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The school was started by Alex, family and friends to help children in Muke village in Zambia grow and facilitate a quality education.
The staff includes Alex (school Director)
Teacher's names:
Ophaness
Patricia
Cookers: Auntress and Rosemary
All the staff at the school are volunteers and the school provides meals and school materials only through donations.
School is held in a building made of natural materials built by Alex and the community. Recently we were able to build a second school and thank you to the volunteers who helped us with the build! (Pictures of the natural structures are in the photos section).
We are cooking, teaching, and looking after the children outside or in the natural building.
Hopefully this will be a temporary solution until we raise enough money to build a solid structure.
The school looks after children, our community and other surrounding areas of Muke Village. Children are suffering walking long distances to find other Schools. Your support is valued to us and the future of our children in the community.
The closest neighboring school is a trust School that has helped us get started and has provided us supplies.
Volunteers are welcome to come participate in caring for the children of the school. We kindly ask that you are respectful and appropriate when volunteering with the children.
The Muke village is about 20 minutes' drive from Livingstone Zambia. In Livingstone there are many tourist attractions such as the beautiful Victoria Falls (one of the world's wonders).
There are many delicious restaurants to try and open-air markets with plenty of artwork and crafts from Zambian culture.
The Muke village is very close to the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park and the Zimbabwe National Park.
Other options are going on safari tours in the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park to see wildlife such as hippos, giraffes, zebras, elephants and more. At the Victoria Falls there is bungee jumping, rafting, zipline, and many more activities.
The Muke Village is in walking distance to the beautiful Zambezi River where you can possibly see crocodiles or hippos with the locals as a safety guide. It is possible to take a paid boat tour down the Zambezi River to see elephants, crocodiles, and hippos too.
We have cats and dogs that roam around in the village for people to be aware if you are allergic or afraid of them. The cats and dogs are friendly.
Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Trabajo de caridad
Proyectos artísticos
Práctica de idiomas
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
Enseñanza
Jardinería
Construcción y bricolaje
Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos
Cocinar para toda la familia
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Travellers will benefit from learning about Zambia's culture in the Southern Province near Livingstone. Travellers will have the opportunity to see wildlife such as elephants, baboons, hippos, crocodiles, zebras, and more. There are many travel destinations in Livingstone Zambia including a natural wonder the Victoria Falls.
Travellers will be able to cook with families and eat Zambia's traditional food.
Proyectos con niños
En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.
Ayuda
Travellers are welcome to come volunteer at the school to assist with teaching and taking care of young children (preschool age). Classes run daily from 8 am to 2 pm and on Friday they go to the sports field. Activities include playing with the children, teaching basic subjects such as math, English, writing, etc.
We are currently in the process of building a natural shower and toilet for the volunteers. As well as a natural structure for the volunteers to sleep in. Volunteers can learn from Alex and community how natural structures are built in Zambia. If volunteers are able to come in the next few weeks, we will probably ask for help with these projects.
Also, we are working on making the garden bigger. Volunteers are welcome to help in gardening too.
Idiomas
Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja: FluidoEste anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
English, Lozi, Nyanja
Alojamiento
With the help of the community and volunteers we recently finished building traditional style housing for volunteers. Pictures are provided. We have 2 separate rooms that are for communal sleeping with their own bathrooms (sink, toilet, and shower). One room has 2 bunkbeds (sleeps a total of 4 people) and the second room has to twin beds and the third room is private with a full-size bed. There is a small kitchen for volunteers to cook their meals as well and an outdoor communal area.
Volunteers are welcome to bring their own tent or campervan too if they prefer.
Food:
The lunch will include traditional meals such nshima (a staple food of Zambia) which is a maize-based food. Also cooked greens and potentially meat such as goat, fish, or pork depending on finances. For more questions on the lunch options please contact us.
Since we can only afford to provide 1 meal a day, we only ask volunteers to work a maximum of 15 hours a week (2-3 hours a day, 5 days a week, with 2 full days off).
The schedule can also be flexible if volunteers want to plan a trip to the Victoria Falls or other sight-seeing destinations.
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Advice on packing:
Bring clothes for hot days and also light jackets for the night or windy days. A raincoat, if you are coming in the raining season.
Since it is not easy to get medication and other related items close by, please also bring sunscreen and mosquito repellent besides your normal medication. Some people take Malaria prophylaxis pills when traveling to Zambia too. We have some mosquito nets but also advised to bring your own too for sleeping (these can be purchased at ShopRite in Zambia too). We have some solar panels for the village, but charging can still be limited. It is wise to bring a charging bank for your electronics.
Directions to School 🚙:
To reach the school from Livingstone, Alex can assist in organizing a local taxi for you, which will cost K200 one-way trip.
