The project
In Tanzania the children's education depends on the parents income.
If parents are poor, there is basically no chance for the children to get a good education and a better life than their parents.
The Venance Care Foundation want to challenge this and is therefore located in a poor neighborhood of Arusha.
Children from poor families are often not able to attend school due to school fees their parents cannot afford. Children with disabilities face stigmatization and rarely get the support they need. As an NGO, Venance Care Foundation wants to help in the most long-lasting way: offering education. Thus, the foundation enables affordable access to education to children from difficult backgrounds and/or with disabilities. Since malnutrition is a large health risk in Tanzania, this organization provides a daily meal to its children. Additionally, by taking care of the children, the foundation enables their parents to work during the day.
Currently about 50 children at the age of 2 to 6 years are being taken care of. While being taught various school subjects they are divided into baby class and kindergarten. In the pre-school you will support the teachers Angela and Tinah in their daily activities, teaching Math, English, Science, Life skills, Sports, Handwriting, Phonics and The Arts. Also you can do handy craft with the children and playing games. In the afternoon you will be working on the website as well as doing fundraising or marketing.
Your work
You can help the project by volunteering in teaching, preparation of lessons, writing homework in exercise books, individually teaching of children who have difficulties with a certain subject, playing with the kids, serving food, cleaning, adding new ideas for the lessons or the foundation itself, taking care of the social media presence such as Facebook, expanding the network of donors and helping with the NGO's farming project.
IMPORTANT: Work together with Venance and the teachers to see where your skills and knowledge can be used for the foundation or for their future. Ask them where your help is needed.
We offer a wide range of activities at affordable volunteer rates like:
1. Hiking/Walking tours to waterfalls, through forests and around a lake.
2. Swimming in paradise like hot springs with a glimpse of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
3. Cultural tours to Maasai markets and the possibility to visit different ethnic groups.
4. Coffee plantation tour to learn about the process from the bean to the finished product.
5. Safaris to the National Parks of the Northern Circuit (Arusha NP, Lake Manyara NP, Tarangire NP, Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Conservation Area).
6. Climbing Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro.
7. FREE town tour for all our volunteers!
The volunteer house has dorms; each contains comfortable beds & shelves to store belongings, the maximum is four people in one room. We try to keep the rooms separated by gender but can not guarantee this. As storage space is limited in the rooms please consider packing light, too. Accommodation in a single room is possible (extra charge).
The hostel is located 25 walking minutes from the city centre. Although the house is close to the busy town and is surrounded by a green environment. In the garden we have different fruits, like bananas and avocado. Our hostel dogs Takwa and Nala are part of the family and stay in the compound as well. The house is equipped with hot water showers and the possibility to use the kitchen through out the day.
Moreover we offer you the possibility to stay with a host family during your volunteering with us. The charges remain the same, but you will get the unique experience of sharing your daily live with and in a Tanzanian family. They will provide you with everything that's necessary. All family members speak English fluently and are very welcoming. As their new family member you will have your own lockable room, featured with a bed and access to the living room, kitchen, bathroom and the beautiful compound. If staying with a guest family, we will of course still provide our 24/7 in-country support by our staff members. For further information please let us know that you are interested in staying in a guest family within your application on Volunteer World.
Breakfast in the morning is self service. Tea, coffee, bread, margarine, honey, jam, peanut butter, as well as fruits and vegetables are available. Dinner will be international as we cook Tanzanian as well as Western Food. Don‘t worry if you are vegetarian (like Tizia), vegan or have any allergy, we can cope with everything - just let us know. The hostel is also equipped with a fridge and shelves to store your own groceries.
Children’s Foundation Supporter
Support a small Preschool and NGO, whose aim it is to provide affordable education to children from difficult backgrounds.
$179/week
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