Building Volunteer Projects.

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Building Volunteer Projects in Tanzania

Whether you are on a gap year, summer placement or career break, if you want to get your hands dirty and see physical results from your placement overseas, our Community Building Project in Tanzania may be ideal.

Building volunteers work in and around Arusha and are involved in helping to construct a variety of different buildings. This includes dormitories for local orphanages and nursery schools in the communities in which we work.

Voluntary Building Project in Tanzania with The Olokii volunteer project

Volunteers work alongside a local builder, who will teach you all the necessary building and construction skills to enable you to take part fully in the construction process, assisting with all levels of building. The buildings are made using traditional methods and locally sourced materials. The construction techniques are also simple to master and are ideal for sites with limited facilities. No electricity is required at the site – everything is done by hand!

The Olokii volunteer Project is currently working with local Maasai communities outside the town of Arusha. The primary focus is the Maasai village of Meserani, where Projects Abroad runs a nursery school. The nursery school is currently run in an old church building, there are no windows and four classes are all taught in one room. Therefore, our next project is to build a proper building for the nursery school close to this site that will enable children from Mesarani and the surrounding communities to get nursery education otherwise unavailable to them. The new building will provide volunteers with a space where they can work in a professional and well structured environment.

This is a long term project (6 months to 1 year) that will be built, and then staffed and run, solely by The Olokii volunteer Project volunteers. We have already received a wonderful welcome from this community, who really see the value of having the volunteers here. This is undoubtedly our most exciting building project yet!

Highlights of our Buidlingl volunteer programs:

Volunteering on the Community Building Project in Tanzania.

The work of the volunteers is varied but may include digging foundations, mixing cement, building walls, constructing a roof, plastering or putting the finishing coat of paint on the completed house.

The building work takes place early in the morning and late in the afternoon so you’ll have plenty of time to get involved in township life. Each site is overseen by a qualified builder from the community who will help volunteers with the construction process.

You do not need previous building experience to take part in this project; although anyone who does have any relevant skills will be very welcome and will be able to take on a more specialized role. All volunteers should, however, be reasonably fit and physically active, and be prepared for working outdoors in a variety of weather conditions. Volunteers live with local families in the area.