📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Mission
The South Africa Volunteer Work Camp Association (SAVWA) will contribute towards the development of South African communities both urban and rural through local, national, regional and international volunteers to work together towards the cultural, economic, socio-political well-being of young people and marginalised persons or groups through empowerment work camps programs and promotion of sustainable development.
The South Africa Volunteer Work Camp Association shall work and collaborate with other Volunteer driven organisation, Regional Work Camp Associations, and organisations.
Aims and Objectives
To conduct voluntary based work camps and community driven development programmes in South Africa nationally throughout the year and regional and internationally throughout the world participation.
To conduct capacity building training and skills development for young people.
To facilitate youth exchange for volunteers North to South, South to North, and South to South volunteer driven work camps exchanges and developmental programmes.
To establish a volunteer work camp site in South Africa self-sustaining and youth oriented establishment.
Activities
Since its inception in 2012, SAVWA is looking to carry out projects in various communities of South Africa in the following categories:
Construction: Roads and foot-bridges, low income housing, schools, clinics, churches and community center’s
Renovation: Royal buildings, archeological and historical sites.
Environmental: Soil and water conservation, tree planting
Health: Water supply, pit latrines, HIV/AIDS awareness and mitigation
Economic: Poultry, piggery and irrigation schemes, communal and home gardens and other income generating enterprises.
💼 What the programme involves
Contribute to improving the well-being of community OVC through increasing their access to food by establishing a productive vegetable gardens in Mabopane.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation will be in dorms at the project center and venue still to be confirmed. Participants will be required to bring their own sleeping bags. The accommodation has a simple bathroom with shower and there is running water. The accommodation and work place have flushing toilets and do have electricity but should expect normal power cuts lasting to 4 hours on various time slots in the week. (Not every day)
🎒 Leisure activities
Weekends are meant to be for free tours that the group can organize by themselves. All our work camps are reserved for cultural nights when each volunteer can present her/his country and culture.
⚠️ Requirements
Qualification of participants: - Open minded, ready to interact with other people of different cultural background - Positive attitude - Willing to share his/her experiences - Flexible to live/stay in simple living conditions - Flexible to eat local food - Ready to do heavy manual work on the project and No experience needed
ℹ️ Additional information
The work camp participation fee is strictly Euro 200 and this covers simple accommodation, food and project expenses during the camp. Please note that this does not include travel expenses to and from the camp, so participants are asked to reserve a small amount of money for transport to the camp and vice-verse. We advise all volunteers to ask for advice from us when they are planning to book their ticket to Pretoria.