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Sports Coaching and Community Work, Zambia ‘Mosi-oa-tunya’ - The Smoke That Thunders... this is how the locals refer to the magnificent spray that is elevated above the Victoria Falls. Against this backdrop we find the town of Livingstone, Zambia’s tourist mecca and the “adventure capital of Africa”. In this impressing setting, we offer you the opportunity to get involved in an amazing sports coaching and development project, and to make a positive impact on the local community. Sports Coaching - Teaching Sports and Community Work, Livingstone, Victoria Falls - Volunteer Project in Zambia, Livingstone Location Livingstone, Zambia – a stone’s throw away from the Victoria Falls (6km) Project Length 2 weeks - 8 weeks Age Limit Minimum 17 years - Maximum 40 years Project Fee £745 / $1490 / €970 (2 weeks) £1195 / $2390 / €1555 (4 weeks) £1845 / $2395 / €3690 (8 weeks) We are currently offering a "Special Offer" during the months of October 2009 - January 2010 on this project! Volunteer Project Information The following links will jump you to different sections on this page, which provide all the information you will need for this Africa volunteer project: Sports Coaching - Teaching Sports and Community Work, Livingstone, Victoria Falls, Zambia. » photo gallery | » more about this project | » volunteer & travel highlights » project fee includes & excludes | » day in the life of a volunteer... » volunteer support & orientation | » accommodation & meals | » getting there Photos Zambia Photos of Sports Coaching - Teaching Sports and Community Work, Livingstone, Victoria Falls in Africa.   More about the Sports Coaching and Community Work in Zambia Sports and Soccer Volunteers spend their time training, guiding and working with soccer teams in Livingstone community. We believe sport is an essential and effective tool to teach about various subjects such as HIV, Nutrition and a Healthy Lifestyle. You do not need to be qualified for our sports project, you just need the desire to impact! Coaching the Coaches - A project set up in order to provide Livingstone with more coaches and improve the skills and knowledge of the leagues coaches. This sustainable project is successful as, as a volunteer, not only will you be able to leave your mark in Zambia, by leaving Livingstone knowing you have given someone a skill and an interest to improve themselves further, but they can continue with the knowledge you imparted coaching others. You will also learn a vast amount from the coaches about training and teaching and coaching in Zambia. Training the Team - African Impact manages the training of an under 11s to under 16's team (U10 and U21) in Livingstone. This team has been established for a long time and has been trained by African Impact since 2008. This team is an all boys community team (we also have girls football and netball) – 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. Teaching within Schools - As an African Impact volunteer, you will spend your mornings assisting in a community school classroom. While the teacher is in front of the class teaching, it is extremely valuable to have a teaching assistant who can go around and help individual children with their assignments. Since classes are usually very large, the pupils do not often get this individual attention, so any extra attention they receive is highly appreciated. HIV Education in sport- As a volunteer you will spend one afternoon a week traveling to different community teams (there are more than 12 connected to African Impact) to hold an HIV in sport workshop. This will involve HIV relay games, team building games, question time and football matchs. By using your skills as a sports coach you have the chance to enlighten youths in HIV awarness. Particularly for the young boys; kinisthetic learning methods is a highly effective teaching technique and is something youths rarely receive at school. 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! Please Note: Swimming may be a difficult sport to coach in Livingstone. 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 choose between the following projects: Reading Club The reading clubs were set up in order to try to give children within community Schools individual attention to improve their general reading and English skills. Build and Paint Schools Schools in Livingstone deal with a great shortage of classrooms, as a result of which most children do not receive the full day of class they need. With the help and guidance of professional builders, we are building new classrooms for as many schools as possible. As a volunteer, you will help with mixing cement, laying bricks, laying floors, plastering walls, and painting. It is hard, but highly rewarding work! In addition, we refurbish and paint existing classrooms. Home Based Care Project/Farming The Maramba Home Based Care Project is run by a group of 30 local women who are all volunteers. The women spend each morning visiting patients in different 'zones' in the local community. The patients generally have HIV, TB and Malaria and often cannot afford to go the clinic or hospital. As well as bringing food and medical supplies, the patients are given advice on nutrition and the correct way to take their medication. The support group also sometimes cooks and cleans for patients who have no family. The women have their own land that they use to farm for the purpose of raising money for the project, which they then spend on food and medical supplies for the patients that they support and visit. As a volunteer, you have the opportunity to join the women on their visits to patients in the