Working with Orphanage, Tanzania

Our program is focussed on addressing the needs of the street children forced from their homes through poverty, neglect or abuse.This project presents the opportunity to help Street Children and those who have lost their parents.
You will be working at an orphanage or a day care centre for children in Ghana. The children live in the orphanage until they are adopted or placed with family members that can take better care of them. As a volunteer working on our Orphanage Program, you will be filling an important role in the lives of these needy children, as well as assisting the hardworking staff at the orphanage. You can help with all manner of tasks at the centre. Help is needed in everything from cooking and serving food to the children, to assisting with their basic education with sports and English lessons. You may also get involved with counselling sessions, so there are real prospects to make a difference. What kind of skills require for this placement:You will need to be flexible, and have patience, compassion and enthusiasm to face the many hurdles and challenges that you will inevitably encounter within your role. To ensure that you get the most out of and contribute fully to your placement, a pro-active attitude is essential. Volunteers at this orphanage must have, above all, a love of children and a commitment to the project.

Your role as a volunteer:
The orphanage requires extra pairs of hands to help with the day-to-day running of the project, so you will be expected to assist with cleaning, cooking and serving food to the children. You will also help to provide a basic education for the children, by organising Physical Education / Sports lessons and teaching English. You may also be required to assist the staff in counselling the children.

Program Location:
The placement is based in Moshi town which is located at the northern part of the country with about 200,000 population. This town is a gate way of climbing Mt Kilimanjaro. The project is also based in the town with shops, banks & Internet cafes nearby.

Activities: Teaching English and Games
Working Hours: Flexible 30 - 35 hours per week (Monday-Friday)
Who Can Volunteer: Anyone from 18-65 years
Language Required: English
Program Location: Moshi

Weekly Budget: You will need a weekly budget of up to US$30 to cater for all your other expenses like bottled water, personal costs, beverages and entertainment.
Project Start Dates: 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month

Program Fees are in British Pounds

Weeks     Program fee
1              £299
2              £389
3              £479
4              £569
5              £659
6              £749
7              £839
8              £929
9              £1,019
10            £1,109
11            £1,199
12            £1,289
Additional Week = £90
convert our program fee into your local currency

What is Included?

Accommodation: You will be staying with a host family, within a rented house or a hostel and volunteer will stay either in a single or shared room. Our host families are carefully screened and must meet Volunteer and Culture Xp's requirements before being accepted as a host family. All our families are middle-class and live in safe neighbourhoods. The distance from the project varies.

Meal: In most cases your meals are cooked and provided for you by your host family. You will be getting 3 Meals per day (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner) Traditional but very nutritious. If you're a vegetarian or have any allergies, this is taken into account when we arrange your placement.

24/7 in Country Support & Supervision: There are field offices and staffs all over our projects sites and our country co-ordinator will also be available to help you when you need it, including a 24-hour support team. Volunteers and Culture Xp is committed to making sure all participating communities and volunteers benefit from the collaboration.

Safety: Your well being while volunteering with us is our priority. We make sure your trip is safe and our in-country coordinator will provide whatever support you may need at any step along the way.

Administrative Charges: Our staff works every day to take care of our volunteers: Emails are answered; phone calls are taken; coordination occurs between projects; and most importantly volunteers are placed within areas of their interest in villages. Although most of our staff works on a volunteer basis, there are always costs to any organization. We try hard to keep these administration costs to a minimum so that your money can be used most effectively.

Arrival & Departure Airport: Kilimanjaro Airport

What is NOT Included?
Flight, Airport Taxes, Visa, Immunizations, Personal expenses, Soft drinks, Mineral Water, Passport, Travel Insurance, Entrance fees and in-country travel expenses including any excursions the volunteer wishes to take whiles volunteering except our programs that include travelling.

Important information Volunteer and Culture XP will offer meals and lodging from the first to the last day of the program. Volunteers arriving earlier than the program start date or staying after the completion of the program may be ask to pay additional fee of £20 per day to cover their accommodation and food.