Sports Development, School Building And Community Project Detail

Sports Development, School Building And Community Project

2 Weeks     GBP810  / EUR1055 / USD1460   
4 Weeks     GBP1295 / EUR1685 / USD2330   
6 Weeks     GBP1695 / EUR2195 / USD3050   
8 Weeks     GBP2095 / EUR2725 / USD3770 

Book now to join this amazing volunteer project to start during the months of October, November or December 2011, and you will get GBP200 off your 4 week volunteer placement fee! 

The Sports Project consists of 3 main areas of work and one smaller sub-area. 

Physical Education (PE) within schools - As an African Impact volunteer, you will spend some of your mornings based in various community schools offering P.E lessons, not only to the students, but also to their teachers!  P.E. is featured in the national curriculum and volunteers will prepare lessons using text books supplied by African Impact, educating kids both in a theoretical and practical sense on topics which will appear in their examinations.  In order to make this sustainable and continue without the ongoing assistance of volunteers, we want to “teach the teachers” the necessity of P.E. and a healthy life style as a result of it.  P.E. is unfamiliar to community schools and attitudes still need changing towards its importance; however the children absolutely love it and thoroughly enjoy their time with the volunteers. As class time is very limited, not much attention is focused towards the P.E. syllabus (teachers are trying to ensure they get through the material for core subjects such as English, Maths and Science), however, P.E. and sports is important to the holistic well-being of the kids, thus, we certainly believe in the importance and benefit of these sessions.

Training Teams - African Impact works alongside various community partners in Livingstone, cooperating with their coaches.  These teams have been established for a long time and continue to make solid progress in Livingstone matches.  These teams are all boys’ community teams – as we believe sport and soccer should be accessible to all individuals, even those who do not attend school.  Our help within the team ensures regular faces are coaching the team, with international backgrounds for the players to gain a wide range of skills.

Physiotherapy (Basic Exercises) at the Old People’s Home - African Impact volunteers have for a number of years been very involved at Maramba Old People’s Home, visiting and interacting with the residents, playing games and providing some entertainment to their week, as well as conducting regular medical check-ups and health talks on a variety of topics to the elderly residents. Volunteers are now also able to assist by holding basic physiotherapy exercise sessions with them. This provides them with some exercise and activity, helping to keep them healthy and mobile and promoting a healthy lifestyle. We partnered with a trained physiotherapist to develop the routine and the golden oldies have come to thoroughly enjoy their short exercise session.

Selective Project - HIV Education in sport (please note that this project is run upon requests from our community partners and does not operate all year round) - As a volunteer you will work with different community teams to hold an HIV in sport workshop. This will involve HIV relay games, team building games, question time and football matches. By using your skills as a sports coach you have the chance to enlighten youths in HIV awareness. Particularly for the young boys; a kinesthetic learning method is a highly effective teaching technique and is something youths rarely receive at school.

School terms 2011
First term: 10 January to 8 April
Second term:  9 May to 5 August
Third term:  5 September to 2 December

During school vacation time volunteers run “holiday clubs.” Holiday club is extremely important as it offers students valuable time to catch up on learning missed due to the Zambian “Hot Seating” system.   Not only does it give young people a safe environment to spend their summer holidays, it is also a lot of fun whilst providing an effective educational tool.  Teaching volunteers work closely with sports volunteers to teach lessons for the first half of the morning and then engage the students in recreational activities and teach the importance of a healthy lifestyle.  For self-starters, this project is a fantastic way to direct instruction for a few weeks and leave your mark on the students.

Specialist Sports
Your schedule is set for you by the sports coordinating team, however, if you have any particular interests or skills you would like to use, we would love to accommodate it! The children at the schools are always keen to learn new activities - particularly if they come from overseas!! We can set up a class for you to teach Tai-kwon-do, athletics, cricket, or whatever your interest is; we have been known to teach gymnastics to 5 year olds and yoga to 50 year olds! Equipment is very hard to come by so please keep that in mind, if you are able to acquire donated sporting equipment the community will greatly appreciate it.

Please Note: We cannot coach swimming in Livingstone, and team sports requiring lots of equipment such as hockey, are unlikely due the constraints of getting and maintaining the necessary equipment.

Involvement in Community Projects
You will be combining sports coaching with a variety of projects in the local community. This allows you to make a difference in other areas and not just through sport. You will be able to participate in the following projects:

Family Support

Build / paint / refurbish schools and clinics

Home Based Care / Farming

Maramba Old People's Home

Reading / Art / Adult Literacy Club

Study Group

Family Support

Livingstone, Sports, Coaching, Development, Community, Volunteering.