community, and contribute to the help they offer. In addition, you will help the women out with the farming. Volunteers are involved in this programme from Mondays-Thursdays. We also work with the Linda Home Based Care programme on Mondays and Thursdays. HIV Education – Awareness Affects Everyone Within the Zambian population, a minimum of one out of every six people are living with the HIV virus. Livingstone has one of the highest populations in Zambia of HIV-infected people. The HIV Education course is run by African Impact volunteers and aims to significantly reduce new incidence of HIV in the community. It aims to encourage those who have not yet been tested to find out their HIV status and to provide information on available treatment options. Elephant Pepper Project Please note that this project is seasonal. The Elephant Pepper Development Trust is an organisation that aims to reduce the conflict between farmers and elephants. Particularly in the dry season, elephants raid people’s crops, which often causes farmers to lose their whole year’s income in one night. The elephants are often shot as a result. To save the lives of both people and elephants, the Elephant Pepper Trust has developed ways to use chilli pepper plants to keep elephants away from people’s land, as the animals don’t like the taste and smell of chilli. The project gives farmers free seedlings and explains to them how to use the peppers. Moreover, Elephant Pepper buys the surplus of the chilli peppers back from the farmers, which gives the farmers a good extra income. As a volunteer, you will be involved in the project by helping build green houses for the seedlings, setting up demonstration sites around town, and building shops where women can come and sell their peppers. From April 2008 to May 2009 African Impact volunteers contributed over 35100 hours to community development on our volunteer projects in Livingstone – Medical, Teaching and Sports projects. 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. Our volunteers are taking P.E. Lessons at Dambwa Christian Community school which the children are really enjoying. We have also been assisting with coaching teams at David Livingstone and Mwandi Community School. With our HIVES project, using games we make it easy to talk about issues like AIDS, HIV, sex and Contraception. Talking about these subjects, improves the knowledge on both advantages and disadvantages of sex and how someone can protect himself from sexually transmitted diseases like HIV. » back to top Sports Coaching and Community Work, Livingstone - Highlights This volunteer project in Africa includes: Sports Coaching - Teaching Sports and Community Work, Livingstone, Victoria Falls • Coach very excited and often-talented children in sports and games with an emphasis on football (soccer) at local schools and orphanages. • Coach and facilitate operations at our high-performance academy, to which the most talented children are invited for extra attention and skills development. • Help build and paint schools and orphanages • Visit the Victoria Falls and enjoy some of the amazing tourist activities that Livingstone has to offer, including Bungee Jumping, White Water Rafting on the Zambezi, Helicopter Flights over the Falls, Zambezi River Cruises; visits to Botswana’s Chobe National Park to experience Africa’s highest density of elephants and weekend excursions across to Zimbabwe Zambia Travel Highlights These are not included in your volunteering fee, but our project managers are able to assist you with making the necessary booking arrangements. Guideline prices for the most popular activities: • Dinner/Sunset cruise on the Zambezi River: USD 35-45 • The world’s most exciting white water rafting on the Zambezi River. USD 110 half day. • Bungee jumping and gorge swings over the Batoka Gorge which the water cascades into below the Falls. Bungee Jump: USD 90 per jump. Gorge swing: USD 90 half day activities. • Helicopter Ride over the Falls: USD 90 for 15mins. • Microlight Flight over the Falls: USD 85 for 15mins. • Elephant back safaris. • Canoeing Safaris on the Zambezi River above the Falls with experienced guides. • Game drives in Zambia’s Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park or neighbouring Botswana’s Chobe National Park. » back to top Project Fee Includes • Project Fee: this entails financing that goes directly back into the project that you are involved with. This project fee facilitates funding for items such as coaching materials and equipment, building materials, etc • Supervision and training from a professional soccer coach • All airport transfers from Livingstone International Airport upon your arrival and departure • 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 • Full support from African Impact and your project managers throughout your time on your Livingstone placement Project Fee Excludes • Personal travel insurance for the duration of your placement, which must include cover for repatriation • All transport by air or bus to Livingstone • All items of a personal nature, such as curios, gifts, clothing (work and other) • Email/Internet and telephone calls • Soft drinks, wines an spirits • All visas for border crossings • Any excursions over and above your planned itinerary in Zambia e.g. visit to the Victoria Falls, white water rafting, etc » back to top Day in the life... This is a typical day in the life of a volunteer working on the Sports Coaching and Community Work project: 0700 - Its rise and shine and time for breakfast. The volunteers also spend some time preparing for the day, ensuring they have everything they need for the day. 0745 - Off to work. The volunteer arrives at their assigned school and class and after saying hello to all the children, its time to get down to some work. The children usually have half hour lessons, social studies, maths, science and English. Why not join in on their local language lesson and learn some Njanja yourself? The sports volunteers can also be involved within the P.E. lessons at their school. If a volunteer would like to incorporate some specialist sports then we can host this during the mornings. There are also opportunites to work on our community projects in the mornings. 