During this four week visit to Tanzania you’ll experience culture close up, marvel at stunning marine and wildlife and come to realise just what a vital role responsible tourism has in preserving them for future generations and sustaining local economies and businesses.
So, how does this project make a difference?
You’ll receive a detailed orientation upon arrival in Tanzania and a local guide will accompany the group whilst on tour helping you to gain an insight into the country, its people and its wildlife from an environmental, cultural and social perspective.
During your volunteer week, you’ll join one of the nurseries or kindergartens in Moshi, teaching young disadvantaged children basic skills in English and Maths, and most importantly, making learning fun!
The projects involving work with children are mainly in the morning so you can use your afternoon to really help other people within the community such as by joining one of the local women’s groups.
During your time in Tanzania you’ll have an overnight stay with the Masai, sleeping as they do, in a mud hut on a cow skin bed. Not only will this give you some understanding of their way of life, the money that is paid to the Masai for the accommodation helps them with their commitments, including the education of their children.
We believe that travel should have a lasting positive impact that helps to change lives for the better. Our ethos is that under the right guidance from our local partners you can help to bring about positive change. It is a simple fact that most the countries we visit do not have adequate resources to financially support or staff up new initiatives and that’s where you can make a significant difference – in lending your time, energy and enthusiasm to ensure that the projects have a constant flow of volunteers ready to get stuck in and eager to help them achieve their goals.
Through our programme of supported volunteering we assist volunteers to participate on existing projects, which have often approached us for support. These projects existed before our partnership and would continue without, albeit a little slower in achieving their goals. We believe it is vitally important to support worthwhile projects in a sustainable way that doesn’t have a destabilising effect on their development and the wider community.
People who travel on our trips return home with a much deeper understanding of the country visited than a typical tourist would ever gain. Prior to departure all our volunteers receive information containing guidance on how to travel and experience a culture responsibly and, where volunteers will be working with children, we insist upon a criminal records check even if it is not required by the country they are volunteering in. On arrival in the destination country all our volunteers receive a welcome briefing and our local coordinators are on hand to give any additional guidance and advice during their stay.
Wherever and whenever possible, all the staff and leaders are sourced locally providing a great insight into the way of life; we use family home-stays or locally-run accommodation and we encourage use of local markets and public transport to help ensure as much money as possible goes into the local economy.
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