Hillside Dams Conservancy

Name: Hillside Dams Conservancy
Start: 2025-04-01
End: 2027-07-04
Location: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe Youth activities Archaeology Environment Youth activities Archaeology +1 Permanent

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Lying within the Bulawayo City boundary, Hillside Dams Conservancy's natural vegetation is still largely intact and includes a wide range of species and a diverse bird life. As a community-oriented project the area has been leased by a group of local residents with the aim of restoring it to being once again one of the prime recreational venues in Bulawayo, to be enjoyed by all of its residents. (www.hillsidedams.com)

💼 What the programme involves

The volunteer at Hillside Dams Conservancy will be expected to support in the following key result areas: • Eradicate invasive vegetation in the dried riverbed to allow free flow. • Design and dig a drainage system to direct water flow into the river. • Harvest water during rainy seasons, ensuring a consistent supply. Objectives: ï© Enhanced ecosystem services and biodiversity. ï© Improve water quality and quantity ï© Enhance the scenery and landscape of the conservancy ï© Forster community engagement and environmental awareness. Volunteers will also contribute to process of Ecosystem Restoration through o Mechanical vegetation eradication and habitat restoration o Drain design and construction o Contribute expertise and any other resources at your disposal

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated at the camping site. Volunteers should bring their own camping tent, sleeping bag and a small mattress. Running water is available, Water system toilets showers are available.

🍲 Food

Food: Basic meals will be provided from what is locally available in the local community. Volunteers are therefore advised to be flexible and open-minded. This will make it easy for them to negotiate their entry into the community.

📍 About the location

Bulawayo is the cultural and leisure hub of the country, a lot to do and to see

⚠️ Requirements

No special skills are required in this program. Basically, passion and commitment are all volunteers require to take part in this program. Development Practitioners are most welcome to this project. Volunteers with other ideas to share are most welcome.

ℹ️ Additional information

: Participants work around 8 hours a day from Monday to Friday. The lion's share of our volunteer placements does not require volunteers to work on public holidays and weekends, unless highlighted or in the event of the need arising from the project.

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📅 Available sessions

ZWA M/LTV023

01/04/2025 at 00:00 → 31/12/2025 at 00:00

Closed

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ZWA M/LTV023AUTO-EXT

01/01/2026 at 00:00 → 02/10/2026 at 00:00

Open

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ZWA M/LTV023AUTO-EXTAUTO-EXT

03/10/2026 at 00:00 → 04/07/2027 at 00:00

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

300.00 EUR

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

📍 Location

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Zimbabwean Dollar (ZWD / Z$)

Exchange rate

1 ZWD = 0.002556 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central Africa Time

Local time: 20:55 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English