Action for Children in Conflict
Volunteer placements working with children in Sierra Leone and other countries in Africa.
Contact: Silverbirch House, Longworth, Oxon. OX13 5EJ, U.K.; 011-44-1865-821380; www.actionchildren.org.
AidCamps International
Volunteer in Cameroon
Providing a village primary school at Mbokui in the Northwest province of this rarely visited country, as the village currently has no school building at all. Opportunities for volunteers to assist the teachers.
Contact: info@AidCamps.org, www.AidCamps.org.
African Conservation Experience
Conservation work placements on game reserves in South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe.
Visit: www.ConservationAfrica.net
African Impact
Volunteer in Mashatu Leopard and Elephant Research
This is raw Africa… This research-"shadowing"’ program allows you to immerse yourself in the world of experienced and intensive conservation researchers. Join highly experienced elephant and leopard researchers in Botswana’s Northern Tuli Game Reserve, which borders on the Limpopo River in Southern Africa. Mashatu’s 80,000 acres of vast arid lands offers some of Africa’s best game viewing which you will have the opportunity to experience while assisting the researchers. See the website for many other interesting and important volunteer projects across Africa, including the Lion Rehabilitation Project, the Midlands Black Rhino Project and the Dolphin and Turtle Research Project.
Contact: impact@africanencounter.org, www.africanimpact.com
Cameroon Association for the Protection and Education of the Child (CAPEC): Youth Exchange Project
We have projects for young people and youth leaders worldwide. We are accepting applications for volunteers in the following fields; youth exchange visits; orphans/prison children projects; arts and ceramic designs; teaching math and English language.
Contact: cbekaku@yahoo.com, www.capec.net.tc
Cosmic Volunteers
Volunteer Programs in Africa: Ghana and Kenya
Our program countries in Africa are Ghana and Kenya. Our programs include teaching English, orphanages, healthcare, HIV/AIDS, community development, and wildlife rescue. This is a unique opportunity to learn about and contribute to communities in Africa in a meaningful way.
Contact: Cosmic Volunteers, P.O. Box 11738, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101, U.S.A.; Tel: 1-610-279-2052; Fax: 1-419-831-4792; info@cosmicvolunteers.org; www.cosmicvolunteers.org.
Experiential Learning International
Volunteer in Africa
Volunteer projects in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. See website for more details.
Contact: info@eliabroad.org, www.eliabroad.org
GAP SPORTS
Play, coach and qualify in sports overseas. Join sports (and non-sports) volunteer community projects in Africa and Latin America. No previous experience is needed and applicants are welcome from all walks of life.
Contact: Willowbank House, 84 Station Rd., Marlow, Bucks. SL7 1NX, U.K.; 011-0870 837 9797; info@gapsports.com, www.gapsports.com.
Global Citizens Network/Harrambee
Sends teams of paying volunteers for 1 to 3 weeks to rural Kenya and Tanzania (among other countries worldwide).
Contact: 130 N. Howell St., St. Paul, MN 55104; 800-644-9292; www.globalcitizens.org.
Global Seekers Development Expeditions
Volunteer in East Africa Program
Through volunteering - we provide opportunities to travel, live and work in Kenya or Tanzania, East Africa, and make a difference!
Contact: info@globalseekers.com, www.globalseekers.com
Global Volunteer Network in Africa
Volunteer in Ghana (Environmental). Promote sustainable agro-forestry and environmental conservation in a nursery and tree planting project in eastern Ghana.
Volunteer in Ghana (Teaching). Teach English in pre-schools and primary and secondary schools throughout Ghana, and participate in the development of Ghana's young people.
Volunteer in Ghana (Refugee). Impact the lives of refugees who fled the war in Liberia and are now residing in Budumburam Refugee Camp outside of Accra, Ghana.
Volunteer in Uganda. Provide education for AIDS orphans, help families to gain economic independence and instruct the community about health issues.
