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Countries/States Served:
Tanzania, Kenya
People Utilized or Employed:
Trainable Volunteers
Types of Students Allowed:
Medical Students, Premedical Students, Dental Students, Predental Students, Nursing Students, Prenursing Students, Pharmacy Students, Veterinary Students, Preveterinary Students, Optometry Students, Preoptometry Students |
Program Length:
Short Term (Less than 1 month) and Long Term (Greater than 1 month)
Language Skills:
English, Swahili
Religious Affiliations:
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Current Volunteer Opportunities (Unpaid Positions)
Orphanage Volunteers needed for
1 to 3 months
Opportunity Description:
Project Summary :
Tanzania is one of the African country highly affected by poverty, HIV/AIDS and lack of opportunities creating great number of orphans and street children. These kids needs immediate help and support. Info Tanzania has been helping more than 1200 orphans just from the volunteer programme fees. Small portion of your programme fee will go diretly to these orphans. Orphanage work is a great project to share your love, passion, and help as it goes to people who need it the most. You can do it today!
SKILL/QUALIFICATION:
There are no specific qualifications needed! However, volunteers are expected to be flexible and patient!
VOLUNTEERS RESPONSIBILITIES:
As a volunteer in the INFO Tanzania orphanage project, you will teach English (3-4 hours a day) in the orphanage or school (when the kids go to schools during the day). You will help kids to stay clean by helping them in brushing teeth, shower, and personal hygiene, organize games, drawing, singing, dancing, and other creative education and extra curricular activities, help kids to do homework, monitor academic progress, and make sure kids complete their next day's homework, dressing of kids, food distribution, kitchen, garden, cleaning and administrative work.
ROOM/FOOD :
INFO Tanzania arranges room, food, and supervision for volunteers from the start to the end of your program. During first week of language and cultural program, volunteers stay in our hostel in Arusha . During volunteering period, volunteers stay in host family. However, volunteers joining the orphanage project will stay within the orphanage compound in few cases. We arrange a separate double or single room and a shared bath for volunteers both in host family and in the residential orphanage settings. No body does as we do!
While placing volunteers in orphanages also we supports orphans to acquire necessary education and healthy food.
Total Number of Volunteers Needed:
15
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Teaching Volunteers needed for
3 to 6 months
Opportunity Description:
PROJECT SUMMARY
Native English speakers are highly needed here to teach English in any level of education including primary, nursery or secondary education with ages ranging from 5 yrs to 16 yrs. In additional you will be teaching English to teachers, students, village leaders and education leaders. As soon as you join us you will feel very needed!
SKILL/QUALIFICATION
No specific qualification needed to join the teaching English project. However, volunteers are expected to be fluent in English. Teaching experience will be helpful (but not required) .
ROLE OF VOLUNTEERS
in all our teaching projects, volunteers will primarily work as English instructor either in private schools or public school or schools run by orphanages. You will mostly teach English 2-3 hours a day (six days a week) in primary, secondary, and high school. In additional you will also be helping in administration, organizing games, drawing, singing, dancing, and other creative education and extra curricular activities
Total Number of Volunteers Needed:
15
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Medical Volunteers needed for
3 to 6 months
Opportunity Description:
Project Summary
Info Tanzania founder did a research titled 'A critical investigation on the Knowledge Management in the Tanzanian Healthcare sector' and recognized that there is great need for volunteers to be placed in both rural and urban hospitals. Tanzanian has thousands of hospitals with very low qualified doctors and even the helpers-most rural clinics are understaffed. As a volunteer you will be working either supervised by qualified doctor or work alone if you are qualified. Our hospitals needs Pre-medics, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students, retired and qualified doctors to join our volunteering programs. We are ready to partner with medical schools to place their students in our hospitals for internship or practical studies. No body do as we do!
SKILL/QUALIFICATION
No specific qualifications needed! We accept all including pre-medics, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students, retired officers and qualified doctors of all background.
VOLUNTEERS RESPONSIBILITIES:
As a volunteer working either in rural or urban hospitals you will be either involved in one of these tasks: taking weight, blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, making beds, cleaning, and participate in very special duties such as small operations, injections, cleaning wounds, work in consultation rooms and join specialized departments such as assisting doctors in different duties including leading or heading mentally or disable children specialized hospitals. In additional we do place retired medical worker or those in vacations and would like to work in Africa in any department of their choice such as X-ray departments, Physiotherapy departments, etc.
Total Number of Volunteers Needed:
15
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HIV/AIDS Volunteers needed for
1 to 3 months
Opportunity Description:
Project Summary
For the past 10 years, Tanzania has been hit strongly by HIV/AIDS, and is responsible for the thousands of deaths. Regardless of great efforts been made by local and international organizations in fighting HIV/AIDS still there are need to increase the efforts. Volunteers are needed to join local organization in fighting HIV/AIDS spread and comforting those affected
SKILL/QUALIFICATION
No specific qualifications needed! However, volunteers are expected to be flexible and patient, ready for great travels and visiting affected homes, running seminars, etc.
VOLUNTEERS RESPONSIBILITIES:
As a volunteer in the INFO Tanzania HIV/AIDS project, you will join and participate in running HIV/AIDS testing, counseling, and an awareness campaigns in Tanzania. In additional volunteers will participate in giving care and support to the HIV infected, while creating awareness to vulnerable groups about the dangers of HIV/Aids through HIV/Aids outreach programs. Volunteers will be visiting patients in their homes, helping with medical care and food, conducting lessons to educate people on the dangers of HIV and how to prevent themselves from getting infected. Our program is organized in collaboration with Government institutions, NGOs, and community based organization CBOs who are working very closely with the communities and HIV/Aids patients.
Total Number of Volunteers Needed:
14
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Mission Statement: (See Web Site For Updated Information)
:: INFO MISSION::
INFO mission is to create a global understanding by encouraging volunteers to assist with our community development and youth mobilization programs in Tanzania through organizing volunteers to work in Orphanages, Teaching, medical placements and the rest. Many volunteers enjoy their experience so much that they return or extend their placement
:: WHY VOLUNTEERS COME TO TANZANIA::
Volunteers visiting Tanzania come for different reasons, but are united by their outgoing personality, friendly and easy going nature, their adventurous spirit and most importantly, their desire to make a difference.
:: HOW INFO ORGANIZE YOUR PLACEMENT::
After completing a training session in Arusha, volunteers move to various placements all over Tanzania, where they stay with a traditional host family.
:: INFO OBJECTIVES::
Promote community development without destroying traditional ways of life.
To educate communities on the importance of education, English language and literacy, hygiene and sanitary living, and environmental management.
To bring Western knowledge, care methodology and experience on a variety of education and health matters to the village communities.
To provide education and training for community youths to encourage and create opportunities for self-employment.
To focus on improving life for the poorest and most marginalized members of Tanzanian society
To provide language lessons and cultural information for people who come to Tanzania to study, conduct research, and do voluntary work.
To introduce volunteers to the richness of Tanzania culture and ensure a safe and memorable stay in a supportive environment.
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