A gap year experience

Geoffrey Cundall shares his grand-daughter's stories

by Philippa Goodall 14th July 2010

Our granddaughter, Philippa, is a fun-loving twenty-year-old. In her gap year before going to university, she and a school friend worked at Marks & Spencer and saved enough to pay to go and teach for a time in Tanzania, where they are now. They have also organised fund-raising events to buy useful things and money to donate. They told the chairman, Bootham Old Scholar, Stuart Rose of their intent and he doubled the amount they raised. The following account is extracts of Philippa’s emails.

I am having the best time! It is so strange I feel like I’m dreaming because none of it seems real! The locals are very welcoming and nice. Some scary times but we are with pretty much all boys and they are nice and very protective of us so its all good!