Community Development Volunteering in Swaziland

If you are between 16 and 17 years old and looking to do something different yet meaningful, Kaya has volunteering opportunities abroad. Join teens from around the world in this project that supports impoverished children from local communities in the Ezulwini Valley. The goal is to provide access to early years education while addressing development and nutrition at safe centers. These centers welcome kids identified as needing support—orphans and those whose parents have very low income or are unable to work. As a Community and Education volunteer, your duties depend on the project focus you choose: Building – making local bricks and building school structures, preparing land for planting crops, planting trees, painting classrooms and play structures, repairing fences and structures Sports – circle time games and actions, relay races, football, swimming, horse Education – working with small groups, reading stories, running activities, preparing lesson content—all with the local teacher (for placements of 4 weeks or longer) In the afternoons, you will assist with general community activities.

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Experience hands-on field research related to the conservation of savannah ecosystems in the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly called Swaziland). Although savannahs are well-represented in African conservation areas, they are subjected to increasing degradation as a result of human influences, including land use and climate change. Well known for large charismatic game such as elephants, rhinos, and lions, there are a variety of smaller species that are threatened and are arguably more critical to the functioning of savannahs. Depending on priorities and active studies at the time of participation, volunteers may study vegetation, bats, hyenas, small predators (like mongoose, genets, and jackal), rodents, ungulates (such as giraffe and antelope), reptiles, birds, and other plant and animal life in Eswatini’s Lubombo Conservancy. They will examine the interface among commercial agriculture, rural communities, and protected areas in this Southern African region and learn from our experienced conservationists. They will be based at our Savannah Research Centre and camp in the private Mbuluzi Game Reserve, working at the Mlawula Nature Reserve and Hlane Royal National Park located nearby.