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Help put our lodge on the map with some digital projects near Livingstone, Zambia

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least 3 weeks

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Details

  • Description

    Description

    My husband and I are retirees; he is Zambian and I am Canadian. Our retirement project is an eco-lodge, situated half-way between the city-centre of Livingstone Zambia and the world-famous Victoria Falls.

    When the Covid pandemic started we left Zambia. Our lodge operations came to a halt for quite some time. Our current manager is doing a great job of reviving our lodge business. It will still be a long haul and we have a lot of work to get the standards up again. Our natural swimming pool has been our "Jewel in the Crown" until Covid came, and it is now in a very bad state and totally unusable. It needs a complete overhaul.

    We believe that the solution to our raising enough funds to have our pool professionally repaired is marketing. Our lodge is still a generally unknown "gem". We need a person who is knowledgeable and competent in the marketing field to put our lodge on the map. If our occupancy improves, we think this will turn the tables for us. We are looking for a volunteer who can help us launch a marketing strategy, and hopefully train a local person to continue the efforts.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Hospitality/Tourism
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Volunteers will learn much about Zambian customs and culture. They can also visit the many physical attractions in the Livingstone area. There is not an adequate organized public transit system in Livingstone and most people take local taxis. It takes 15 to 20 minutes to go to town, or to go the opposite direction to the Victoria Falls.

  • Help

    Help

    We have a natural swimming pool which has been unusable since April 2020, when the Covid pandemic started. We have not been able to raise funds to fix the leaking pool, which we understand needs a complete renovation.

    We'd love to have someone come to our place and help with our marketing! We trust this would put us in a position, financially, to get our pool renovated.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    A room in one of the chalets, subject to availability. Meals in restaurant or may prepare own meals.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    There are lots of activities in Livingstone. Sunset cruise on the Zambezi, White-water rafting, bunji jumping, game park, helicopter or microlite flights over the Victoria Falls, walking safaris, museum, cultural visits to villages, etc.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    Individual cases considered.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

Host ref number: 128293667851

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