International Volunteer Day Month

Name: International Volunteer Day Month
Start: 2018-12-03
End: 2023-12-15
Location: Soshanguve, South Africa

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South Africa Culture Children Social work Study Teenagers Culture Children +3 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Book your tickets to OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa Take the Gautrain from OR Tambo International Airport located upstairs of the Arrival Lounge to Pretoria station. Purchase a train card once you exit the airport to follow online on www.gautrain.co.za This is a world class train safe and reliable. You will change train at Marlboro station take train going towards Pretoria station on Platform A. Once a Pretoria station just wait for SAVWA official to pick you up. Please 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 and let us know of their date of arrival and departure

💼 What the programme involves

Recognition of 5th December (World Volunteer Day) to recognise all the valuable volunteers in our community and organisation at large Volunteer Tasks: The work camp activities will include community work in and around Pretoria and includes working with children and also voluntary services to the community of Soshanguve. We will honour our volunteers for the month with one special day activity dedicated to all volunteers for the year

🏠 Accommodation on site

What to bring: 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; Accommodation: Accommodation will be in a home, Pretoria. 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. Language: The community has multi-cultural people and English is mostly spoken with local languages such as Ndebele, Zulu, and other local languages

📍 About the location

Leisure Activities: The Weekend is meant to be for free tours that the group can organize by themselves at their own expense. 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 - No experience needed at all.

⚠️ Requirements

The work camp participation fee is strictly Euro 260 and this simple accommodation, food and project expenses office running/administrative expenses, certificate of participation during the camp, covers communication prior to, during and after the camp. Please note that this does not include travel expenses to and from the camp, pick up from airport 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

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📷 Project photos

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01/12/2023 → 15/12/2023

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

16–99 years old

Solidarity donation

260.00 EUR

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

📍 Location

Soshanguve, 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

Timezone

South Africa Standard Time

Local time: 21:19 (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 Zulu Xhosa