Art in Tanzania - Bagamoyo Volunteering

  Tanzania

Rural Areas

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: Any date

Description: Art in Tanzania receives some 1.500 volunteers and interns annually and we work at Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Moshi, Masai land and Zanzibar. Our 70 people staff including 10 expatriate previous volunteers who have joined the staff is able to secure you will enjoy your stay.

The cost for the Bagamoyo project is usd 230 for week for volunteers and usd 240 per week for interns (more guidance). The cost includes airport transports, accommodation, breakfast, lunch and dinner, orientation and project guidance. You can upgrade to get more privacy, AC and hot showers by usd 100 per room per week (can be shared by 3 if you so wish).

On top of the stay you can enjoy our special priced safari programs (we have low cost lodge prices etc as appreciation for the wrk the volunteers perform in the country).

Art in Tanzania is a Tanzanian NGO having some 70 people permanent staff whereby some 12 expatriates. We receive some 1,500 volunteers and interns annually and we run some 300 projects around the country.

For references please go to facebook ans search several art in tanzania groups.

Highlights: This Art in Tanzania project is located in village - country side area. You work with the local villages and socialize with the local people. Free time you can go boating to the sea, snorkeling, fishing or take a ferry to Zanzibar. The historical town Bagamoyo and hecti Dar es Salaam are there for the weekend trips. Do not forget to spare a week for a safari when you arrive Tanzania. Our volunteer safaris take place every week. Thereon you can easily visit our other project sites at Moshi, Arusha, Masai land (N'gorongoro), Bahari Beach at Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar.

Qualifications: Art in Tanzania Bagamoyo volunteering program is located at Mapinga area some 40 km from the Dar es Salaam city center and some 30 km from the historical Bagamoyo town. We are building educational, art and recreational facilities to a vast land area nearby the Indian ocean coast. The area is surrounded by fishing villages.

We start the project on January 2009 by constructing nursery and primary school that will be operational around September 2009. During the construction period we need volunteers to participate the construction and on May onwards we can already run the nursery school operations as well. Also sport facilities will be available before the school opening. Thereon on September onwards there is need of volunteers to participate the teaching activities and sinultaneously we run health/HIV related projects, sports as well as horticulture projects.

Cost in US$: USD 230 per week

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Art in Tanzania received some 1,500 volunteers annually and we do not have a typical volunteer picture any more. Certainly most of the participants are young people and more ladies than men but this is changing very rapidly. We have more than 300 placements in the country so there is always a project for everyone interested.

Age Range: All capable can participate, young people with care taker

This Program is open to American, Asian, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Tanzania Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups of 2-4

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Post-Program Services Include:

• Job and Internship Network

Art in Tanzania's Mission Statement: Volunteering and adventure tours in Tanzania. Helping poor and underprivileged. Supporting arts and music. To enhance the livelihood of the rural villages, orphans, women and tribal people as the Masai tribe. We also perform environmental projects as introducing fire bricks made of waste materials to avoid forest cutting for charcoal. We operate in grass root level so the work is easy to attend to all volunteers. We finance our operations with the small profits from the attending volunteers as well as from our other financial resources as from meaningful safaris.

Year Founded: 2004