Volunteer with Children in Tanzania

The greatest cause of prevalence for uncared children on the streets in East Africa is poverty. As the HIV/AIDS pandemic takes its toll many kids have been left without parents to take care of them. Such neglected kids have often been taken by other families or by charitable persons and groups and put up in orphanages. Orphanage operators are often in great need of labor support to supplement their efforts.

Volunteers at the orphanages will normally teach English in the schools that the kids attend. After school volunteers with children projects in Tanzania will assist in preparing meals for the kids, sometimes bathing the children, and doing the dishes. International volunteers will also assist the children with homework and organize games and sports and fundraising activities such as proposal writing, etc.

Combination of Programs

In addition to Volunteer with children in Tanzania, the International Volunteer Travel also offers opportunities for Internships Abroad in Tanzania, the Language and Cultural Experience, the Tanzania Swahili Study Abroad and Tanzania Adventure Tours and Holidays program.

To read more about an area of volunteer placement in Tanzania, please click on any choice below:

Volunteer with Children
Volunteer in Teaching
Community and Culture
Environment and Nature
Health Care Volunteering
HIV and AIDS Volunteering

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Questions and Other Information

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Tanzania Program Highlights

Age Limit: 18 and over; Under 18 if accompanied by guardian or with Gap Year or Group Volunteer Abroad program.

Starting Dates: 1st and 3rd Thursday of every Month; Plan to arrive the day before.

Airport Arrival Time: Preferably by 4:00 PM

Accommodation, & Meals: Carefully selected Tanzanian households; 3 Tanzanian meals provided per day.

Transport to Project: Projects within walking distance, else bus fare will not exceed USD 0.50 per day.

Schedule: Mondays to Fridays. 3 to 6 hours daily.

Program Costs: Tanzania program fees available here.

Language Requirements: Basic Swahili strongly encouraged but not required; working knowledge of English required.

Length of Program: 1 to 12 weeks

Locations:

• Moshi - A small city in Northern Tanzania and the surrounding country
  
• Dar es Salaam - Tanzania's largest city and Indian ocean beach front "haven of peace".