Contact: info@volunteer.org.nz, www.volunteer.org.nz
Global Volunteers
Volunteer in Africa: Ghana and Tanzania!
Work on village development projects including teaching, building classrooms and dormitories, and supplying books and other school materials.
Visit: www.globalvolunteers.org/1main/tanzania/volunteer_in_tanzania.htm, www.globalvolunteers.org/1main/ghana/volunteer_in_ghana.htm.
Greenforce
Recruits researchers to join conservation aid projects for 4 or 10 weeks in South Africa and Tanzania.
Contact: 11-15 Betterton St., Covent Garden, London WC2H 9BP, U.K.; 011-44-207-470-8888; www.greenforce.org.
IDA (In Defense of Animals) Africa
Volunteers needed at chimpanzee sanctuary in Yaounde, Cameroon for minimum 6 months. Should be able to communicate in French and be prepared for harsh living conditions.
Contact: 700 SW. 126th Ave., Beaverton, OR 97005; 503-643-8302; andrea@ida-africa.org, www.ida-africa.org
Inter Cultural Youth Exchange
Volunteer Teaching English in Morocco
We are offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to teach English in Morocco for a month in July. All flights, visas, insurance and accommodation are included in the low price of £750. Local host families provide board and lodgings. No specific experience necessary.
Conact: info@icye.org.uk, www.icye.org.uk.
Intercultural Dimensions, Inc.
Crossing Cultures offers a stimulating travel and educational summer program focused on the French-speaking Republic of Senegal, West Africa.
Led by two former Peace Corps volunteers, this well-established program appeals to people in and out of academia. It works well for those who want to experience family life and community projects in the rural areas of this diverse nation, and for those with special interests in dance and music training, environment, medicine, government, agriculture, language or education and health projects.
The Crossing Cultures group is no more than five, allowing the leaders to tailor activities to the participants' interests. Reasonable cost. Extended stays for volunteer work or field study can be facilitated.
Contact: Janet L. Ghattas, General Director, Intercultural Dimensions, Inc., PO Box 391437, Cambridge MA 02139, USA. Tel: 617 864 8442. Website: www.interculturaldimensions.org.
International Foundation for Education and Self-Help (IFESH)
Teachers for Africa Program (TFA)
TFA is seeking applications from educators with backgrounds in teacher training, curriculum development, ESL, educational policy, information technology, early childhood education, and special education to participate in 10 - 12 month USAID sponsored volunteer teacher program in Africa.
Contact: ifesh@ifesh.org, www.ifesh.org/africa.html
International Youth Educational Programs, John F. Kennedy Center Dakar, Africa
The JFK Center study programs provide youth with the opportunity to learn more about African and Sengalese culture through coursework, travel, and immersion. The programs range from three weeks to one school year in length. All courses are in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, an urban environment rich in traditional and colonial historical places. Classes are offered at the university, in local public high schools, and at the JFK Center itself.
Visit: www.jfksn.org
Kids Worldwide
Accessible Volunteering in Africa
Volunteer in orphanages and kindergartens in Ghana and Cameroon. Program costs are paid to the director of the project which will cover all food and accommodation.
Contact: kidsworldwide@kakapu.net, www.kidsworldwide.org
Leaders Today
Volunteer and Leadership in Kenya, Africa
Participants will have the opportunity to travel to the Masai Mara and stay at Free the Children’s Kenya School of the Savannah, to work in side by side with local members of the community. Examples of volunteer activities include building schools, teaching in FTC schools, as well as establishing relationships with people from the communities of Laila and Emorijoi. As well, there will be opportunities for hikes in the area, safaris, and other team building activities! See website for dates.
Contact: gillian@leaderstoday.com, www.leaderstoday.com
Madventurer
Paying volunteers participate in expeditions and community work in Tanzania, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, and Togo (among other non-African countries).
Contact: The Old Casino, 1-4 Forth Ln., Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 5HX, U.K.; 011-44-845-121-1996; team@madventurer.com, www.madventurer.com.
