Description

This project aims to assist the children in the Red Hill pre-schools, in the out-skirts of Cape Town. The schools have a severe lack of facilities but a wealth of children with a desire to learn. As a volunteer, you will assist teachers and contribute to our efforts to provide our children with a better education. In addition, you will have the opportunity to organize your own classes.

As a volunteer you will assist the schools during the mornings with the following tasks:

* Assistant teaching: Provide individual attention and assistance to children during lessons
* Help with crafts, painting, reading and games
* Organize special needs classes for children who have not been able to keep up with the pace of the regular classes
* Help with meal distribution: Every child receives a meal, which is often their only meal that day.
* Help clean, maintain and even refurbish the classrooms, most of which are quite run down.

After having spent the morning at one of the schools, you will assist the local community services in the afternoon. You will rotate between the following community projects:

* Building and painting schools: Schools in Red Hill deal with a great shortage of classrooms and facilities. They are often dilapidated and ill-equipped. As a volunteer, you will help repair fences and windows and re-build and paint classrooms in order to provide and safer and more attractive educational environment.
* Educare Centre: Volunteers will assist teachers with after school care by playing games, reading (both one-on-one with the kids and to the group during story time), and other activities such as art, music, and dancing.
* Primary School extra-mural involvement: The school principal is very keen to get the sports' programme up and running. Wednesday afternoons are now dedicated for that purpose. Volunteers can help coach sports' activities including volleyball, netball, soccer and rugby.
* Masiphumelele Library: Masiphumelele has a library with wonderful resources and facilities. The library offers many services to the community and volunteers are often slotted into existing programs offered at the library. These include arts and crafts, puzzles, games, literacy, one on one reading, homework club and math club.

Highlights

**SPECIAL OFFER**

For a limited time only, this November and December, when volunteering with Cape Town Teaching and Community, you could qualify for a FREE tour of the famous Cape Winelands, as well as a FREE scenic peninsula tour, with a visit to Table Mountain!

During your volunteer placement you can join the following excursions:

* A visit to Cape Point, situated within the Southern section of Table Mountain National Park, which is globally recognized for its extraordinarily rich, diverse and unique fauna and flora - with rugged cliffs, steep slopes and sandy flats! See the baboons and perhaps some ostrich or buck if you are lucky!
* A trip to Boulders Beach, home to a growing colony of the vulnerable African Penguin. Wooden walkways allow visitors to view the penguins in their natural habitat. This is also a safe and enjoyable spot for swimming and snorkeling.
* A visit to the summit of Table Mountain, where you will find the best views of Cape Town. The Cableway takes you to the summit in under 10 minutes and the cable car's rotating floor ensures that all passengers get a 360 degree aerial view of the city.

Weekends are excellent opportunities to participate in tourist activities and to explore the surrounding area, so volunteers tend to be out-and-about during this time. These are some of the popular activities offered with estimated prices in and around Cape Town:

* Aquila private game reserve - a "Big 5" reserve situated 2 hours drive out of Cape Town: +-ZAR980 pp (based on a minimum of 5 pax), which includes a buffet breakfast, lunch and a 3 hour game drive. It is also an opportunity to pet cheetahs.
* City hop on-hop off double-decker bus: +- ZAR130pp
* Shark Cage Diving: +- ZAR1500pp (including transport and based on a minimum of 4 pax)
* Sky diving: +- ZAR2000 (including transport and based on a minimum of 2 pax)
* Abseiling down Table Mountain: +-ZAR495
* Surfing lessons: +-ZAR250

Travel Types

• Volunteering

Qualifications

- Min age 18
- Good level of English
- Flexibility and open mindedness
- High level of independence and emotional strength
- Motivation to work with children
- Full travel and medical insurance
- Immunizations (please consult your doctor)

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

1,540 for 2 weeks

Program Fees Include:

- Accommodation: Comfortable rooms for 2-3 people
- Food: 3 meals a day
- Airport pickup: Included on arrival and departure day
- Excursions: Daily trips to places of interest around Cape Town
- Orientation Kit: Full project details will be sent following registration
- Training: Pre-departure preparation and In-country orientation
- Support: Local in-country team and 24hr emergency support

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

• Primary Education
• Volunteering

Typical Volunteer

Volunteers with GoEco are united by their passion for travel and desire to help people. Our volunteers are from all over the world, representing a host of religions, cultures, and languages. Ultimately, GoEco volunteers are fun-loving, adventurous, and outgoing agents for change.

Age Range

18-70

This Program is open to

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

Typical Living Arrangements

• Guest House

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Phone/Video Interview

GoEco - Volunteer Abroad's Mission Statement

(1) Encourage ecological and volunteer tourism that promotes sustainable development (2) Enable travelers to experience different and more rewarding kinds of tourism. (3) Encourage travelers to volunteer for the benefit of others and thus to serve as a good-will ambassador to other countries in the world. (4) Encourage travelers from all over the world to come to Israel for ecological and community-based projects, in both the Arab and Jewish sectors, and experience firsthand the unique cultural and natural diversity in this region. (5) Support environmental and humanitarian projects that promote understanding and good will between ethnic societies in Israel. (6) Conduct further research in the field of ecological tourism, such as the 'Ecological Footprint' as a tool for sustainable tourism development. (7) Establish an in-depth and up-to-date data base of the relevant projects worldwide. (8) Create a platform from which to explore the various organizations that support the environment and actively encourage volunteering.

Year Founded

2005