Orphan Care and Teaching Project, Victoria Falls Zimbabwe
from £795 GBP
to £2025 GBP
Orphan Care and Teaching Project, Victoria Falls Zimbabwe
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 8 Weeks
Countries: Zimbabwe
Come and volunteer in the beautiful town of Victoria Falls and gain a unique insight into local Zimbabwean culture while making a positive impact in the lives of this spirited community!
The majestic Victoria Falls, Southern Africa's tourist mecca and one of the seven natural Wonders of the World, will be the backdrop to your volunteer placement. In this impressive setting, we offer you the opportunity to gain a unique insight into local Zimbabwean culture and lifestyle, and to make a positive impact in the local community through our specially structured Teaching Assistance and Orphan Care Programme.
You will have the chance to make a huge impact at our local Orphanage where children are in desperate need of love, attention and stimulation. Volunteer assistance is also hugely valued in over-populated classrooms that are full to the brim with children eager to learn and Teachers who are hardworking and dedicated but are under-resourced and overstretched.
You will share a volunteer project base with our lion conservation volunteers and will also have the chance to visit this ground-breaking project and meet the lions themselves. There are also opportunities to enjoy the wide range of adventure activities available around the Victoria Falls, including flying over the Falls and white water rafting or visiting near by Chobe National Park in Botswana - home to Africa's largest population of elephants!
The highlights
- Make a positive impact in the lives of orphaned and abused children
- Give one on one attention to the children at the orphanage and assist with much needed life skills development
- Get involved with fun sporting activities and teaching assistance at the local school
- Help create sustainable initiatives for the disadvantaged community
- Immerse yourself in local Zimbabwean culture
- Make friends for life
What's included
- Project Fee: The project fee entails financing that goes directly back into the project that you are involved with. It facilitates funding for items such as resources for the school lessons, building and farming materials, etc,
- All transfers to and from Victoria Falls Airport upon your arrival and departure
- Orientation program
- Full board and lodging which includes 3 meals a day
- Unlimited tea, coffee and juice throughout the day
- Laundry service during your stay
- The service of a cleaner to attend to your room each day
Where will I sleep?
You will be staying at the Victoria Falls rest camp, ideally situated in the town and very near to the falls. Volunteers will be sharing a quaint little lodge with their fellow participants. There are 3 or 4 twin rooms per lodge. This style of accommodation is ideal for couples/friends traveling together and each lodge is fully equipped with a kitchenette and bathroom.
Volunteers can enjoy braais (barbeques) outside their lodges privately or at the communal area at the rest camp. There is a large swimming pool for them to enjoy as well as satellite TV, cash bar facilities and a pool table.
Meals
Breakfasts and lunches will be enjoyed out at the Masuwe concession (where our lions are based) and volunteers can relax with a warm dinner back in town at the rest camp when they return at the end of the working day.
This placement would suit:
those interested in gaining a unique insight into the Zimbabwean culture and lifestlye, and to make a positive impact on the local community through our specially structured Teaching Assistance and Community Upliftment Programme.
Do you accept non UK citizens?
Yes
User Comments:
“This experience has been absolutely amazing. The Zimbabwean people have taught me a lot about priorities in life that I think in the west we have forgotten. It has made me realize that I want to take a new direction with my career. “
~ by Kerry Hunt
Inclusions
accommodation, food, airport pickup
African Impact
African Impact is a multi-award winning volunteer travel organisation offering meaningful interactive volunteer projects throughout Africa. Founded in 2004 at Antelope Park in Zimbabwe, we have over 8 years’ experience and having facilitated over 10,000 volunteers in over 12 countries across the continent, making us the largest on-the-ground African specialists in volunteer tourism. We offer a range of conservation and community volunteering and internship programs and also facilitate group and family travel. To us, volunteering is a two-way thing. It’s not just about the hands-on help and skills that volunteers bring; it’s also about what this amazing continent, its people and its wildlife can give those volunteers in return. We want to empower our volunteers to make a difference and have them bring about long lasting positive change on local communities and the physical environments in which we work.
