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WHO ARE WE?
We are an organization registered as NGO for helping the community in Arusha Tanzania, our school together with the office located outside the city center( around 11 km from the city center -Njiro ). Our school involving children starting from the age of 2 to 6.
Our programs:
1. Teaching the children in our school
The organization needs volunteers who can teach and play with the children. In our school we open at 8:00am up to 12:30pm. The children are coming back at 2:30 for English course programs.
2. Painting the classrooms and Walls
We are in need of volunteers who can help us to paint the classrooms so that the children can also learn from the paintings.
3. Donating books.
The school doesn't have enough books for the children to learn, we are currently looking for the books donations.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Volunteers who join us will have chances to participate in various local events organised with our organisation.
They will have the chance to learn local languages like Swahili which is commonly used in Tanzania mainland as a tool of communication.
Apart from the Swahili language, volunteers will have time to visit and meet the Masai tribe to learn about their culture.
Communicating and visiting various streets in Arusha is another benefit to our travelers where they can observe the life of local people.
We have started a free walking tour whereby on weekends volunteers will have a chance to go and visit famous places found in Arusha and learning the short history of all the famous places that they will be taken.
On Sunday we have the program of going to church to see how we are praying and worship in Tanzania (this is optional).
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Since we are a non profit organisation, we are in need of volunteers who can organise fundraising opportunities both locally and internationally so that we can facilitate the necessary projects to help the development of the community in general
We need to have as many projects as we can so we are asking the volunteers who have experience in the planning of projects and report writing for the established project.
Languages
Languages spoken
Swahili (Kiswahili): Fluent
English: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
We provide beds, security, electricity, and, clean washrooms.
We are kindly asking for volunteers to contribute small amount of 5 dollars per day to help the host to provide three meals per day during your stay.
MEALS:
We are providing the volunteers with 3 meals a day.
Your health is It is important to us and we ask that you tell us of any food requirements and general allergies.
Examples of food
We offer safe, tasty local foods. These include:
1. Tea with chapati
2. Tea with Maandazi (local donuts)
3. Tea with Vitumbua ( rice cakes)
4. Tea with Mkate ( local bread)
5. Wali na Maharage ( rice with beans)
6. Wali na nyama ( rice with Meat)
7. Wali na Mboga za majani ( rice with vegetables)
8. Wali na Dagaa (rice with small fishes)
9. Spaghetti dish
10. Ugali dish
11. local banana dish
Time to have breakfast is around 9: 00 am to 10:00 am.
Time to have lunch is around 13:00 hrs to 14:00 hrs.
Time to have dinner is around 19:30 hrs to 20:30 hrs.
What else ...
Volunteers will have time to explore the city and popular places in the Arusha region. These include tourist and non tourist areas; such as Napuru falls, Duluti Lake, Chemka hot springs, safari trips etc.
We offer a free tour on the weekend showing you all the popular sights and general attractions of Arusha!
LOCAL TRANSPORT. ( PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TRANSPORT)
There are four kinds of transport used in Arusha Town.
1. DALA DALA ( small buses ) whereby most of the routes Cost 600 Tanzanian Shillings up to 1000 TZS,
2. TAXI volunteers can use local taxis for their private routes if they want to, there is no exact fare because it depends with the routes.
3. BODA BODA ( MOTORCYCLE) volunteers may use Boda Boda to move about town if they want to and the price
depends with the place you want to go.
4. BAJAJI (TUK TUK) Volunteers may decide to use Bajaji if they want to use and the cost depend with the distance and place to go.
For more information on how to get to Arusha from your country, don't hesitate to ask and we can send some more information. The closest airport is Arusha Airport however it is small and not many international flights so flying into Kilimanjaro Airport is easiest (1 hr from the organisaiton)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have had lots of digital nomads in the past however something to consider is that power is not so consistent.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
This host charges a fee
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We thank you so… read more
This was a unique experience because we truly got to live like locals in the village. We mingled with the community,… read more
I am very grateful to Joseph who made this all possible, but also to all the other people I met during this short but sweet volunteering. Although I came to Arusha with the aim of helping in the education of children,… read more
Everydays Life at school was full of joy, laughter, music, education, games ... with all the children!
It's a really nice place if you have some projects for school and for… read more
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We thank you so… read more
This was a unique experience because we truly got to live like locals in the village. We mingled with the community,… read more
I am very grateful to Joseph who made this all possible, but also to all the other people I met during this short but sweet volunteering. Although I came to Arusha with the aim of helping in the education of children,… read more
Everydays Life at school was full of joy, laughter, music, education, games ... with all the children!
It's a really nice place if you have some projects for school and for… read more
i had the most amazing experience.
Given, Robert and Joseph are more than accommodating and always help with whatever you need and always made me feel safe in Arusha which can be a culture shock at the start.
you can get as involved as you would like and there is alot of freedom within what you do.… read more
We were like one big family. This guys from the association doing really great things for children, youth and society. I was honored to be part of the team and meet all those people. I believe we did great things and that children will have a bright future! The people in the association and Tanzania accepted… read more
It has been an amazing experience with great people and some many valuable interactions.
The general weekday involved spending the morning at school, teaching and playing with children, and the afternoon at organization’s office, where there were various tasks to perform, with some days more busy than others. To make… read more
When I arrived I was informed, that school holidays had just started and would nearly last the entirety of my stay.
This bummed me out the beginning and I was a little frustrated, that I wasn't informed beforehand, especially, since I was sitting in the office for the majority of the first few days. Luckily we then… read more
It’s difficult to know what to write down from all of the amazing experiences that we shared together. We are so grateful for everything you did to make us feel safe and welcome at your home, this is something we would love to return one day for if you ever come to the U.K. You have a home.
Our… read more
I had an awesome cultural experience with this organization and it´s members (Given, Josef, Jackson, Robert, all the teachers,...). I went there to teach the kids (2-6 year olds) and changed my timetable so far... that I actually taught 17-31 year olds about health issues, pregnancy prevention and biology in english for one… read more
Their biggest passion is to help children and women who are in less fortunate situations, so they can help give them more opportunities in life. Kindest people ever.
The whole experience was really eye opening. I arrived from the UK + was picked up from the… read more
