PDS Camp to Support Sustainable Rural Communities

• Duration: 2 weeks
• Dates: January 25th, 2021 – February 7th, 2021
• Arrival: Karume International Airport, Zanzibar/Zanzibar Seaport
• Working Days: Monday – Friday (5 days a week); 6-7 hours/day
• Weekend for travel and touristic tours (4 tours included in the cost) : Safari Blue, Prison Island Tour, Spice Tour, Sunset Tour

The project is divided into 2 major parts and the participants have to choose one of them, BUT they will be allowed to be involved with both parts.

Note: Participants shall be required to provide a small contribution on buying local materials to support those programs. This contribution will be including in the cost.

1ST PART: Youth empowerment in sustainable development
Depending on the skills/interests; participants are expected to be involved in any of the following activities:

• Production: Volunteers will either train, learn or/and join local community members in production process of a variety of items (homemade soap, clothes making, homemade jam, homemade hot sauce etc…) using local available resources and other woman programs (make-up, painting henna, cake decoration etc…);
• Sports and bonanza activities: Volunteers will work in collaboration with the PDS team to organize sports and other activities for the community members.
• Participating in the establishment/management of the tree nursery;
• Maintenance of the organic vegetable garden (composting activities, education…).
• Organizing educational activities on sustainable living & healthy eating;
• Social inclusion: Participants will work with the PDS team to help in environmental cleaning and to provide environmental skills to the community around.
• PDS Graduation Ceremony. Participants shall have opportunity to join our students celebrating major milestone in their life journey. 100 students shall graduate from different skills program and ready to start their own business.

2ND PART: Developing child creativity

Through this 2-weeks camp, we will not only make a brighter future possible, but we will also create a positive ripple effect on kids' communities by providing them with empowerment programs that build leadership, teamwork and confidence.

To make the journey out of poverty, kids first need to believe that escaping is possible and that they have power over their future. With your help in this camp, you will open the door of overcoming disillusionment for kids and you will help them to become empowered citizens with effective life skills – skills that have a real impact on tackling poverty in their communities.

Participants are expected to interact with children from the age of 4 to 12 years old in the outlined activities in the PDS Charity School:

• Assisting local teachers in delivering some subjects like numeric, languages (English & Arabic), life skills etc…;
• Helping the school staff in developing curriculum to meet developmental goals and instructional activities;
  
• Measuring progress and accomplishments of students towards their academic achievements during this 2 weeks-camp and providing reports on how to improve according to your opinion.
  
• Suggesting a variety of learning materials and resources used in educational activities, observing and evaluating student's performance and development;
  
• Keeping updated with developments in subject area, teaching resources and methods and making relevant changes to instructional plans and activities;
  
• Working with other volunteers and PDS members to plan about establishing PDS Primary School. 

Other programs with kids will also be organized:

• Indoor and outdoor games that will stimulate learning. Local games will be introduced as well as foreign ones from the volunteers.
  Note: Please bring new games to share with kids so that at the end of the camp we have learned new games from you.
• PDS got talent program: We will organize talent competition for kids and we will offer gifts for the winners. Participants will be involved in organizing the competition and some participants will even have the chance to be judges.
  
• Physical activities: Action jumping, football, netball etc…