Community Volunteers Port Elizabeth Working with children South Africa

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Wildlife Backpackers and Volunteers South Africa


	Thornhill is a small community located 25min from Jeffreys bay towards Port Elizabeth, volunteers will stay at our Wildlife Lodge at African Dawn and transported to and from the project on week days. The aim of our community projects is both to have a cultural exchange and the upliftment of disadvantaged communities. The projects we use are both for the need in the area and the safety factor of our volunteers. Volunteers will be organized by a representative. The projects we help with is mostly determined by the budgets available and the need at the time and ranges across a large spectrum from repairing to building schools, helping teachers in the classroom or the elderly with the vegetable gardens that supports the soup kitchens. Groups are encouraged to do fundraising for larger projects that can be started before or during their arrival. As we are a non profit organization all donation go directly to the specified projects.		Community Volunteers Community Upliftment Project (Community Project South Africa) This project offers the following options: Pre School Volunteers - Work with children from 6 months to six years old, playing games, singing songs and exchanging cultures. Volunteer Teachers - Teaching together with local teachers enhancing the learning experience of the local children. Teaching the children English will be the main aim.

Project Cost

All Rates Quoted in South African Rands

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ZAR 2950/week first month South African Rands

Extra weeks
ZAR 2500 per additional week when staying longer than one month South African Rands

Upgrade Twin/Double Sharing R50/Day

Project Includes

● Accommodation (shared 8 Sleeper Dorm Room (Accommodation upgrades to twin and double rooms available)
● Transfers to and from Port Elizabeth
●Sponsorship for School Projects and sponsoring of purchasing additional materials for schools.
● All meals included

Working Hours

Work days will be weekdays from 7-5 with two days of per week to relax or explore the area, there are a selection of day excursions you can join to surrounding Game Farms and attractions.

Project Duration

Please note that you can extend for any length of time (min 1 month)

Starting Dates

This project can be joined at any time of the year.

Who can Apply

This project is open to anyone over the age of 16, fairly fit and in good health.

Thornhill Crèche

We have recently repaired and adopted this school as one of our main projects.

Background:

The school has 1 permanently employed care giver who is very dedicated but lack resources such as age specific teaching aides. The volunteer will therefore be expected to assist in a very creative manner making use of the most basic equipment to fulfil the daily program objectives.
Presently there are 25 children to the 1 teacher and this brings capacity problems in terms of human resources. The volunteer will be of great help here in order to run smaller classes based on age or special needs.
A primary help will be obtaining financial aid. This will allow the teachers access to material (Photostats, paper, books, crayons etc) to use in the classroom situation. Another area is to create a project to teach the children how to help themselves through the environment – growing vegetables to eat, flowers to sell etc.

The school receives no grants or funding of any sort from local or national government, infrastructure is therefore basic but functional, salaries low and teacher aids minimal. A basic feeding program exists consisting of a bowl of maze meal (porridge) and sugar.

Tasks

· Welcome children to school

· Oversee outside free play while waiting for school program to start

· Assist children inside for breakfast

· Help with either cooking, serving or cleaning breakfast utensils

· Washing hands and general hygiene program

· Divide into age groups

· Continue with theme related project for the week

· Free play outside or inside if raining

· Song and dance routine

· Story time

· Assist in home time routine

Community Upliftment

Your afternoons will be used for community upliftment project, these include but are not limited to:

Repair and Maintenance of schools, churches and community buildings.

Establishing and maintaining vegetable gardens.

Field trips with children.

Sports development.

Work days will be weekdays from 8-5 and weekends free to relax or explore the area, there are a selection of day excursions you can join to surrounding Game Farms and attractions. Most volunteers spend the weekends in J-Bay.

General community project tasks

There are key figures in the community that are involved in various projects. Volunteers can assist in these projects which include:

AIDS Care

Providing support to the ladies involved in home base care and assisting them in visiting patients in various ways.

l This can mean simply spending time with AIDS patients who otherwise feel rejected by the community.

l Distributing of flyers in the community to create more awareness and fight the stigma surrounding AIDS.

Plant rescue program

l Educating kids at schools about nature

l Planting of vegetable gardens in various areas including schools and AIDS patients homes

If you have any questions feel free to contact Tyron
by mail wildpackers@gmail.com or call +27 (0)83 661 5393

Includes: Accommodation (shared 8 Sleeper Log cabin in Game area) and Transfers to and from Port Elizabeth (Accommodation upgrades to twin and double rooms available)

Excludes: Extra Excursions, flights, drinks and visas.

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