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We are a non-profit organization working among children, youth and families based in Livingstone, Zambia, Africa, which was initiated to create hope and the future in the lives of young people and their families around the communities in Zambia.
Vision: New Hope and the Future for Young People and Families in Zambia
Motto: Changing People of Zambia to Change the Future of Africa
The Mission Statement: Empowering children, youth and their families with skills, knowledge, educational and talent enhancement opportunities for the upliftment of the community through improved living conditions for a hopeful future and protecting the environment
We are using education, sports and charity work to achieve the goals and to realize the vision of making an impact that will change and decrease the struggles in our vulnerable community around Livingstone mainly in Ngwenya, Maramba and other surrounding areas.
We are running a School that is provide free education to vulnerable children from families that cannot affordable to pay school fees in both government and private schools so we have vulnerable children from most vulnerable communities mainly Ngwenya, Namatama, Zecco, Highlands and Maramba.
We have more than 178 children from the ages of 4- 15 years old from the preschool to grade 1-5 in a small rented house with 3 rooms we have morning and afternoon sessions to meet the needs of their education.
We have 7 local paid teachers that need you as an assistant volunteers to assist in teaching and organize some more educational activities during their stay.
We also had been running Skills development opportunities to develop young people and children to address social and development challenges to better their communities so these programs depends on the availabilities of such volunteers and resources to do so thanks.
We endeavor to provide holistic activities and programs aimed at developing communities in Livingstone and surrounding areas
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Bénévolat
Projets artistiques
Pratique d’une langue
Aide avec des éco-projets
Enseignement
Entretien général
Aide informatique/internet
Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
You will live with the local people as the volunteer house is within local place where you will live away from the city life in Nottie Broadie situated in Nottie Broadie, Livingstone, Zambia but live with the local people, who would interact with you and rub shoulders with them to learn more about our culture, language Nyanja, Tonga as well as speak with the local people in English as it is the official Language (English) and you can also try our foods such as Nshima with Kapenta, Chibwabwa, Kalembula, you can also taste the local fish from the local river which is the Zambezi where the famous water falls and you have fish such as Tiger fish, Bottle fish, Bream and Babo fish etc.
You will have a great experience interacting with the young people in Nottie Broaddie and Maramba - making new friends!
You also have the great opportunity to enjoy nature at its best at Victoria Falls just 12 km. away. Waterfalls, museums, markets, churches, wildlife parks for sightseeing and a lot of other places for free time activities!
Association caritative
Cet hôte est une association caritative déclarée dans son pays et recherche des bénévoles pour l'aider dans ses projets.
Projets impliquant des enfants
Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.
Aide
When you arrive we will sit down and schedule your day at your request. We are very flexible. Normally, the volunteers will start working as an assistant teacher working the locally paid teachers at 09:00 to 12:00 in the morning where they will be assist in teaching in our school such where you will be teaching Math, English, Art and General Knowledge that making an impact in the lives of the young students through education, songs, drama, arts and so forth.
Langues
Langues parlées
Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja: Courant
Tonga: CourantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
Hébergement
The accommodation is a compound where you will be staying - perhaps with other volunteers. You will also be spending time with the ladies and local boys staying and working in the house with you to provide local support during your stay with us. At night you will find our security granted within the house compound, so there will always be someone around. You will be staying at this rented house with your shared bedrooms with barker beds for same sex male and females in their own room and bathroom (without hot water in the showers) and shared kitchen with utensils such as plates, pots and stoves we will provide ( 3 meals breakfast, lunch and dinner) food with a basic living room with plastic chairs no TV and we do handwashing for your laundry and we now have 7 hours daily without electricity in the house but looking at other means of cooking and lightning during those hours. We have no Wifi but we advise you to get a local sim card then load it with data bundles that you can use for internet connections.
We will just 10-15 minutes walk from the volunteers house, and can be storage we have no fridge or freezer to stock up perishable food at the moment to electricity outages in the house and prepared in our kitchen.
We will provide your 3 basic meals daily , breakfast at 07:00 am to 07:30 am lunch after 12.00 am pm, supper around 6:00 pm What ever suits you - we are very flexible!
If you are looking for bigger shops or internet cafés for blogging, you can grab a local taxi for 50 cents which will take you to the city center of Livingstone. By taxi it takes 5 minutes, on foot around 10-20 minutes. In Livingstone you find a lot to do, for example all the activities at Victoria Falls.
