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

56 opportunities found

Hotel Nungwi, Tanzania

🌴 Content Creation & Yoga Volunteering in Zanzibar

20h/week Party Promoter Photography Video Making Social Media
From 2 to 12 weeks Shared Dorm 2 meals
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately
  • New

Sustainable Community Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana

Volunteer with Kids & Join a Community Project in Ghana

20h/week Painting & Decorating Arts Social Work Teaching Languages
At least 2 weeks Private Room 3 meals
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Non-Profit School Kinondoni, Tanzania

Help our Non-profit School and teach kids in Tanzania! :)

30h/week Social Work Child Care Teaching Sports Teaching Languages
From 2 weeks to 1 month Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval
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Non-Profit School Kinondoni, Tanzania

Help us to develop our social media

30h/week Content Writer Photography Video Making Social Media
From 2 weeks to 1 month Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

Non-Profit School Afadzato South, Ghana

Share Your Skills and Impact Lives in Ghana's Sustainable School

15h/week Social Work Teaching Sports Teaching Languages
From 2 to 4 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Non-Profit School Mwanza, Tanzania

Help us promote our school through photography and videomaking

20h/week Content Writer Photography Video Making Social Media
From 1 to 2 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • 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

Non-Profit School Mwanza, Tanzania

Changing kids lives through photography, video making and social media promotion

20h/week Video Making Photography Social Media
From 2 to 12 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

NGO Zanzibar, Tanzania

Support community and events organization to gather resources.

18h/week Social Work Teaching Languages
From 1 to 12 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

NGO Zanzibar, Tanzania

1. Education Program Assistant and Fundraising Coordinator

25h/week Social Work Teaching Languages
From 1 to 12 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Non-Profit School Mwanza, Tanzania

Teaching various lessons and taking care of children in Tanzania! :)

20h/week Social Work Teaching Languages Arts Kitchen Hand
From 2 to 12 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Non-Profit School Mwanza, Tanzania

Help us teaching sports and English to our lovely children!

20h/week Arts Social Work Teaching Sports Teaching Languages
From 2 to 12 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Non-Profit School Afadzato South, Ghana

Summer 2025, Music teacher, piano, trumpet trainer needed

20h/week Social Media Teaching Languages Music Arts
At least 2 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

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

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 Magharibi, Tanzania

Teach & Inspire Kids in a Local School in Zanzibar 🏫🌍

20h/week Teaching Languages Social Work Child Care Cooking
From 3 weeks to 2 months Private Room 1 meal
  • 3.5
  • Sustainable project

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