Kids’ safer places

Name: Kids’ safer places
Start: 2019-09-01
End: 2019-11-29
Location: Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA

Code: 030be070319e4ff3afa43f3b3a8d06ce Copied

TANZANIA Education Children Social work Teenagers Education Children +2 Permanent

About the project

Kids’ safer places

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

In every country Tanzania included there are unfortunately many children who have been abandoned to their own luck, Orphans, born in homes with no love, abused, or suffer poverty and sickness. These children need a loving heart, attention, education and friends who can help them find a better life full of opportunities, be successful and most important have happiness life. Child’s Safer place is a project aiming to increase the overall well being of the children in the community through various approaches. Teams of past volunteers have been here spending quality one-on-one time with children and teenagers giving them love and attention they need at least after school hours when parents are busy to sustain their livelihoods. The end results of this process is to create a safer place for kids hence building a good future for them. The project is focusing Children from the age of 6 to 14 years (Mostly kindergarten and Primary school children)

💼 What the programme involves

Activities of this project will take place after school hours. On Saturdays and school holidays Kids and teens will join the activities in the morning. Activities includes:-  Academic development: Provide support to the kids/Teens after school hours especially on Mathematics, Language (English) and Science subjects depending on their age and levels.  Social Skills: To train kids to understand basic social skills that will help them to interact well with other people, manner etc.  Extracurricular activities: Organize activities which will help the kids to relax after long days of studies. This may include games, sports, Arts, Craft, Music classes, Movie/ cartoon watching etc.  Week end excursions: Once in a while organize education tours/ trips, recreational trips for kids from disadvantaged families in the community to fill equal as others.  Kids with special needs: Visiting various institution working with children with special needs to provide support they may need. This includes orphanages, education facilities, local CBO/NGOs etc.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will be accommodated in the host families located in an eco-village. There are standard houses with three bedrooms, living room and kitchen. The houses are surrounded by nature and green vegetation. Basic accommodation facilities will be provided, and you should expect to share room with either host family members or other volunteers from the same or other projects. Depending on the availability of host families; volunteers shall expect to stay as well at the Youth accommodation with thin the community. Three meals will be provided to the volunteers either at the accommodation or work placement. Vegetarian meals will be available.

📍 About the location

Vigoa community is very small and you might not be able to find it in a google map. However Vigoa is located very close to Azam sports complex. It is about 35km from Dar es Salaam International airport and the community is very accessible. A good number of social services are available including mobile phone signals, Police station, shopping centers, Pubs, Banking facilitates etc. All this makes the community attractive to live for people who are commuting to Dar es salaam city center for work every day.

🎒 Leisure activities

Public holidays and Sundays will be free for volunteers to do their personal activities including exploring what the region offer in terms of cultural and natural attractions. Possibilities are:-  Exploring Zanzibar historical, natural and cultural sites. These include museums, local markets, stone town etc. Enjoy wildlife and marine life. Jozani forest National Park, Blue safaris swimming, tour to small islands, variety of water sports, spice tour among many other options.  Near Dar es Salam possibilities could be; wildlife safari trips, Marine excursions (Mingoyo Islands) eco and cultural tourism activities, Bagamoyo or Kilwa, Dar es Salaam tour (Beach, Museums, and Markets).

⚠️ Requirements

Potential volunteer for this project is expected to have the following listed qualities:-  Interest to work with children  Open minded and ready to be challenged  Interested in other cultures and local realities  Patient and committed  Creative and easy to adopt to the situations  Able to work under less supervision and minimum resources  Have a skills and knowledge on the subjects wishing to teach  Have English language skills and an interest to learn the local Language (Kiswahili). Optional language classes will be provided.

ℹ️ Additional information

 Availability and duration: This project is open and available throughout the year for the minimum duration of one month and three months maximum. Arrival dates throughout the year are indicated on the top page table.  Arrival: Volunteers can only arrive in the project only on the first Sunday of the month.  Departure: In any case, volunteer should plan to depart on the Saturday of their last week in the program before 09.00am.

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📅 Available sessions

UV.MTV-02

01/09/2019 → 29/11/2019

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

16–65 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

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

TANZANIA

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Tanzanian Shilling (TZS / Sh)

Exchange rate

1 TZS = 0.000339 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

East Africa Time

Local time: 21:06 (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 Swahili