MWANDALIWA – Education and Childcare

Name: MWANDALIWA – Education and Childcare
Start: 2020-01-15
End: 2028-11-01
Location: Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA

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TANZANIA Education Children Education Children Permanent

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

United Planet Tanzania is a volunteer-powered and non-profit organization which registered under the NGOs Act of 2002 as a Tanzania-based NGO in 2009 with registration number 00NGO/00002914 and became a National Committee of ICYE, a federation-network with over 55 country members in Africa, Latin America, Pacific Asia and Europe; that provides challenging intercultural learning experiences to young people, enhancing their social and personal development through international volunteering program.

💼 What the programme involves

MWANDILIWA is an orphanage that hosts children who lost their parents or were abandoned in the street. The centre provides them with shelter, clothes, health and education at government schools.
The orphanage is home to 72 children from the age of 2 to 18 years; most of them are brought in by social welfare officer.
The orphanage currently runs a pre-school program, but the founders are planning to build a primary and secondary schools as they recognize the importance of investing in education.
The project started in 2002 with 3 children, but it has continued to grow over the years. It was registered as an NGO in 2006 under the Ministry responsible for community development.

Volunteers are welcome to support the orphanage in all areas, depending on their interests and skills, including:
• Childcare;
• Teaching at the pre-school;
• Helping with the preparation of the meals;
• Playing sports and organising games with the kids;
• Supporting the management with accounts and project development.
• Conducting soft skills program such as sexual & reproductive health and life skills.

Daily tasks are flexible. A typical day at MWANDILIWA starts in the morning, when volunteers and staff can teach at the nursery. In the afternoon, volunteers can either play with the orphans or help them with their homework.

Working hours:
• Start time: 9 am
• Break time: flexible
• End time: 4 pm

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers stay at the host family found 2 km from the centre.

🍲 Food

The host families provide 2 meals a day, while lunch is provided at the placement.

📍 About the location

Mbweni, Dar Es Salaam. This area is closed to the ocean, but it is slightly far from the city centre of Dar es Salaam. Kunduchi beaches and Mbudya Island are not far from the centre.

🎒 Leisure activities

Volunteers feel to be part of a family at MWANDALIWA and can make a difference in the children's lives by helping them to get a better education. The main challenge to expect is accepting the hard life that the children at the orphanage have to go through every day; most volunteers get very close to the kids and find it difficult to leave. By working at the orphanage, volunteers will learn not to take life for granted and to be grateful about what they have.

⚠️ Requirements

This project is suitable especially to unskilled volunteers who:
• Are at least 18 years of age at the time of arrival;
• Have a good knowledge of spoken and written English;
• Enjoy spending time with children.

🤝 Meeting point

DAR ES SALAAM

ℹ️ Additional information

Duration : 4 weeks to 6 year

Fees:
4 weeks = 500 €
8 weeks = 800 €
12 weeks = 1100 €
Every additional week = 75 €

Fees include:
• Pick-up and drop off
• Orientation session
• City tour
• Lodging and meals (At the host family)
• Mentorship
• Welcoming & send-off dinner
• Evaluation camp
• Pocket money
• Local transport (Daladala from/to the project).

ATM is available in this area. Local transport can be used to reach more central areas of Dar Es Salaam.
A big supermarket is located on the way to the project.
Volunteers can bring toys, clothes and books for the children.