1130 - You will be picked up from your project and be taken back to the house for lunch. 1200 - Lunch. 1330 - Planning Session – You are given this time to prepare for your afternoon training session. This may mean drawing up training plans, researching new techniques or practising some skills. 1500 - Depart for your afternoon and its time for team training or a coach a coach session. You will have planned your session earlier and will be training the team for the weekend’s match, or running through drills with the other coaches. Have a specialist skill? Why not host a one-off session of your sport with the coaches? If not, listen and learn as they teach you their tips and hints of training a Zambian team, and guide and assist as you exchange ideas and skills. One afternoon a week you will be helping on one of our community projects such as an art club, HIV education, life skills workshop, sports club, reading club, as well as building, painting or farming. 1700 - You will arrive back to the house for supper after your projects. Your evening is free, so why not treat yourself to a meal out, or simply sit enjoy a beer in front of the TV whilst planning for the next day. Time Off Volunteers on our Sports and soccer project work Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. You will have Friday morning and Sunday off. If a volunteer wishes to have more time off to go on excursions or if you are tired, your coordinating team will be very accommodating as long as you give them notice. Your working day starts at 0730 and finishes at 1700. You have an hour lunch break between 1200 and 1300. » back to top Volunteer Support Throughout your placement you will have the support and guidance of our experienced volunteer coordinators. They are part of our greater African Impact support team, which will provide you with competent 24-hour field support and assistance. Volunteer Orientation Upon arrival in Livingstone all volunteers are involved in comprehensive orientation programme, which is included in your fee. This is facilitated by your project volunteer coordinator and entails: • An introduction to the town of Livingstone and surrounding areas • An introduction to our projects. Not only will you see where you will be working, you will also see where your fellow volunteers will be spending their days • An experienced clinical assistant will give you a detailed briefing on common diseases in the area, working methods in the clinics, and safety precautions for working in the clinics. This is to ensure that you will start your work at the clinic in a well-prepared and safe way. » back to top Accommodation We have a large homestead (which is actually 3 separate houses on the same plot of land) approximately 5 minute walk away from the town centre. This house includes a bar and a lounge area where you are welcome to relax and have a well-deserved drink at the end of the day. The bedrooms are shared with a maximum of 4 people in one room. The house is very comfortable and staffed with a cook and laundry / cleaning ladies. The House has a large living and dining area where your volunteer meetings will be held, several bathrooms, a large garden, a safe for your valuables, and a satellite TV. All bedding is provided, so you will not need to bring a sleeping bag with you. Though sometimes it is useful in the colder months (June – September). All meals, laundry and transportation to and from your projects will be provided and organised by your volunteer co-ordinator. The house is pet free. You will need to bring your own mosquito nets. Please Note: We find that volunteers living together and working closely together with their volunteer co-ordinators is the surest way of guaranteeing their safety and being able to attend to their most pressing needs. For this reason we expect all volunteers to stay only in the accommodation provided for them and do not allow volunteers to spend nights away in the town or nearby villages, unless they are away on pre-arranged sightseeing excursions. Meals You will be provided with three meals a day. Breakfast is on a help-yourself basis and usually consists of cereals/porridge, toast, tea and coffee. Lunch and dinner are full meals, and will be cooked for you by one of our chefs at your volunteer house. » back to top Getting There Livingstone, Zambia – a stone’s throw away from the Victoria Falls (6km). Our destination manager will assist you with the procedures and we will meet you at the airport in Livingstone!! • Lusaka: fly into Zambia’s capital city and then transfer to Livingstone by bus (approx 5 hours) or by means of a flight with Zambia Airways (these flights take place approximately 3 times per week). The bus transfer will cost you approximately US$20. • Livingstone: Fly to Johannesburg in South Africa and then connect to Livingstone, or the above option of connecting from Lusaka. » back to top Make an Enquiry Volunteer Project in Zambia - Sports Coaching - Teaching Sports and Community Work, Livingstone, Victoria Falls     print this page | bookmark this page (CTRL-D) | send to a friend back to top