Program Value: HIV / Aids Awareness and Care Campaign, Arusha Work with a local grassroots HIV/Aids organization helping in rural communities around Arusha. As a volunteer you will support the home based care projects to hundreds of families living with HIV/Aids including teaching about nutrition and health, providing food, basic amenities and micro-grants, cleaning and caring for the patients. Program Cost: Medical / nursing students will be placed in a private teaching hospital in Arusha. You will have the chance to shadow in different departments including: pediatrics, obstetrics / gynecology, General Medicine, and surgery.

1. Volunteer in Tanzania,Africa
To travel to Tanzania and volunteer is becoming a popular way to experience another culture. Both
young people in their gap-year and older people taking a career break travel to Tanzania in order to
spend time working and traveling.
By traveling to Tanzania the volunteer makes a difference to our communities in parts of Tanzania that
are rich in culture, variety and natural beauty; but where there is poverty and disadvantage. Some
companies arrange placements and courses for volunteers to develop skills in towns whilst others send
volunteers to remote rural but areas of the Tanzania.
Volunteers fall into several groups the gap students that prefer a volunteer program that is
comprehensive,fun and challenging.Normally from one to six months month programs which -including
training, on-site support staff, accommodation and travel insurance.
Summer Mini-Gaps are summer programs, for school leavers going straight to University, or University
students during the summer break.
School Expeditions: are from tens up to four week expeditions for school groups. This involves work in
a community or school building project and then a safari or to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru.
Career Breaks are a fulfilling two week to six month program, which can be incorporated into existing
travel plans - including training, support and initial accommodation. Designed for over 21s and those
looking for a more independent placement.
Popular volunteer work in the towns usually involves working with the street-boys. These programs
need volunteers to commit to at least three months. They are quite involved and require working on the
streets to build up a relationship and trust with the street-boys. Once they have come to the hostel
returning them to their families is a priority with a follow up program to ensure the boys readjust to
family life. The boys who are not able to return home or indeed have no families are sent to school,
guided on how to live healthy and life skills are taught. Volunteers are expected to get involved with all
aspects of this work.
The rural area’s normally offer teaching positions. A normal week will have around 15 hours of English
lessons. During lessons the volunteers may work with a Tanzanian teacher or may have a class all to
themselves. The volunteer’s role is to focus on improving speaking and listening skills and building the
children's confidence to communicate. This means lots of fun and interaction, including games, songs
dressing up, and any other creative activities that get the kids using English. There are also roles at
kindergarten where the children are normally between the ages of 4-7. There is a great opportunity for
someone who loves playing with and entertaining children as well as teaching them Ba sic English. The
kindergarten is a less daunting environment but equally challenging and rewarding.
Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world and as such the standard of living appears very
low to us. A huge part of the adventure of living and working in Tanzania is the accommodation and
living conditions; great for those with a sense of adventure.
Volunteers soon adapt to the Tanzanian way of life that is dictated by the hours of daylight. With the
absence of electricity, waking hours become fairly similar to daylight hours. There will be plenty of free
time to relax, enjoy Africa, and get to know local people. It is important that volunteers come equipped
to entertain themselves with books, musical instruments, paints, running shoes and a host of ideas that
can be swapped with other volunteers.