Autres infos...
The volunteers can enjoy nature with waterfalls and wildlife, spend time in Livingstone; having a cold drink, blogging, shopping, sightseeing, river rafting, bungee jumping etc.
Local transports, mini buses and taxis, are available at a very minimal fee.
They is also possible airport pick up but you should pay for that local taxi .
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
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Living with Dennis and Masonali in the volunteer… read more
It was a great time eating meals with the children, teachers, and other workawayrs, and learning about their cultures.
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Living with Dennis and Masonali in the volunteer… read more
It was a great time eating meals with the children, teachers, and other workawayrs, and learning about their cultures.
We wish her all the best in our future endeavors as we left huge mark in our program
The… read more
The teaching environment at school is not easy as the school is small… read more
We are so glad to had them to support our work in all aspects and we wish them the best in the next hosts and programs that they will join and participate in their trip.
We had the opportunity to teach different subjects to kids who had a real eager to learn and who deserve to have access to education.
All the teachers are amazing people and it was a blast to have the chance to live with Massonali and Denis : play draft, make diner together and even go… read more
About me, I really like my experience of 1 month in Maramba, close to Livingstone. Teaching in local school is a great experience, kids are just perfect and they need volunteers to open their spirit and to improve their skills. You don't need… read more
We highly recommend this workaway.
When I had questions, Auldrige, Dennis and Mercy were always there and helped me. Everything was well organized by Auldrige and I've felt me never lost before and after my arrival.
There were also other volunteers from America, Brasil,… read more
At the airport Livingstone, you can have a visa to Zambia alone or for Zambia and Zimbabwe for the same price 50$. If you say you are going to help in a school, they give you a business visa which allows to go to Zambia only - one entry.
The "component" is in fact a house in the village that has 4… read more
Aulridge, Dennis, Mercy and all the other people who help them in the organisation are always open to help the others : vulnerable people of the community and volunteers who come for some days, some weeks or some months. I have to say that I've never seen people as nice as them. There are always here… read more
Namatama kids need a lot of the volunteers attention and it was an awesome experience to live a little bit of Zambia in there!
He did his best teaching skills were great and his earnest interest to improve the vulnerable children in our school, community, playing games with them and also his intelligence was great!
His… read more
He did his best teaching the vulnerable children in our community, playing games with them and also his intelligence was great!
We wishes that you could have had more time to work with him and use his passion… read more
I helped every day from 8 to 12 in the community school. The work with the kids is appreciative but also exhausting. I choosed to stay in the grade one class and supported the teacher by picking up some kids to teach them writing different letters or to calculate in the range of 1 to 20.
I stayed for one… read more
I should also say that the organisation is doing a really good job with the kids in the school and in the football teams in the afternoon. There is so… read more
It's… read more
We had great time working you and the children really loved and miss you so much, as they called "Asha", we are so glad that you left a mark of the lives of young people through your sense of humor, teaching that you did at the school and the great time that you had playing football with the young people was amazing with your nice… read more
Wishing all the best in your future endeavours!
With much love from Auldridge,… read more
First of all, Auldridge and his family are very welcoming, thank to that, the atmosphere in the volunteer's house is very nice and plaisant. Secondly, the population in Maramba and Namatama is great, the people are always smiling and friendly… read more
You are a great young man who have a huge heart to care and support others that cannot stand for themselves, we will always love you man!
We have a brother and friend in you and the time that we had in Maramba, Livingstone was so… read more
My 7 weeks here truely did change a lot in my life. To be placed right into the mix of a new culture is truely remarkable.
Before I arrived in Zambia, i felt a bit lost. I was still Lewis but there was no clear end goal.
Thankfully the simple Zambian life… read more
Auldridge is super nice and friendly host. He helped me to get around Livingstone and also with my continuing… read more
The kids at the school are great, I was showered with hugs and fun little games. Be prepare to get overrun by little Zambians! :)
We all enjoyed your love and passion for Maramba and you deserved an awards but we cannot award with anything but we will send… read more
Even before I arrived, Auldrigde seemed to be the perfect host. Guiding me with detailed and quick responses. Through my 7 weeks here, Auldrigde followed up on my mood and wishes. Auldrigde and I sat down and scheduled where in the community I could help. I chose to have a busy day. Preschool,… read more
