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Exchange your skills for accommodation
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Work Exchange and Volunteer programs in Subsaharan Africa

608 opportunities found

NGO Nacala, Mozambique

Help Us Empower Local Women Through Culinary Arts! 🍽️💪

30h/week Kitchen Hand Cooking
From 3 to 12 weeks Team Dorm 1 meal
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project

NGO Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Doctors, Nurses, Midwives, Clinical years medical students, EMD,

30h/week Social Work
From 2 to 12 weeks Team Dorm 2 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Social Project Have, Ghana

Empower a typical rural community in Ghana with your skill

18h/week Building & Repairing Child Care Arts Social Work
At least 2 weeks Team Dorm 3 meals
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NGO Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Nursing and midwifery hospital assistant.

25h/week Elderly Care Child Care Social Work
At least 2 weeks Shared Dorm 2 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

NGO Mwanza, Tanzania

Help us with community and teaching

18h/week Child Care Teaching Sports Teaching Languages
At least 2 weeks Shared Dorm 1 meal
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project

NGO Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Teaching Children and Assisting Our Local Teachers in Our School

25h/week Teaching Sports Arts Child Care Social Work
From 3 to 12 weeks Team Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

NGO Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Help with Social Media, Content Write and Updates Online platform

25h/week Content Writer Photography Video Making Social Media
From 3 to 12 weeks Team Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

NGO Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Help to teach Sports and Games to our children

25h/week Child Care Teaching Sports Teaching Languages
From 2 to 12 weeks Team Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

NGO Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Hospital Internship clinical/placement experience program

25h/week Social Work
From 2 to 12 weeks Team Dorm 2 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Private School Adenta Municipal, Ghana

🌟 Bring Joy to Young Learners as a Classroom Assistant! 🌈✨

30h/week Child Care Teaching Languages
From 2 weeks to 2 months Shared Dorm 3 meals

Private School Adenta Municipal, Ghana

🎨 Inspire Little Artists: Join Us as a Creative Arts Tutor! 🌟

20h/week Arts
From 2 to 4 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals

NGO parakou, Benin

Teach, learn, share and explore at our center in Parakou

25h/week Teaching Languages Child Care Arts Social Work
At least 3 weeks Private Room
  • 4.0
  • Sustainable project

Eco Lodge Fatick, Senegal

Landscaper Paysagiste

25h/week Gardening
At least 2 weeks Shared Dorm 2 meals
  • 4.5

Farmstay Kédougou, Senegal

Help in our Farm and village : Life changing experience

25h/week Social Work Building & Repairing Farming Gardening
From 1 to 12 weeks Private Room 3 meals

NGO Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Healthcare outreach programs in Tanzania

16h/week Social Work
From 2 to 12 weeks Private Room 2 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

NGO Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Help Event organize, planning, report, website, social media.

12h/week Content Writer Web Developer
From 2 to 12 weeks Shared Dorm 2 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

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