more than 840,000,000 people and over 50 independent countries,
Africa also offers massive diversity. All this helps make it the most popular destination for
gap-year students from the UK.