Antelope Park HIV/AIDS Orphan Care And Teaching Assistance Project Detail

Antelope Park HIV/AIDS Orphan Care And Teaching Assistance Project

Volunteers on this project stay on a beautiful private game reserve, and in your free time you can enjoy spending time with our orphaned elephants or walking lions and playing with cubs that are part of our lion release programme!

HIV/AIDS Orphan Care

During the past few difficult years in Zimbabwe, the most vulnerable members of our society have suffered from the breakdown of educational and medical infrastructures. Our aim is to make an impact on the lives of these orphaned children, from babies to teenagers, who have no families to support them.

Volunteers will assist with loving and caring for as well as mentoring orphans and physically disabled, from the very young to high school age. Despite their disabilities and the difficulties they have faced, these children are still so full of warmth and joy and are sure to be an inspiration to anyone who works alongside them. We invite you to join us as we strive to be a part of restoring this amazing country…

Make an impact on the lives of underprivileged and disabled children! Act as a mentor, and a guiding and helping friend to the youths at the homes. The need is so great; there are many different activities volunteers can get involved in, depending on their expertise and passion. Activities include Teaching assistance, ordiology, speech therapy, study programmes, workshop hosting, sports coaching, repairs and maintenance at the homes, painting, gardening, youth camps and life skills training are just a few areas in which you will have to opportunity to impact on these young people’s lives.

Your help in caring for babies and younger children will involve changing and feeding as well as assisting with planned activities and games at the homes. You may be called upon to assist the doctor dress wounds and identify health problems on her regular visits to the orphanages.

Maintenance of the orphanages is a major problem, and despite the lack of funding, there is also a need for manpower to assist with things such as painting and general repairs, as well as the maintenance of vegetable gardens.

This is a chance to make a difference in someone’s life, as well as spending some time living in a third-world country with different cultural norms. Take advantage of the beauty of an African country, which offers many new experiences.

Teaching Assistance

Teaching is leading a child to responsible adulthood through imparting academic and life-skills.  The children that you will come into contact with on this project are keen to be taught and moulded.

Through the academic support you will give them and their teachers, you have a chance to address the issues of oversubscribed classes and poor teacher-student ratios. With approximately 2184 students at Mkoba 4 Primary School, the average class size is 55 students with one teacher, with around 312 students per grade. Classes are hot seated as there are not enough classrooms and resources such as text books and teaching aids are also grossly inadequate.  Here you have the chance to make teaching aids that can assist the teaching and learning process.

Although Somabula Primary School, with a total of about 280 children, is much smaller than Mkoba 4 they also need volunteers to assist. With student – teacher ratios being about 40:1, you can offer valuable support to the students who lack sufficient individual attention. The teachers also find themselves overwhelmed at times and welcome fresh ideas and enthusiasm. This school also has a significant number of boarders. These children are desperate for extra ‘homely’ attention assisting with   their studies and social skills, but also caring for and making them feel special and important. Your presence on this project can make a meaningful difference to the lives of the children you come into contact with.  There is also opportunity for volunteers to get involved with a local pre-primary school and interact and play with the younger ones too!

In working with the children, we also hope to reach out to impact the community through facilitating adult literacy classes. Volunteers with special skills can also use these to benefit the community.

Project Pricing:

2011:
3 weeks GBP 925 / EUR 1195 /USD 1665
4 weeks GBP 1155 / EUR 1495 /USD 2080
5 weeks GBP 1385 / EUR 1795 /USD 2495
6 weeks GBP 1620 / EUR 2095 /USD 2915

2012   
3 weeks GBP 970 / EUR 1260 /USD 1745
4 weeks GBP 1195 / EUR 1555 /USD 2150
5 weeks GBP 1395 / EUR 1815 /USD 2510
6 weeks GBP 1595 / EUR 2075 /USD 2870

HIV/AIDS orphan care in local orphanages in Zimbabwe Teaching assistance in Rural Schools in Zimbabwe