Tanzania: Orphanage Care Project.
Facts About This Program
- Location :Stone town or Nungwi (Zanzibar), Dar es Salaam, Arusha & Moshi
- Duration: 2 weeks up to a year
- Working Days /Per Week: 5-6 Days.
- Hostel or Home Stays.
- Cost Start from$ 750.
Tanzania: Orphanage Care Project.
We support and work with a number of orphanage centers in Tanzania which is home to orphans of all ages from ranging from 1 month old babies to teenagers. The Orphanage centers are responsible for the home care and education of these children.
Live closely with the children and care workers in one of these centers. You will get to know all the members of the community very well as they are all so friendly with helps.
Volunteer involvement
Tanzania and all the sub-Saharan African countries are badly affected by the epidemics of poverty and HIV. The number of orphans and street children is growing. Efforts have been made by various local organizations to protect these children by offering much needed education as well as skilled development training. Thousands of orphan children who suffer from extreme poverty, HIV/AIDS and hopelessness leave their villages and travel to Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Moshi and other cities where they most often end up worse off on the street. Most orphanages in Tanzania lack resources and are under staffed. Orphanages in Tanzania focus primarily on offering formal and informal schooling and a safe place to live and study.
Volunteer and give your time to supporting this orphanage that is in dire need of your help. This is a great project to help those and need and to gain a good experience in doing so. Sign up now to change lives!
Volunteers generally work with the following activities:
- In the morning help with breakfast and prepare the children for school. Volunteers accompany the children to and from school.
- Teach English 3-4 hours a day in the local school.
- Small children (ages 2-6 years) remain in their orphanages where volunteers who choose not to teach in schools play with the children: sports, art, games, picture books, music. All sorts of fun activities are welcome.
- Organize activities when the children return from school, both free time fun and help with homework.
Education and free time activities for the children who are too old to go to school.
- After dinner help the children wash, brush teeth and take care of themselves.
This is just a general picture of the daily life of volunteers. Work by vary from day to day and also depending on the requirements and needs of the orphanage at a given time.
Location of Placements:
Stone town or Nungwi (Zanzibar), Dar es Salaam, Arusha & Moshi
Typical Living Arrangements:
Group living
Home-stays
Hostels
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.
Details.
Project Dates and Durations
Placements are open to volunteers and interns all year round but we ask volunteers to arrive on either the 1st or 3rd Sunday of each month.
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
Address:
275,Sombetini Road, P.o.box 275, Arusha, Tanzania Phone:+255655707352
Email:
info@travelers Africa.com
Open Hours:
Mon-Sat: 9am - 6pm
