Work as an Au Pair

Project Highlights:

• Teaching in a rural pre-school through songs, games and crafts
• Local orphanage involvement and assistance
• Work on our outreach project and provide sick people with the skills to gain a sustainable income for themselves
• Help rebuild traditional houses destroyed by Cyclone Favio for disadvantaged and disabled villagers
• Learn some of the local language
• Coach a local youth soccer team
• Immerse all of your senses in local Mozambican culture. Volunteer experiences involve insight into the traditional lifestyles of the local area, including traditional food, dancing, drumming and singing
• Enjoy being based at our volunteer beach camp in beach bungalows, overlooking the World Heritage Site Bazaruto Archipelago (cluster of islands)

Rural Pre-School Learning Centre

Volunteers visit the pre-school every morning supporting the local teachers and educating the children in creative ways.

• Singing and dancing with the children in both English and local languages
• Developing the children’s creative skills through crafts such as painting, drawing and colouring
• Playing games with the children to keep their sense of childhood which is often lost with the tasks that they perform at home
• General upkeep of the school to keep it a pleasant environment in which to learn

Community Projects

After having spent the morning at the pre school, you will help out the local community in different areas in the afternoon in projects such as those outlined below:

1. Orphan Care Work

• Building development at certain times of the year
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• English and Portuguese lessons with the children with the assistance of visual aids and a translator.
• Developmental playtime where the children get to learn new games and play with toys that they wouldn't normally have access to.
• Constructive sports games such as Frisbee and Soccer.
• Giving the orphans the one on one care and attention that they deserve but rarely get.
• We are now teaching them craftwork such as making Rag Rugs, shell mobiles, pot decoration etc. These are mostly with the use of free materials and things that the kids can source easily in the local community, which teaches them resourcefulness.

2. Sports Coaching

Football/Soccer

Volunteers are involved with 2 sessions each week with our main team of older boys and also with the coaching of younger children who are eager to be involved and learn.

We work closely with a local coach who oversees all training with older boys which adds to the consistency and effectiveness of the programme.

• Basic exercises and team-building drills such as running/fitness, stretching, team-work, skills and drills


• Soccer games and tournaments

Even if you are not particularly interested in being involved in soccer, the chance to work with the younger children using the soccer field as a stage to teach them life skills and enhance their sense of self-worth is extremely rewarding, and fun! Even with the older children you can just join in doing their warm ups which is quite amusing.

For the people who want to get more involved you can assist in coaching, new exercises, organising the teams and playing the matches

3. Rural Home-Building

- Cyclone Favio hit the Mozambican coast in February 2007 and devastated much of the local area. African Impact was involved in the initial relief work and assisting AID agencies and through our local contacts we have continued with rural home-building for local disadvantaged and disabled villagers.

- We are currently managing to build 1 home every 2-3 weeks. They are simple and rustic structures of the same style as the local community and provide shelter for individuals who would otherwise have nowhere to call home.

- The work is sometimes gruelling, but always rewarding and offers an amazing insight into rural Vilanculos and the chance to interact with locals.

Project Accommodation:

You will be staying at our volunteer camp in rustic yet comfortable thatched bungalows, located on the beach.

Facilities include a kitchen, lounge/dining area, garden area, braai/bbq area, volleyball court and pool deck. Each bungalow consists of 2 twin bedrooms and a bathroom with toilet and shower.

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