Community Psychology Supporter

Summary
The community psychology program covers education programs, women's programs, programs concerning human rights issues, and corporate social responsibility approach along with other development tasks on the grassroots level in Africa.
 
Details
Your volunteering program can be tailored accordingly to different groups; for children in poverty, children and youth with disabilities, orphaned children, unemployed youth, women in poverty, people with HIV, people recovering from trauma, people recovering from addiction, the elderly, artists, teachers, etc.
 
For us, community psychology means skills and tools to empower us to reach and work with the local community in different types of programs and tasks.
 
We use our social media pages for advocacy work and our Facebook pages have more than 50K followers.

Your internship is being daily supervised by academic-level team leaders. We monitor your work with a weekly plan and report system to secure you proceed well in your study program.
 
The volunteering outcome is to learn to use and to get experience to implement your education in developing country conditions with limited capacitation. Also to better understand the opportunities in a fast-growing economy.
 
This is an ongoing program so we can adjust your start dates. We accept the applications of all students and alumni. Your placement is tailored according to your background, experience, and interests to empower our daily work with the communities. Your program can be from 2 weeks up to 12 months. You can also conduct thesis and related tasks. The common daily tasks include practical fieldwork, planning, reporting, and visibility tasks.

The start and end dates are flexible and can also accommodate other travel arrangements in Tanzania. International flights, student permits, accommodation, and meals are personal costs.

You and your visiting friends can enjoy sustainable tourism, safaris, and local tour options at a low cost.

To book you in and to open your personal account, we need your tentative arrival and departure dates that can be adjusted.
 
BASICS:
- All International flights are a personal cost
- You do not need much money here for living costs. If you attend a safari, Mt Kilimanjaro climbs, etc budget from USD 500 to USD 1600 depending on various student options.
- Safety; Tanzania is probably safer than your home place.
- Vaccinations: Only common shots as tetanus, hepatitis, etc that you keep valid in any case
- Malaria: You can uses preventives but in case you get malaria it is routine to medicate here.
- Medical services: Many clinics and hospitals with easy access and medication standard is good and cost nominal.
- Please take a common travel insurance
- Working hours are 6-8 hours per day from Monday to Friday and can be adjusted

Common working hours are from AM 9 to PM 1630 but we may have seminars and meetings evening times and weekends as well. The nature of work is to follow the time the target groups are free.

During your free time, you can enjoy low-cost safaris to Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and other National parks. You can join our groups climbing Mt Kilimanjaro and move on to relax at Zanzibar beaches. We have also a variety of one-day programs for short breaks as diving and snookering at the reefs, swimming with dolphins, rainforest trekking at Kilimanjaro, live African music, a variety of sports programs, craft making as batik making courses, and so on. You will enjoy your stay in Tanzania.