South Africa Projects

In South Africa, there are many home based creches and these are sometimes started by mothers in the community who provide day care facilities to working parents. Most of the home-based creches are informal and do not offer structured learning, therefore help is needed particularly in this area. The volunteer’s role will vary from organising a stimulating and educational programme for the children to providing support and assistance to the staff. Facilities and resources are very limited therefore the volunteer will need to use their imagination and be creative.

Volunteers will be based at an environmental centre and will assist with every-day maintenance and conservation of the reserves as well as helping to run environmental camps for children. Activities could include outdoor hikes on the nature reserves, lecture series and camping out with the children. The outreach activities would take the volunteers to impoverished schools to assist with the Eco-Schools programme. Maintenance and upkeep of the facilities, as well as painting and maintaining the educational resource centres could also form part of the volunteer tasks. This project offers a unique blend of outreach work with children along with physical work maintaining the site. A love of children and a genuine interest in the environment is necessary for this project. During the summer months, the focus is mainly on maintenance work on the project.