Volunteer Teaching & Community Project In Zanzibar Sustainability

Volunteer Teaching & Community Project In Zanzibar

For the past few years African Impact volunteers have contributed over 13850 hours to community development in the Jambiani community in Zanzibar. Our project structures, together with the support and advice of our charitable foundation team at The Happy Africa Foundation, are continuously assessing our work and project strategies to ensure that these hours are meaningful with measurable outcomes.

 

During this period we have completed the painting of all classrooms and blackboards at Jambiani High School (approx. 20 classrooms).  At the end of October 2009 we commenced a special educational needs implementation plan within Jambinani High School, working with 2 blind children, 2 children with learning disabilities and 1 child with hearing disability - we are currently working with these children and the teachers every morning.  We are currently setting up a youth football team of 22 teenage boys - the aim to give them a common goal, team work, social skills/awareness and a purpose, plus they must attend 2 evening English classes with our volunteers per week.  

 

In October 2009, we held a small sports day event between 2 nursery schools - Sirajati v Ibrahim Milaat, it was a great success with 80 children taking part, plus the school teachers!  We now have a very good relationship with the local volunteer teachers at Siragati Nursery School and have started a programme of teaching the teachers English each morning - a very rewarding role, as this will empower these teachers to continue and build on our English classes with the children.  Our volunteers designed and made good the play area at Sirajati Nursery School, and dug a shamba on the school grounds so the teachers could grow fruit to sell for school funds and an area for each child to grow their own plant/fruit.