New BeginningZ

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South Africa Children Social work Children Social work Permanent

About the project

New BeginningZ

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

New BeginningZ has been around since March 2000. The primary focus of this organization is to help orphaned and vulnerable children in need of care and protection. These children are between the ages of 1 and 18.

The programs take place on 3 different levels:
- Residential care: Baby Haven, Angel'z Home
- Non-residential care: new horiZon ECD, youth development, vacation programs, PowerGirls, FrontBall, sports programs, etc.
- Prevention and early intervention: Baby Savers, community awareness and assistance programs, COVID care, vegetable gardens (food security), parenting classes, child protection programs and many more.

Their aim is to implement a series of projects and programs to facilitate the growing need for services to the growing number of abandoned and abused babies, living in precarious conditions.

💼 What the programme involves

The volunteers will have to help the local association in the daily tasks.

The volunteer will have to take care of the meals for the children and the activities. The only task they are not allowed to do is changing diapers and taking the children to the bathroom. They also cannot give medicine to children.

Thus, the volunteers will assist the staff in all tasks related to the children and the residence, from waking up to going to bed.

Volunteers can stop working at 4:30 p.m. They have free choice on their mornings or afternoons of rest.

Weekends are quieter than weekdays but still busy to allow children to have a routine that gives them a sense of security and control. Sometimes other local volunteers help out during the week or at weekends.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer room is located just outside the main building, on the same property. It is located in the same building as the outdoor bathroom and the laundry room, next to the therapy center, and can accommodate a maximum of two volunteers at a time.

🍲 Food

If the volunteer has allergies or a certain diet, she will have to be notified and the meals will be prepared by herself. Volunteers are allowed to smoke in the area provided for this purpose outside.
It should be noted that the meat is Halaal. The volunteer will be able to do her own shopping if she wishes. However, it is forbidden to eat pork on the premises and to drink alcohol.
If the volunteers wish, they can prepare their own meals and snacks either by what is available in the pantry and fridge, or buy their own.
Most meals are prepared by the association cook. Children and staff share the same meals and snacks. The menu is varied, balanced and put together by our partner dieticians.

📍 About the location

Laudium is a neighborhood made up of people of all backgrounds. The city lies between Centurion (where all the shopping malls are) and Pretoria West on one side, and the city of Pretoria on the other.
Any trips Volunteers make are at their own cost and they have to take responsibility for their own safety.
Johannesburg is about an hour's drive away. Two airports are nearby: Oliver Reginald Tambo International Airport, approximately 45 minutes/1 hour depending on time and traffic, and for domestic flights, Lanséria International Airport, a little closer.

🎒 Leisure activities

The cities of Pretoria, Centurion and Johannesburg are accessible by taxi or uber. The volunteer will be able to go there easily during their rest periods, at their own cost and personal safety precautions should be considered.

⚠️ Requirements

The project is only open to women for security measures. Male volunteers will be able to work on the project provided they stay outside the centre.

🤝 Meeting point

Volunteers will be picked up and dropped off at the airport by a member of the organization.

ℹ️ Additional information

The project is accessible all year round for a minimum of one month. The ideal is to go there in summer because the winters are harsh and South Africa does not have indoor heating like USA or Europe.

Participation fee: $150/week.

Accommodation, food, water, electricity and laundry are covered in the participation fee.
It is advisable to buy a local SIM card or mobile data to have a good connection.

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