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We are a small family based organisation, doing transformation & Upliftment of Youth in 2 infomal settlements.
Our family comprises of 3 people. Myself, and my parents. We are a Christian family, loving people, the outdoors, arts, sports, fun, humour!
We live in South Africa in it's Capital City, which is Pretoria, in the Gauteng Province.
Pretoria is a vibrant City and it's people extremely diverse. The races mainly comprises of blacks, whites, coloureds, indians & Asians.
Quite a lot of foreigners resides in Pretoria. The Youth of Pretoria is ambitious and self-driven, however, we work mainly with the poorest of the poor.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Teaching
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The resilient spirit of South Africans, in the face of challenges (stemming from the apartheid regime) --> a people of positivity, courage, faith,
South Africa deemed as the land of sunshine, it's people the most friendliest in the world. Also,
Learning and experiencing our country's Major change from being under an Apartheid Regime to a now Democracy.
South Africa being the hub for other African countries in terms of better opportunities in mainly all levels of life.
Our 11 official languages.
Our game reserves of the most popular in the world.
Table mountain - 2 years ago, recognised as one of the 'Wonders of the World'
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Feeding needy, poor kids
Preparation of meals
Fundraising
Assist facilitators with programme
Play games with kids and youth
Assist with Arts & Crafts
Help children with school homework
Assist with keeping premises tidy
Assist with excursions
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
The volunteer will live with our family in our house. Possible sharing with one other volunteer or youth worker. However, Volunteer will have to provide his/her own food.
What else ...
The volunteer can stay up to 1-5 months. We have private taxis as uber and public taxis, + buses. We have hiking trails, lion parks, game reserves, swimming pools, theatre, sports, art festivals, jazz festivals.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Monday - Friday (5 hours a day)
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I lived with them for 7 weeks and helped mostly with their project ME'nU. I worked with children from informal settlements and did different arts and crafts activity with the children every week. Working with the children was… read more
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I lived with them for 7 weeks and helped mostly with their project ME'nU. I worked with children from informal settlements and did different arts and crafts activity with the children every week. Working with the children was… read more
