MAGESA Open School in Dar es Salaam
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About the project
MAGESA Open School in Dar es Salaam
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
We are ICYE national committee to Tanzania, our mission is to foster crosscultural understanding and to address the needs of the disadvantaged Tanzanians particularly focus is placed on children and youth in order to raise their socioeconomic standards in life through available resources.
The Board of United Planet Tanzania assure to provide you with a safe learning environment wherein allow you to make a difference on the community you work and to fully experience a world outside the ordinary by feeling like local inhabitant. You will engage deeply with Tanzanians by working and collaborating with local communities and living in host family or project’s house.
💼 What the programme involves
MAGESA Open School is the private educational center focus to ensure that children from the low-income families in Gongo la Mboto county get a chance to enjoy and accessing early-childhood education. Also, the center offers pre-secondary education, English course and life skills for children aged between 10 – 12 years.
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
1. Teach early-childhood education such as painting, drawing, counting, games, singing, swimming and self-reliance.
2. Organize sports and extra activities such as beach trip and tours.
3. Childcare and baby seat
VOLUNTEER’S TASKS
1. Supporting the local teachers with English and child development approaches
2. Teaches kids to count in English, painting, drawing, singing, swimming and self-reliance.
3. Professional teachers can provide further support by training the teaching staff.
4. Organizes sports and games
5. Helping local staffs to prepare home work for the kids
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer stay in a host family that offers a shared room with another sibling sometimes, two meals a day while volunteer can get lunch at the project, and boiled water. Volunteer can walk or take dala-dala (minibus tax) from/to the project.
🍲 Food
The staple diet of Tanzania depends on the region in which you are in. In the north-west regions, the people prefer ugali (hardened mash of mealier meal) as the staple carbohydrate, whilst people in the southwestern regions prefer plantains and rice along the coast.
This is for both people in the rural and urban areas. Usually, the staple is coupled with fish, beef, chicken, goat, or lamb stew with vegetables such as spinach pumpkins and sweet potatoes. Also, chipsi mayai (French Fries in Eggs) is a very popular around the city and favorite food for many girls and women.
Asian food has become a common trend in Tanzania, widening the variety of palatal experience during your stay. With a wide array of fishing bays in the country, Tanzania is home of seafood as well.
Ceremonial occasions are usually riddled with platters of food such as the pilau (spiced rice, potato, and meat) and it is encouraged to feast as much as you can during such ceremonies as leaving hungry is considered an insult to the host according to tradition.
Local beer and spirits delivered from fermented bananas, corn, rice, honey, or sorghum is the common alcoholic beverages found in the country. Konyagi, a gin like spirit, is a more popular spirit brewed for commercial purpose in Tanzania as are a variety of beers and soft drinks.
📍 About the location
🎒 Leisure activities
Tanzania is gifted with the most majestic scenery and breath-taking wildlife. It housed both the highest and lowest points on the continent. Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa while Lake Tanganyika is the deepest lake in Africa. Tanzania also boasts of the Serengeti plains that world to witness the epic journey of the wildebeests.
⚠️ Requirements
This project is suitable to skilled and unskilled volunteer
Are at least 18 years of age at the time of arrival.
Have an advanced knowledge of spoken and written English.
Having previous teaching children or childcare will be an advantage.
ℹ️ Additional information
Six months program is € 1800 and € 3200 for 12 months program. Each additional month is € 300. 1-4 months: 500 € first four weeks, and 75€ for every additional week
This amount covers:
Pick up from the airport
On-arrival training (maximum 3 days)
Meals and accommodation at the host family
Mid-term camp (maximum 5 days)
Final camp (maximum 2 days)
Pocket money
Local transport from/to the project (if needed)
Mentorship and pedagogical support
Administration
The visa status for the LV has been changed. All LT will apply for the residence permit class C-5 that is obtained for a person engaged in non-remunerated activities on voluntary basis/occupational training or internship. The visa costs 250 $ and it is valid for 1 year.
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📅 Available sessions
ICYE-STEPS \ MAGESA Open School – day-care & nursery school
01/03/2023 at 00:00 → 31/12/2024 at 00:00
ICYE-STEPS \ MAGESA Open School – day-care & nursery schoolAUTO-EXTAUTO-EXT
04/11/2026 at 00:00 → 05/09/2028 at 00:00
ICYE/MAGESA
01/01/2023 at 00:00 → 31/12/2024 at 00:00
ICYE-STEPS \ MAGESA Open School – day-care & nursery schoolAUTO-EXT
01/01/2025 at 00:00 → 03/11/2026 at 00:00
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–35 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: 21:28 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken