Tanzania: Special School for Children with disabilities

 Volunteers will follow a development plan and conduct these lessons to a selected class. Other volunteer involvement will also include:

• Caring for the students,
• Assessing and reporting in the continuation of the development plan for each              Student,

• Taking students on day trips, for example to the swimming pool,
• Home visits to students’ homes and counseling with parents,
• Improvements to the school such as painting the classrooms with the students,
• Support with the fundraising for the school as no government funding is available.

   To help raise money for the school the staff, volunteers and students all come together in recreation time to make clothes and use bead work to make jewelry which is then all sold at the schools shop.

In all teaching options volunteers and interns are asked to have a good level of knowledge in written English and to be fluent in the English Language. Knowledge in Swahili is not essential but to clue yourself up in basic Swahili before your placement will increase the effectiveness of your teaching.

Volunteers are encouraged to bring resources such as educational equipment, art materials and games if they wish.

All initiatives, ideas and feedback are encouraged so don’t be afraid to take responsibility and speak to the Project coordinator if you have any plans that you think may be of benefit.

 Accommodation: Room/ Food/ Supervision

Volunteers have the choice of staying at our volunteer Accommodation in Arusha Town or at our local Tanzanian host families, commonly know as “home stay”.  

Our volunteer house is located close to the town centre so has easy access to transport routes, shops, bars and restaurants. The House has single or shared living facilities and western style bathroom facilities with hot water. It also provides a sitting and dinning area with T.V. and D.V.D.

Our host families are active community members who are not only mature but are trained and experienced with international volunteers. You will get a single room (or share with another volunteer) in a home stay. The accommodation will be clean and simply furnished. Local host will provide three local meals a day. During the volunteering period our staff will guide, help, and supervise you everyday while on your volunteer Project.

 Project Dates and Durations.

 All school placements are open all year round but please take into account that schools will be closed in the holidays which are in the following dates:

30^th July – 5 September.

3^rd December – 2^nd January

Placement duration is from a minimum of 2 weeks up to a year.  

 Qualifications

There are no specific qualifications needed to join this project

 Languages

Good level of the English spoken language

This Program is open to World Wide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples, and Individuals. It is helpful for the volunteers to learn some basic Kiswahili/Maasai language. When you arrive at you project placement the volunteer coordinator will give you an introduction