SAVWA Tswaing Crater Work Camp

Name: SAVWA Tswaing Crater Work Camp
Start: 2020-11-02
End: 2020-11-12
Location: Soshanguve, South Africa

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South Africa Archaeology Art Education Teenagers Archaeology Art +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

South Africa Volunteer Work Camp Association

💼 What the programme involves

Building a strong cultural identity, common heritage, shared values and ethics with youth driven and African history celebration

Volunteer Tasks: The Heritage Month celebration will require volunteers to be involved in arts and cultural activities such as learning local South African arts and cultural activities and sharing their own cultural and values from their respective countries.. Volunteers will work in groups and will be able to share each day and cook their local traditional food and teach children cultural and artistic activities and games. This is an exciting project as volunteers have opportunity to work with different communities and interact with children in cultural and arts activities in the community.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation: 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: volunteers will prepare their own meals at project site.

📍 About the location

Soshanguve, Pretoria

The community has multi-cultural people and English is mostly spoken with local languages such as Ndebele, Zulu, and other local languages

🎒 Leisure activities

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.

Weekend will have excursions with volunteers to different areas of Pretoria.

⚠️ Requirements

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

What to bring: Sleeping bag, sun cream, mosquito spray/lotion, sandals, shoes are advisable. Rain coat, light working clothes during working hours and warm clothes at night, as it may turn out to be chilly; Torch or flash light and arts and cultural items.

ℹ️ Additional information

The work camp participation fee is strictly Euro 230 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.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

SAVWA 0063

02/11/2020 → 12/11/2020

Closed

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

17–99 years old

Solidarity donation

230.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Soshanguve, South Africa

South Africa

🌍 Location info

Local currency

South Africa Rand (ZAR / R)

Exchange rate

1 ZAR = 0.054452 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

South Africa Standard Time

Local time: 21:17 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Zulu Xhosa