Community Gardening Program
Code: 0a2f1383-cea0-11e6-94e4-0242ac110068 Copied
About the project
Community Gardening Program
📝 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
Contribute to improving the well-being of community OVC through increasing their access to food by establishing a productive vegetable gardens in Itereleng Informal Settlement.
The work camp activities will be digging up and making food gardens for the local community. We will clear up marked arable land and plant food plants such as tomatoes, onions, carrots etc and be able to do such community gardens to disadvantaged members of the community such as orphans and old peoples’ homes.
The work will be conducted in groups which will be given proper training from qualified people what we will expect from volunteers. Equipment and tools will be provided but we encourage volunteers to bring their own working gloves and comfortable working shoes for the work camp.
🏠 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)
📍 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
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
- 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.
What to bring :
Warm clothes, Sleeping bag, sun cream, mosquito spray/lotion, sandals, working gloves and closed 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;
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
SAVWA 0027
07/11/2017 → 20/11/2017
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
Mabopane, 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