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Zanzibar: Development through Soccer

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TANZANIA Culture Education Sport Culture Education +1 Permanent

About the project

Zanzibar: Development through Soccer

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Soccer is a very special event since it crosses all the boundaries of language, culture and geography. While almost everyone on this planet knows of, plays or has watched others play football, aside from goals scored and long-standing team rivalries, rarely do we hear about the more important value and ability of this and other sports to effect positive social change. Development through Soccer is an initiative aiming to utilize “soccer power and influence” to keep young men and woman in the project community engaged meaningfully and increase ability to various challenges affecting them including poverty, drug addiction (HIV/AIDS) endemic etc. Through this project a number of soccer teams will participate in soccer competitions with the aim of promoting entrepreneurship mind set and youth self-reliant. The winning teams will be awarded award that will be used as seed for establishment of project for self-reliance. (E.g. fishing boats, farm equipment’s, etc.)

💼 What the programme involves

Volunteers are expected to participate in the following outlined activities for their time in Tanzania. • Development of young players' basic skills and techniques. This will include; co-ordinate coaching sessions around topics such as development of ball control, accurate passing, keeping possession, game tactics, and moving into space • Assist to plan match strategies and take practice games • Assist in team selection and to be 'on the bench' for weekend or evening matches • Organize the final competitions and awarding. The winning teams will be awarded various awards that will be used as seed for establishment of project for self-reliance. (E.g. fishing boats, farm equipment’s, capital seed, etc.) • Use sports to increase awareness on various challenges affecting young people (Unemployment,

🏠 Accommodation on site

ACCOMMODATION: Volunteers will be accommodated in the communal living house close to the project. Basic accommodation facilities will be provided, in some cases volunteers should expect to share rooms with their host family members or other volunteers from the same or other projects. (No mix of different sex in the rooms). Volunteers’ relatives and friends can visit or staying over upon special approval. MEALS: Trying a variety of foods from other cultures is part of the programs’ philosophy for an authentic experience in Tanzania, and may be both fun and challenging. Food on our projects generally reflects the local cuisine. Some foods that are part of a regular diet at your home country may not be available during the program. Vegetarians will be accommodated. However volunteers with more specific dietary requirements may need to supplement the included meals at their own expense. Volunteers with food allergies (e.g., nuts) must inform the organisation about the existence and severity of the allergy. Three meals per day are provided to the Volunteers at the workplace or and at the accommodation. Meals and accommodation cost on transit to and from the project, during leisure or tourism activities or outside designated project area are volunteer’s responsibility. No reimbursements will be made for volunteers who miss their included meals.

📍 About the location

Dimani is a community located in Zanzibar Island rural area. Inhabitants of this community include farmers, fishermen and petty business operator. The community is located about 7 Miles from the Centre of Zanzibar stone town making the community to be very accessible by both private and public transport. Small shops, market, and health facilities are available in the community. However things like banking and other big stoppings can be done in Zanzibar stone town. Leisure activities: • Exploring Zanzibar historical, natural and cultural sites. These include museums, local markets, stone town, etc. • Enjoy wildlife and marine life. Jozani forest National Park, Blue safaris swimming, tour to small islands, variety of water sports, spice tour among many other options. • Note: Be aware of people trying to invite you for safari and tours, they might not help that much as most of them are not licensed or registered for such kind of business. It is always cheaper and even fun to do these activities with other participants as a team. You might want to wait until the orientation day to plan together. If needed we can provide some recommendations for companies which has been providing services to our Previous participants over the years with affordable rates while quality, safety and security prioritized.

⚠️ Requirements

 This project is suitable for a person who is open minded, flexible, ready to learn and adopt to other cultures, interested in physical/outdoor activities sports, Youth and with ability to work independently, under less supervision and minimum resources.  Volunteer who will be available from arrival to the departure date.  Good skills of English language

ℹ️ Additional information

Both female and Male volunteers are encouraged to apply

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📅 Available sessions

UV.B-1812

15/09/2018 → 25/10/2018

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 8
♂ 0/4 ♀ 0/4

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

400.00 EUR

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

📍 Location

Unguja, Tanzania

TANZANIA

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Tanzanian Shilling (TZS / Sh)

Exchange rate

1 TZS = 0.000339 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

East Africa Time

Local time: 20:56 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Swahili