📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The need for families, parents, young adults, couples with or without their kids to have an opportunity to participate in a voluntary service has been a long time request and desire. This Workcamp is very unique and the only one in the projects cycle of AI-Tanzania. After working on social inclusion program last year where senior and family volunteers get involved, participating volunteers mostly families where very happy about the experience and become more convinced to organize this special project this year.
The volunteers are expected to join their local counterparts and activate the spirit of volunteerism through working together, interaction, experience sharing etc. The project aims to contribute to the environmental conservation and sustainability around Mount Kilimanjaro as well cross cultural understanding. taking steps towards bridging the gap between people and cultures and making the world less painful, a better and more peaceful place for everybody to live.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will participate in a number of activities in the community including:-
Walking and exploration of indigenous communities living on the sloops of Mount Kilimanjaro National park. (Introduction to issues around globalization, environment and tourism and its impact on local economy and cultures)
Swahili language class, arts and music; Home stay and cultural experience (Be a grandchild, child, sister or brother, father or a Mother for a short period)
Tree planting and environmental education awareness; Renewable energy (construction and installation of demonstration energy saver stoves- the stoves are designed in a very simple technology and will be installed in few homes as a demonstration for the community to adapt)
Different activities aiming to promote healthy life styles (producing eating organic, sports etc.) will be organized.
Note: Special program will be organized for locals and International kids joining the project.
The study part will be divided in three folds:-
the big picture to understand why do we need to be developing sustainable communities, listening to nature and celebrating life
Ecological:- bioregionalism, local food and organic farming; Social:-community living, diversity and building communication skills
Economic:-understanding the global versus local argument, analysing ecological footprint. This will be in a form of workshops, debate and educational tours.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will share simple rooms at the communal house in the community. Running water and electricity will be available. The accommodation facility is located in a very strategic point where you can view the highest Mountain in Africa; Mt.Kilimanjaro. AI kitchen volunteer will be available throughout the project to provide support needed and manage the kitchen. Meals are mostly organic both vegetarian and non-vegetarian.
📍 About the location
Msae is one of the communities located along the sloops of Mt. Kilimanjaro in the Northern Tanzania. It is high density community; people are mostly engaged in coffee and Banana farming, dairy farming and business. The community is located about 45km from the town Centre (Moshi) and accessible by private and public transport. Having sharing boarder with Kilimanjaro National Park, the landscape is ever green throughout the year.
Northern Tanzania is considered to be the capital of natural and all tourist attraction in East Africa. Marangu itself offers variety of eco and cultural tourism attractions including Hiking/Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. Other options are Wildlife safari to a good number of famous National Parks in the regions that includes Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara, and Tarangire among many others.
ℹ️ Additional information
We are non-profit organization with no funding from either International voluntary Projects, The State or from the local authorities. In this regard volunteers are requested to contribute a participation fee of 250 to be paid in Cash on arrival. This fee does cover the cost of airport pickups and orientation on arrival, food and accommodation during the project, project materials, other resources when needed and general running cost of the program. Participation fee does not cover the cost of medical services; all types of insurances, Business visa, and airport drop off on departure date, pocket money, free/leisure activities and other personal expenses.