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Work Exchange and Volunteer programs in Subsaharan Africa

66 opportunities found

Social Project Arusha, Tanzania

Let make changes and save our planet by organic food

25h/week Animal Care Building & Repairing Gardening
At least 1 week Private Room 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

Social Project Arusha, Tanzania

Build a community center / library for our local village

25h/week Building & Repairing Arts Painting & Decorating Gardening
At least 2 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

Ecological Reserve Nacala, Mozambique

Help us with Marine Conservation and Coral Planting in Nacala

30h/week Gardening Animal Care Building & Repairing Social Work
At least 2 weeks Private Room 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval
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Other Temeke, Tanzania

Empower Women through Skills & Education

25h/week Cooking Teaching Sports Building & Repairing Social Work
At least 1 week Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Non-Profit School Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Help us to renovation our school

25h/week Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing Child Care Social Work
From 2 weeks to 1 month Private Room 3 meals
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

NGO Accra, Ghana

Construction and Renovation Volunteer Project in Ghana

25h/week Farming Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing Gardening
From 2 to 12 weeks Team Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Other Temeke, Tanzania

Join us Entrepreneurship Training for the Unemployed

25h/week Building & Repairing Music Arts Social Work
At least 1 week Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Non-Profit School Temeke, Tanzania

Help the construction of the school to do fundraising

25h/week Building & Repairing Social Work Painting & Decorating Child Care
At least 2 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 4.5
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

NGO Songea Tanzania, Tanzania

CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNITY SCHOOL AT PERAMIHO SONGEA TANZANIA

25h/week Arts Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing
From 4 to 12 weeks Private Room 3 meals
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Non-Profit School Mwanza, Tanzania

Build and Paints our school for the safety of poor kids in rural Tanzania

20h/week Arts Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing Gardening
From 2 to 12 weeks Private Room 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Social Project Dakar, Senegal

Ecovillage volunteer program @ podor Saint Louis Senegal

20h/week Painting & Decorating Social Work Building & Repairing Farming
From 2 to 12 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 4.5
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Homestay Tambacounda, Senegal

Hands-on Volunteering in a Rural Senegalese Village 🛠️🌍🌱

20h/week Painting & Decorating Farming Building & Repairing Gardening
At least 2 weeks Private Room 2 meals
  • Higher approval

NGO Temeke, Tanzania

Transform Our Educational Center - Maintenance and Painting.

25h/week Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing Arts Social Work
From 2 to 12 weeks Tent 3 meals
  • 4.5
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Homestay Nkhata Bay, Malawi

Reconnect with nature in a Malawian Paradise

25h/week Building & Repairing Farming Gardening
From 3 to 12 weeks Private Room 2 meals

Non-Profit School Mafinga, Tanzania

Welcome to Take care of children while teaching them languages

20h/week Farming Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing Gardening
From 4 to 12 weeks Private Room 3 meals

Homestay Arusha, Tanzania

Experience the Heart of Tanzania: A Homestay that Brings Cultures

10h/week Farming Building & Repairing
From 1 to 4 weeks Shared Dorm 2 meals
  • 5.0

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