Volunteer Projects based in Africa
Volunteering in Africa takes you one step further into the true character of this intriguing continent than the average visitor. With over 5 years experience in facilitating responsible volunteering in Southern and East Africa, at African Impact we believe we are the on-the-ground African specialists in volunteer project management. We pride ourselves on being ambassadors of responsible and meaningful travel in partnership with our charity The Happy Africa Foundation. Volunteering with us in Africa could mean anything from working with lions at our African Lion Rehabilitation project in Zimbabwe, to teaching children in Cape Town or AIDS work in Mozambique...
Live in close contact with over 100 chimpanzees and other animals in need of care and attention, including bush babies, monkeys and squirrels. Witness incredible animal relationships in the close knit chimpanzee family structure and be part...
How Long: From 2 weeks to 8 weeks, longer placements may be available
Where: Wildlife Orphanage, situated on the banks of the Kafue River Zambia (Northern Zambia)
Price: £899
Volunteer in rural schools along the scenic Sunshine Coast and work with special needs children, focusing on enhancing their education. You will also have the opportunity to work with pre-school children at the creche, be involved in our...
How Long: Prices shown are for 2 weeks duration, project available for up to 8 weeks. Longer placements may be available.
Where: Port Alfred, near Port Elizabeth, situated on South Africa’s beautiful Sunshine Coast
Price: £785
Through sustainable development actions and programmes, inspire and animate leadership-quality poorer school children and other locals in the Baviaanskloof region in a strategic, dignified and tangible manner. These interventions are top...
How Long: From 2 weeks to 8 weeks, prices shown are for 2 weeks, longer placements may be available
Where: Baviaanskloof Mega-Reserve, Eastern Cape
Price: £740
As a volunteer on this project, which borders the famous Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, you will be involved with assisting in teaching language and culture as well as administration and computer skills at the rural Koiyaki Guiding...
How Long: 2 weeks - 6 weeks (Only starting in June 2010)!
Where: Maasai Mara, Kenya
Price: £1495
This project is set in the small tropical beach town of Vilanculos. The project involves various aspects of community work and development in and around the area.
We spend our mornings at a local preschool and most afternoons...
How Long: Prices shown are for 2 weeks duration, project available up to 8 weeks.
Where: Vilanculos, Mozambique
Price: £730
Mosi-oa-tunya - The Smoke That Thunders. This is how the locals refer to the magnificent spray that is elevated high above the Victoria Falls. Against this backdrop we find the town of Livingstone, a place of supreme adventure, of...
How Long: Prices shown are for 2 weeks duration, project available up to 8 weeks.
Where: Livingstone, Zambia
Price: £785
In the impressive setting of the Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park, which has recently been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, we offer you the opportunity to interact with and educate AIDS orphans in an Orphan Day Care Centre, alongside...
How Long: Prices shown are for 2 weeks duration, project available up to 8 weeks.
Where: St. Lucia, East Coast of South Africa
Price: £785
Be part of the World Cup excitement and experience the Cape Town soccer buzz while exploring and visiting the most popular tourist hotspots in the Cape, including the offical 2010 Fanpark.You will also be volunteering in various aspects of...
How Long: 12 days
Where: Cape Town, South Africa
Price: £1300
