Cape Town Sports Coaching & Physical Education Highlights

The highlights

• Conduct physical education lessons with disadvantaged and vulnerable children.
• Bringing fresh ideas and stimulation to the children through sports.
• Helping to uplift the community through sports whilst getting hands on experience in Africa.
• Coach afternoon foorball/soccer clinics at grassroots level.
• Keep youth educated and off the streets through afternoon reading clubs, homework clubs, craft clubs and more!
• Be the backbone of relationships with community members and make an impact on the southern peninsula of South Africa.
• Take advantage of optional trips to see more of Cape Town’s spectacular sites including world famous Table Mountain and Robben Island.
• Make friends for life with the other international volunteers on the programme and immerse yourself in Capetonian culture.

Optional activities and excursions

These are not included in your volunteering fee, but our coordinators are able to assist you with making the necessary booking arrangements.

• Vivacious Cape Town is one of the most stunning cities on the globe. It is the home to the heritage site of Nelson Mandela’s prison home, Robben Island; it is the gateway to the stunning Western Cape wine lands; and boasts magnificent beaches, amongst other spectacular highlights.
• The "Wild Coast" along the eastern frontier of South Africa is a collection of unrivalled surf spots ,beautiful beaches and cultural stops that will intrigue even the most seasoned traveler, endearing this land to you.
• Garden Route weekend

• Aquila private game reserve – a "Big 5" reserve situated 2 hours drive out of Cape Town: +-ZAR1500 pp (based on a minimum of 5 pax), which includes a buffet breakfast, lunch and a 3 hour game drive. It is also a possible 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: +-ZAR595.
• Surfing lessons: +-ZAR250.

Where will I sleep?

Volunteers will stay in a fully furnished house situated at the foot of Chapman’s Peak in the rustic town of Noordhoek. The house is on a private and secure property and is comfortable, spacious, and within easy walking distance of a shopping mall. It is also staffed with a cook and cleaner and each room has an en-suite bathroom. Other facilities include satellite television and a lock-up safe for your valuables. All bedding is provided, but you will however need to bring your own towels please.

And Meals?

You will be provided with three meals a day. Breakfast is on a help-yourself basis consisting of cereals / porridge, toast, tea and coffee. Lunch and dinner will be cooked or prepared for you by one of our chefs at your volunteer house. On weekends you will need to cook your own meals (we will provide ingredients) as our staff will need to be given time off. Weekends are usually a good time for tourist activities and exploring the surrounding area, so this is the time that a lot of volunteers are out and about.

How do I get there and travel around?

We will meet you at the airport!

Our Destination Manager will assist you with the procedures and one of our representatives will meet you at the airport upon your arrival in Cape Town. You will then be escorted to your volunteer base in Noordhoek.

What does the cost include?

• Project Fee: this entails financing that goes directly back into the project that you are involved with. This fee facilitates funding for items such medical supplies, building materials, equipment, etc. Project fees are also used to buy vehicles / equipment for the project, and for developing new housing for volunteers to provide for the expansion of the project.
• All airport transfers from Cape Town International Airport upon arrival and departure.
• Comprehensive orientation program
• All daily transfers to and from your projects during your stay.
• Full board and lodging which includes 3 meals a day at our volunteer house.
• Weekly laundry service during your stay.
• Assistance in your projects by various African Impact staff and Project Managers.

• 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 and visitors will love the penguins and their antics. Also a safe and enjoyable swimming or snorkelling spot.
• 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.

• Personal travel insurance for the duration of your placement, which must include cover for repatriation.
• All transport by air or bus to Cape Town.
• All items of a personal nature, such as curios, gifts, clothing (work and other).
• E-mail / Internet and telephone calls.
• Soft drinks, wines and spirits.
• All visas for border crossings.
• Any excursions over-and-above what is included in your project placement.

Do I need experience, is there orientation?

Volunteers do not require any previous coaching exerience in order to join this program and we welcome both experienced and qualified volunteers, as well as those who just have a keen interest in sports!

Upon arrival at our project base on the outskirts of Cape Town, all volunteers are involved in a comprehensive orientation programme, which is included in your fee. This is facilitated by your Project Manager and entails:

• An introduction to the city of Cape Town and surrounding Cape Peninsula, as well as the communities you will be working in.
• An introduction to all of our Cape Town projects. Not only will you see where you will be working, you will also see where your fellow volunteers will be spending their days.

A day in the life

Please note that your itineraries may differ from this, depending on your own experience and the number of other volunteers on the placement at the same time, and this is simply to give an example:

• 07:00 Get up and eat breakfast of cereals, toast, tea/coffee, and start getting ready for your project.
• 07:45 Head off on the short drive to the Primary School.
• 08:30-12.30 Help run PE lessons with Nceba.
• 12:30-12.45 You will be picked up from your project, and taken to your volunteer house, where lunch is waiting for you.
• 14.30 Leave for one of the community projects. You will spend the afternoon playing with the children at the schools, assisting with the Educare Project, local library, sports or building and painting classrooms.
• 16.30 End of the working day. You will be picked up from your project and taken home where we evaluate the day and discuss the schedule for the next day. You can also opt to be dropped off in town to check emails.
• 18.30 Dinner at your volunteer house. After dinner, volunteers often go for either a few drinks at one of the local night spots, go to the beach or the gym.