Empowerment of Children with Disabilities

  Tanzania

Tanga

Term: Academic Year, Fall, Spring, Summer, Throughout the year, Trimester, Winter 
Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 1-2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks

Description: Our partner organization is an NGO serving roughly 1,500 mentally and physically disabled children and youth in the coastal town of Tanga. This organization strives to create a community where all children can receive their right to education, health services, and full social inclusion by offering a variety of services that include home-based care, counseling, parents peer groups, community based rehabilitation, and a youth center (English lessons, social skills, music class, computer training, sports, and exercise).

Each of the programs emphasizes the dignity and autonomy of people with disabilities, and is strongly founded on the belief that working together as a community can create opportunities for all.

Highlights:
- Affordable and enriching program.
- Beautiful location next to the Indian Ocean and the Usambara Mountains.
- Friendly and welcoming communities.

Tanga offers a variety of places one can enjoy the white sandy beaches, and breeze of the Indian Ocean. Throughout town there are an abundance of shops, but the best place to find anything you need in on Mkwakwani Street, an area known for its diverse shops. In the evenings, the nightlife in Tanga is centered predominately around the La Casa Chica disco, and Tanga Hotel which has a live band Wednesday to Sunday.

A popular destination located near Tanga is the Amboni Caves, which were formed in the limestone perhaps 25 million years ago. Near the caves are the Galanos Sulphur Springs, where the hot and mineral rich water in believed to have medicinal properties, especially against skin diseases. The Tongoni Ruins (just 17 km away from town) and the ruins on the uninhabited Toten Island (located in Tanga Bay) are also worth a visit.

Day trips can be made to witness the breathtakingly beautiful mountains of the surrounding area at the Amani Nature Reserve located in the Muheza District. Lushoto is also an area known for its lush greenery and is a great starting point when looking to hike to Irente View Point, Magamba Rainforest, Mtae, or Mlalo.

Farther trips can easily be made to Moshi, Mount Kilimanjaro, Dar es Salaam, Arusha, and Mombasa, Kenya. Arrangements to go on Safari in any National Park or Reserve (i.e. Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara) in Tanzania can easily be done in town.

Qualifications: We currently need volunteers in the following areas:

- Occupational therapist
- Orthopedics
- Physical therapist
- Nurses
- Social skills/communication officers
- Pediatric doctor/assistant
- Neurologist
- Counselor

For our Novelty Youth Center:

- English teacher
- Music professionals to teach music
- Computer instructors
- Sports trainer

Cost in US$: 920 for 1 month.

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Tanzania Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Resume

Come Kuona's Mission Statement: Supporting the work of grassroots development organizations engaged in finding sustainable solutions to poverty, illiteracy, diseases and promoting a learning exchange between volunteers/interns and the communities they serve. We believe a better world is possible!

Year Founded: 2002