Alternatively, there are local shared taxis available as well, charging K50 per person one-way. Please note that these taxis may take some time to depart as they wait to fill up with passengers. Alex can contact a driver for you.
Some volunteers like to take public transport but on Sundays the public drivers are not working. If volunteers are arriving on Sunday, it is required to use the local taxi for K200.
What to Bring:
Since we can only provide 1 meal a day it is advised to bring groceries. It depends on what you eat and how much, but previous volunteers have said they budgeted around $35 to $50 USD per week per person for their meals. To pick up any groceries, there is a supermarket called Shoprite located in the center of Livingstone. They have a wide variety of items available. The newer Shoprite near Pizza Hut is larger and offers even more options.
It is advised to bring your own drinking water. Depending on the length of stay it is advised to purchase the large 5-gallon water jugs at Shoprite (it is not expensive). This will cut down on waste from plastic bottles because the 5-gallon jugs can be returned to the store, recycled, and reused. You can simply use your own water bottle and pour water from the 5-gallon jugs. We have water on our site from a pump for washing dishes, clothes, etc. but it is not advised for foreigners to drink this water.
We cook mainly using wood fire or sometimes coals if we have them. We cook "Nshima" every day and we are delighted to share our meals with you. Thanks to the volunteers, we tried new foods like spaghetti, couscous, many new types of beans, vegetables which we really enjoy!
If you need any assistance with cooking, my wife Antress will be available to help you. She is always willing to help our volunteers.
We can eat always together and share our meals!
* In Muke village, there aren't many shops available, but you can find cold drinks and snacks if needed.
If you wish to bring and support the school, here are some items that would be appreciated 💚
* Pencils
* Pens (red and black)
* Eraser for pencils
* Notebooks
* Preschool-level storybooks with images
* Small toys or balls suitable for young children
Un poco más de información
Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Puede acoger a nómadas digitales
Internet access will be limited but if the volunteer has a hotspot or the local airtel connection they are free to work on their own projects in their spare time online.
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
The Muke Village is in the rural area with a lot of space to park a campervan.
Podría aceptar mascotas
The pets need to be children friendly.
¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?
Más de dos
Horas esperadas
2-3 hours a day, 5 days a week, with full 2 days off
Comentarios (13)
Thank you for opening the fund-raising and buy these batterie,solar panels and invitor for the guest house 🏠 😀
You brought a change in our village.
We hope to see you coming back… read more
Thank you very much for showing me how to make a budget 🙂 for the next three years 😀.
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Thank you for opening the fund-raising and buy these batterie,solar panels and invitor for the guest house 🏠 😀
You brought a change in our village.
We hope to see you coming back… read more
Thank you very much for showing me how to make a budget 🙂 for the next three years 😀.
Thank you very much for been with us at the school 🙏
You have done a great job and we are not going to forget your smile 🥰 we hope to see you coming back again. Thank you very much stay blessed.
We helped (or tried our best😅) with teaching and had a good time with the children and Alex's family.
Muke village is great! They are a kind of used to white people what means, that you can walk through the village without fear and just can feel save and talk to the people and play with all these cute… read more
It had been a good time been with you in the village.
My family really loved ❤️ you and we are not going to forget you.
We have been working so hard opening the bank account helping the school website and Instagram FB 🥰🥰 Loreen won't forget you. will be communicating has you go back home. Kebby won't forget about you.
Alex is a special guy who doesn't measure effort to help his village and the children that live there.
We helped each other to teach the children, open a bank account for Alex, and improve the school's social media.
I highly recommend being a volunteer at… read more
I hope are doing great where you are!
It was very nice to communicate with you before you came here. You send a picture of your family together with you and Nadia.
We have been working so hard on a new school building am not going to forget those days that you guys helped buying the materials, collecting the woods on the… read more
I hope you are doing great from Western! we really appreciate the work you have done for the School. You have helped us open the website & go get funding.
we enjoyed eating the meals together which is very good for my family & playing a game after eating dinner. We will be communicating. Although it was your first time for to… read more
While we were there we helped teach some English and math in the mornings and helped with fundraising, building a website and making a poster for a village tour in the afternoon. The kids… read more
They welcomed me into their home and school with open arms, making me feel like part of their family. Their helpfulness, smiles, and laughter created an atmosphere that was incredibly uplifting.
Living with Alex, being with the kids was… read more
Alex & all school's team are very welcome and open minded. Our children loved to play with all the kids, they are very endearing!
We was very happy to visit the traditional village. It was a great experience.
we shared a traditional meal everyday for the lunch and were autonomous for the breakfast and the dinner.
we had our… read more