Mondo Challenge
Volunteer in Africa
Volunteer in teaching and with business development in The Gambia. Teaching programs working in Primary schools, with students generally aged 4-11. Volunteer teaching in Kenya in the Masai Mara region. Volunteer teaching and business development in Tanzania.
Contact: info@mondochallenge.org, www.mondochallenge.org
Operation Crossroads Africa, Inc.
Runs summer projects in rural areas of about 15 African countries, staffed by self-financing volunteers from the U.S. and Canada.
Contact: oca@igc.org, operationcrossroadsafrica.org
people and places
Responsible Volunteering in Africa
Offer several projects — in Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and The Gambia — which enable each and every volunteer to make worthwhile contributions to communities of immense cultural richness, great ethnic and religious tolerance, yet often economically poor and in need of help, especially in the areas of education, business and economic development.
Visit: www.travel-peopleandplaces.co.uk
Population Caring Organization
International Volunteer in Liberia, Africa
Population Caring Organization (PCO) is a humanitarian NGO that works to create a peaceful future for Liberians through education and fostering reconciliation.
Contact: info@populationcaring.org, www.populationcaring.org
Projects Abroad
Volunteer in Projects Across Africa, including Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal, and South Africa
Volunteer projects include IT, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Journalism, Sports Coaching, Teaching, and much more.
Contact: info@projects-abroad.org, www.projects-abroad.org
Real Africa Excursions Ltd.
Volunteer work visits and vacations, missions trips, school-college or youth exchange visits, cultural and community excursions, to Uganda and Kenya, for groups and individuals. Have you ever wished to go to Africa have fun and also make a difference in the lives of the people you meet? Explore Africa while assisting those who are less fortunate? Come to Africa with us and make this an unforgettable experience.
Contact: info@real-africa.co.uk, www.real-africa.co.uk
Service Civil International Workcamps SCI US is an exchange organization that sends volunteers on 2-3 week international work projects and long term 3-12 month opportunities in over 50 countries, including many in Africa. The $250 application fee covers lodging, meals, and minimal health insurance. SCI promotes voluntary service to impact social, environmental and humanitarian issues.
Contact: Service Civil International (SCI), 5505 Walnut Level Rd, Crozet, VA, 22932; Tel. 1-206-350-6585. Email: sciivs.placement@gmail.com. Visit www.sci-ivs.org for an application.
Visions in Action
Six- and 12-month volunteer positions in Uganda, South Africa, and Tanzania plus short-term summer opportunities in Tanzania. Volunteers must have a degree or relevant work experience to fill positions in human rights, journalism, micro-enterprise, social work, health, environment, and research.
Contact: 2710 Ontario Rd., NW, Washington, DC 20009; 202-625-7402, fax. 202-588-9344; visions@visionsinaction.org, www.visionsinaction.org.
Volunteer Africa
NGO working with village projects in the Singida Region of Tanzania. 4, 7 or 10-week programs with starting dates every 3 weeks between May and October.
Contact: PO Box 24, Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1YP, England; www.volunteerafrica.org.
Volunteer in Africa
Internships and Volunteer Work in Ghana
Participants are placed on worthwhile and meaningful projects that includes orphanage projects, street children projects, HIV/AIDS education projects, hospitals and clinics (health), schools, tree planting projects, churches, computer training projects etc. Participants stay with carefully selected, respectable and dedicated host families. We also organize 3-day and 9-day group tours for our volunteers, interns and visitors.
Contact: ghanaprograms@yahoo.com, www.volunteeringinafrica.org
Volunteers for Peace
Volunteer in Africa
Offers over 3,000 affordable short-term volunteer opportunities abroad in 100+ countries, with many located in Africa.
Visit: www.vfp.org
World Camp for Kids
Volunteer in HIV/AIDS education in Malawi.
Contact: , 367 Paul Presnell Rd., Sugar Grove, NC 28679; 1-888-297-9669; info@worldcampforkids.org; www.worldcampforkids.org.
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