Teaching English & Mathematics to Pupils at Primary School
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About the project
Teaching English & Mathematics to Pupils at Primary School
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Vision :
To be a community based, volunteer membership driven, people focused, self-sustaining and development oriented organisation which is youth centered and gender sensitive.
Mission :
The South Africa Volunteer Work Camp Association (SAVWA) will contribute towards the development of South African communities both urban and rural through local, national, regional and international volunteers to work together towards the cultural, economic, socio-political well-being of young people and marginalized persons or groups through empowerment work camps programs and promotion of sustainable development. The South Africa Volunteer Work Camp Association shall work and collaborate with other Volunteer driven organisation, Regional Work Camp Associations, and organisations. South Africa Volunteer Work Camp Association is a member of Southern African Voluntary Network, Partner with Service Civil International (SCI) and Full member of Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS).
Aims and Objectives :
- To conduct voluntary based work camps and community driven development programs in South Africa nationally throughout the year and regional and internationally throughout the world participation.
- To conduct capacity building training and skills development for young people.
- To facilitate youth exchange for volunteers North to South, South to North, and South to South volunteer driven work camps exchanges and developmental programs.
- To establish a volunteer work camp site in South Africa self-sustaining and youth oriented establishment.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers and community
members will give support and guide learners academically in teaching English
and Mathematics. They will also ensure learners are adequately fed during the
program and establish the academic needs of the students and more appropriate
interventions (Social, economic, community, family, religious etc.)
This is an exciting project as volunteers have opportunity to work with different communities and interact with children after school and have also the opportunity to be hosted by individual family members for their period of stay in the country.
The camp will require volunteers to be involved in different activities such as building up learning activities which will be used when the volunteers will meet the children from 2pm to 4pm daily activities. Volunteers will work in groups and will travel from 4 different Primary Schools and interact and teach children after school. Trained teachers will be available for assistance on the activities at the schools.
The work camp will require volunteers to be involved in English and Mathematics activities and as well cultural activities and creating and using objects which will be used when the volunteers will meet the children from 2pm to 4pm daily activities
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation will be in a house and venue still to be confirmed both in Mabopane. 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 but should expect normal power cuts lasting to 4 hours on various time slots in the week (Not every day).
📍 About the location
The community has multi-cultural people and English is mostly spoken with local languages such as Sotho, Zulu, and Tshwana to name a few.
🎒 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
- Ready to do academic work on the project and No experience needed at all. Willingness to guide students especially in cultural and arts activities mostly afternoon work from 2 pm till 4 pm mostly. Some weekends may have excursions with students to different areas of Pretoria.
ℹ️ Additional information
The work camp participation fee is strictly Euro 200 and this covers simple accommodation, food and project expenses during the camp. Please note that this does not include travel expenses to and from the camp, 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.
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 books and stationery for the children even sporting equipment such as soccer balls etc and board games.
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
SAVWA 0020
03/04/2017 → 24/04/2017
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
200.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Winterveld, 0198, 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
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🗣️ Languages spoken