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COMMUNITY& SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

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TANZANIA Social work Social work Fixed dates

About the project

COMMUNITY& SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

UVIKIUTA

💼 What the programme involves

Project Description: The project is organised in Partnership with the department of Youth development in Zanzibar It aims to ccontribute to the empowerment of young women and women through improved educational facilities. Poor education facilities including the learning environment has been one of the factors contributing to poor performance hence hinder the possibility of managing development challenges like unequal rights, a lack of awareness of rights, low literacy rates, dependency, limited access to education and opportunities to earn a living, and poverty. Your time, skills, and ideas can help to build solidarity and support for young women and men in their pursuit of healthy and sustainable livelihoods. - Type of Work: Volunteers will be involved in renovation of school buildings and painting. In supporting of the greening school campaign volunteers will participate as well to provide garbage separation facilities and composting. Depending on the weather; volunteers will also plant trees and beautification activities in the school. - Educational Activities: Study tours and Workshops will be organized to provide an opportunity for the volunteers to gain knowledge relevant to enhance their understanding of social, political and economic realities of the local community. Volunteers are encouraged to be prepared to participate or to facilitate educational activities based on the project theme. Possible topics are unequal rights, literacy, dependency, limited access to and poverty.

🏠 Accommodation on site

In communal residential house within the community. Running water and flushing toilets will be available. Electricity is also available though not reliable. Depending on the number of volunteers and final hosting arrangements; volunteers might also hosted in the host families within the community. In case of staying in communal residential house UVIKIUTA will provide full time kitchen staff to manage meals, however volunteers will be helping. - Leisure: Eastern and Coastal zone of Tanzania offers a variety of leisure activities. You may wish to arrive earlier or stay longer after the project since there is a lot of natural an cultural attractions. Possibilities for your week ends and free time while in the project could be; Overnight in Bagamoyo historical town for swimming, cultural and eco-tourism, Tour Kilwa town (0ne of the Unesco's heritage site), wild life safari to Mikumi National Park, overnight in Zanzibar with other more possibilities.. On request we can provide some suggested prices and you could make your reservation well in advance.

📍 About the location

The Work camp will take place in Kibiti, Coast Region about 130km South of Dar es salaam along Kilwa road highway to Mozambique.

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📅 Available sessions

TZ.UV.1607

17/03/2016 → 02/04/2016

Closed
Volunteers registered 3 / 10
♂ 0/5 ♀ 3/5

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

250.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

TANZANIA

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Tanzanian Shilling (TZS / Sh)

Exchange rate

1 TZS = 0.000339 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Swahili