The Zambezi Challenge + Volunteer - Charities & bespoke group trips possible

  Zambia

Livingstone,  Lusaka,  Ndola

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks and 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: August, plus many other dates available for bespoke group requests

Description: Do something different - make a difference: Experience the journey of a lifetime, as you join the Different Travel Canoe Safari and Community Challenge in Zambia.

First, experience a five day waterborne safari, as you canoe down the Zambezi River, spotting wild game as you go! Then head north to Ndola, to help on a project to improve facilities at a school for disadvantaged children. Finally, you can opt to extend your trip to visit the breathtaking Victoria Falls the planet's largest curtain of water, considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World.

For more itinerary information, please send us an email.

The Project
Working at the Hands of Compassion Community Centre in the Chipulukusu Squatter township near Ndola, you will be working on a range of refurbishment and construction projects at this centre which provides essential care to children in an area ravaged by HIV/AIDS, poverty and malnutrition.

The Chipulukusu township is home to 60,000 people who have no official place of residence, and live in basic mud huts. The community centre and school offers education to 500 children a great many of whom are orphans, having lost parents to HIV/AIDS. The centre also trains up local women to act as 'guardians' to the children, giving them life and employment skills.

The school also has a skills training centre, where local youths are taught vocational skills, such as carpentry, thus ensuring they have more opportunities for the future.

For more project information, please contact us.

Highlights:
* 5 day canoe safari on the Zambezi, spotting wild game as you go!
* Work on a range of refurbishment and construction projects at a school for disadvantaged children
* Visit breathtaking Victoria Falls one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World
* Responsible voluntourism - your holiday doesn't exploit the environment or the local people
* Carbon-neutral

Qualifications: This is an open challenge, open to any individuals or groups alike. Bespoke group trips also possible at other times - please get in touch and discuss your requirements - we can tailor your group trip how you like!

No requirements, specific skills, education or certifications are necessary to book - just a desire to do something different and make a difference. Only people permitted to work with children unsupervised (and who can supply the relevant paperwork to prove this) will be permitted to work unsupervised with children on our projects - and then at the discretion of those who run the projects.

Cost in US$: 3000-4000

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Anyone can be eligible: Our holidays are for anyone who wants to use their holiday to have a great time and do something positive, altruistic and with a purpose.

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Zambia Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups of small group approx <10

Application Process Involves:

• Other

Different Travel's Mission Statement: We are a volunteer and adventure travel and tourism group specialist, set up in the wake of the Asian Tsunami on 26th December 2004, offering bespoke group challenges and volunteer opportunities to work alongside local people on international development projects abroad combined with responsible travel and great accommodation. We make sure we work to meet the needs of the communities who welcome us into their world - and at the same time offer our travellers amazing experiences which will stay with them a lifetime.

Year Founded: 2004