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Help with our Education programs in rural community, South Africa

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The experience

You will be immersed into the project as one of the team members.
You will be part of our Environmental Education program that runs each day and welcomes up to 90 children (2024) from the local village and aims to grow wildly passionate young people.
You will have the option to explore our amazing area during the weekend, but also to go to the local church and any traditional events happening at the village, for a full immersion experience!


What you offer

30 hours of help per week

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

Teaching Sports: Teaching or assisting the host, guests, or local communities in practicing sports or physical activities.

Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.

Additional fee required

Amount: € 275 Per week

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers, Materials for volunteer activities, and Donation to project

Description: The fee include: - Pick up and drop off from Hoedspruit (Town or Airport) - Accommodation - 3 meals a day, 7 days a week - Supervision at all time - 1 Town trip per week - Access to all Nourish and Shik Shack Backpackers facilities - 1 Village Tour - 1 Nourish T-shirt - Donations support to Nourish programs

What you get

2 days off per week

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

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

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

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

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

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

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner English

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Started in 2011, our Environmental Education program work daily with children from primary schools teaching environmental education and taking these learners on conservation-based field trips, to give them an understanding of nature and their role in protecting it.
Poaching/illegal killing of wildlife has become a daily threat to conservation, with rhino poaching (as well as lion, elephant, pangolin, and vulture) threatening on a daily basis. Animals are being killed for their horns, tusk, bones or skins.

We believe that conservation and communities cannot exist in isolation of each other - hence our goals through all our projects to interlink, grow, conserve and uplift. The holism of our programs is important as it works with the community as a whole to see the problems in a bigger picture.

Activities & Shift

You will be immersed into the project as one of the team members to engage in the planning and running of the programs:
- Going to one of our outreach school to provide our environmental lessons
- Creating content for the Green Kidz programs (Environmental Lessons, workshop, presentation etc..)
- Supervising the activities with the kids
- Helping the kids with projects
- Supervising kids on field trips, camps when they happen and external activities.

You can also combine our projects during your time with us or focusing on one (your choice).
- Early Childhood Development: 66 kids
- Environmental Education: 90 kids
- Enterprise Hub: recycling, sewing, craft center
- Farms: food security & creating products

You will also have the oportunity to explore our amazing area.
Volunteers will stay at a Backpackers situated on the same property.

We can't wait to have you join our Family!

Rules

Each participant will be required to send us their police clearance.