📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
ICYE Tanzania
💼 What the programme involves
Brief description and main aims
Response to Disable Education and Health Development Foundation is a non-profit organization that aims to provide support to people with disabilities from Arusha. The project was founded in 2012 by Mr Martin K Nyambok and registered as an NGO in 2017.
Mental disability is still a big stigma in the Tanzanian communities and most people with disabilities are affected by extreme poverty due to a lack of education and adequate health treatments.
Response to Disable Education and Health Development Foundation was founded to combat this prejudice by strengthening the entrepreneurship skills of people with disabilities and by raising awareness of disabilities among the local population.
Response to Disable Education and Health Development Foundation’s objective is to ensure that people with disabilities are equipped with quality education and are given appropriate support according to their respective impairments.
Their mission is to empower disabled people in Arusha and to make sure they are guaranteed the same rights as everyone else.
2 members of staff work at the office and they collaborate with local schools and hospitals for the realization of their programs. The project doesn’t have any specific sources of funding, although some occasional private donors have financed the project. --
Volunteer tasks
Volunteers will be able to get involved in several activities depending on their skills, such as:
Supporting the local teachers at government schools with English and other subjects such as Math, Science and ICTs;
Playing with the children;
Helping the kids with their homework;
Doing home visits in the areas around Arusha and speaking to the families of children with disabilities.
Since the project has only recently started, volunteers will have to possibility to shape its foundation and development for the future, thus having a tangible impact on society. Furthermore, teaching disabled children can be tough, but also extremely rewarding
Professional doctors and nurses will follow a different program, as they will volunteer at government hospital and work together with the local team by providing medical treatments for children with disabilities. Extra procedures for the visa will need to be followed.
Working hours:
Start time: 8 am
Break time: 12 pm
End time: 3 pm
🏠 Accommodation on site
Hosting Situation (Board and Lodging)
Volunteers will stay in a hostel near the project site. They will be provided with 2 meals a day, while lunch is given by the project.
More Information : The main challenges to expect are the lack of funds given to the projects and the possible hardship volunteers may encounter at the beginning if they have little or no experience working with disabled people. Volunteers will have to be extra resourceful and proactive in order to be able to work with very little financial support.
By working at Response to Disable Education and Health Development Foundation, volunteers can learn more about the Tanzanian culture and way of living as well as how to be adaptable and proactive.
Volunteers will be using Dar es Salaam international airport and we will arrange the tip to Arusha.
Short-term volunteers will need to pay for their travel from Dar Es Salaam to Arusha by bus, including the transport to the bus station, and for a night in a hotel in Dar before departure. Overall, they will need to
pay an extra 50 Euro.
📍 About the location
Location
The project is located in Arusha, approximately 12 hours by bus from Dar es Salaam or 1 hours by flight. Arusha is located in Northern Tanzania, very close to all the main National Parks (Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire and Lake Manyara). The climate is much colder than in Dar Es Salaam; the city is small, but always full of tourists as all Safaris start from Arusha.
There are plenty of western restaurants and cafes in the town.
Kilimanjaro Mountain, the tallest mountain in Africa, is also easily accessible from Arusha.
ℹ️ Additional information
Participation : 2 semaines à 16 semaines. Frais supplémentaires : 500 pour 4 semaines, 75 pour chaque semaine additionnelle. Le projet est ouvert toute l’année, la date d’arrivée est libre.