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Join the journey to uplift young lives in the village of Simoonga

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The experience

Simoonga Thandizani Trust School in Zambia offers free education and meals to 350 children, supported by 29 local volunteers and wellwishers. Volunteers can assist in teaching, support the feeding program, help expand media presence to expan, and contribute to the urgent water project that is essential to keep the school open during dry seasons. A borehole is also needed but funding is still lacking, we welcome every initiative of support.

What you offer

32 hours of help per week

Arts: Help with painting, graffiti, sculpting or drawing.

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 20 Per week

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers

Description: Teacher retention suffers due to lack of stable allowances, affecting education quality. Meal availability depends on monthly donations, risking child hunger. The school lacks its own water source; during dry seasons, the communal pump runs dry. A borehole project was started but halted due to insufficient funds. Reliable support is urgently needed for these essential programs.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Simoonga Thandizani Trust School is a nonprofit educational institution in Zambia, dedicated to providing free education and meals to children aged 3 to 13. With 350 students and 29 committed local volunteers, the school relies entirely on donations to support its essential programs, ensuring that children receive quality education, nutritious meals, and a safe learning environment. Your contributions as a volunteer will surround the current needs of the school. Your goal can be to expand the schools media prescence to incentivize well wishers to collaborate. Meanwhile, the teachers can always have a partner helping with English, maths, science and other subjects such as physical education. Volunteers could also contribute to the feeding program and its challenges as well as the water Project: The school does not have its own water source. During the dry season, the communal pump runs out, making it impossible to provide drinking water, and forcing to close the school, therefore, it is essential to drill a borehole, the project is currently onhold due to insufficient funds.

Activities & Shift

We follow the school schedule, starting the work day at 7:30am until 16:00pm. During the day, we all have breakfast at 10:00 and lunch from 13:00-14:00. After having worked teaching the kids, helping with breakfast, marketing, cleaning... you have the rest of the day to enjoy with the kids, stare at a blazzing sunset, prepare dinner in your personal kitchen or play endlessly with the kids of the village.