Description

Visit Swaziland - a unique haven where an ancient monarchy rules a land of amiable people and bountiful and striking national parks, and help make a difference to underprivileged children in deprived areas.

* What Will I Be Doing?

As a volunteer on the project, you will be directly responsible for much of the day to day running of the sports projects. All kinds of sports can be integrated, although the most popular tend to be football, netball and volleyball. Your role will be to inspire the children to get involved, and using your initiative and creativity to make the sessions enjoyable and constructive. As well as teaching the children important skills, you will be helping arrange tournaments, encouraging less confident children to participate, and fundraising for the sports facility.

Some days, you may be required to visit other primary schools and day care centres in order to reach out to under-resourced sites, so that as many children as possible can benefit from this worthwhile endeavour. Twice weekly, you will also be asked to join the community care volunteers in coordinating sports outings for orphans and other extremely vulnerable youngsters. You may even like to help organise a sports day for the local community, or campaign in the neighbourhood to recruit children to the project and demonstrate the importance of sports and teambuilding. Overall, the activities are varied, and will give you a great opportunity to build up your own organising and communication skills whilst providing an enjoyable challenge that will remember for the rest of your life!

Highlights

* Become a coach, mentor & friend to the disadvantaged children.
* Explore intriguing & spectacular Swaziland!
* Make lifelong friends.

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

2,000

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing
• In-country staff support
• Written materials pre-departure

Program Fees Include:

Before you go:
* Pre-departure support
* Travel & medical advice & documentation
* Equipment advice
* Discounted medical kit
* Free Frontier t-shirt

In-country:
* Food
* Accommodation
* Local orientation
* Project training
* In-country emergency support
* 24-hour international HQ back-up

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Guest House

Participants Travel

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Phone/Video Interview

Frontier's Mission Statement

To conserve the world's most endangered wildlife and threatened habitats and to build sustainable livelihoods for marginalized and under resourced communities in the world's poorest countries. To create solutions that are apolitical, forward-thinking, community-driven, and innovative and which take into consideration the long-term needs of low income communities.

Year Founded

1989