BUILDING PROJECT
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About the project
BUILDING PROJECT
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Vision :
To be a community based, volunteer
membership driven, people focused, self-sustaining and development oriented
organisation which is youth centered and gender sensitive.
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 marginalized 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. South Africa Volunteer Work Camp Association is a member of Southern African Voluntary Network, Partner with Service Civil International (SCI) and Full member of Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS).
Aims and Objectives :
- To
conduct voluntary based work camps and community driven development programs
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 programs.
- To establish a volunteer work camp site in South Africa self-sustaining and youth oriented establishment.
💼 What the programme involves
We hope to help in a building project for a community center which will cater for elderly and children in the community. This center will provide shelter and also other community activities in Hammanskral. We hope to finish at least four rooms with assistance from community members and well-wishers to the project.
Volunteers and community members will give support and guide community work and building such as mixing cement and brick layering. This is an exciting project as we hope to bring some change especially for the elderly and the children. Volunteers have opportunity to work with different communities and interact with children after school.
An international work camps consists of
volunteers from different races, nationalities and other backgrounds although
local volunteers are usually in the majority; the latter are made up of two
groups namely SAVWA members and local community members.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation will be in a house and venue still to be confirmed both in Mabopane. 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).
📍 About the location
The community has multi-cultural people and English is mostly spoken with local languages such as Sotho, Zulu, and Tshwana to name a few.
🎒 Leisure activities
The Weekend is 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 academic work on the project and No experience needed at all. Some weekends may have excursions with students to different areas of Pretoria.
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.
What to bring :
Sleeping bag, sun cream, mosquito spray/lotion, sandals, shoes are advisable. Rain coat, light working clothes during working hours and warm clothes at night, as it may turn out to be chilly; Torch or flash light and books and stationery for the children even sporting equipment such as soccer balls etc and board games.
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
SAVWA 0019
06/03/2017 → 27/03/2017
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
200.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Hammanskraal, South Africa
South Africa
🌍 Location info
Local currency
South Africa Rand (ZAR / R)
Exchange rate
1 ZAR = 0.054452 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🗣️ Languages spoken