📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
South Africa Volunteer Work Camp Association and local community partners
💼 What the programme involves
Empowering volunteers with Leadership and Community development skills. An intensive work camp programme with lots of work involved and involvement of volunteers in activities in Pretoria
Participants will get first hand leadership and community development skills training and be able to implement these skills in different areas of their work camp period and even when they return to their respective homes.
The activities include full week training in Pretoria, where there will be fully trained lecturers who will give participants activities to conduct. The training will also include on hands activities which will involve the volunteers conducting voluntary services in less developed areas in Johannesburg. Training starts at 9am until 4 pm and breaks in between will be accommodated.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation will be in a hall and venue still to be confirmed both in Pretoria. Participants will be required to bring their own sleeping bags. The accommodation has a simple bathroom with shower and there is running water. The accommodation and work place have flushing toilets and do have electricity.
Food there are local prepared food and volunteers are encouraged to bring their country receips and delicates to share with the group
📍 About the location
The community has multi-cultural people and English is mostly spoken with local languages such as Ndebele, Zulu, and other local languages
Leisure Activities: The Weekend is meant to be for free tours that the group can organize by themselves. All our work camps are reserved for cultural nights when each volunteer can present her/his country and culture.
Requirements: Qualification of participants: Open minded, ready to interact with other people of different cultural background - Positive attitude - Willing to share his/her experiences - Flexible to live/stay in simple living conditions - Flexible to eat local food - No experience needed at all. Willingness to guide students especially in cultural and arts activities Weekend will have excursions with volunteers to different areas of Pretoria.
⚠️ Requirements
The work camp participation fee is strictly Euro 220 and this covers simple accommodation, food and project expenses office running/administrative expenses, certificate of participation during the camp, communication prior to, during and after the camp. Please note that this does not include travel expenses to and from the camp, pick up from airport so participants are asked to reserve a small amount of money for transport to the camp and vice-verse. We advise all volunteers to ask for advice from us when they are planning to book their ticket to Pretoria.