Zambia Sports and Community Project

  Zambia

Livingstone

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 5-8 weeks and 9-12 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Dates: First Monday of the month.

Description: Working with the local schools in the morning, you will help to teach a range of sports as part of each child's daily instruction. Before the involvement of volunteers, sports received little or no attention in schools, so you will play a major role in the continued physical education of each child.

In the afternoon, you will attend the local community centre/orphanage and help to organise daily games and sporting activities for the orphans. Past volunteers have set up football teams who have played in local leagues.

Popular sports include:

    * Football
    * Netball
    * Athletics
    * Rounders/baseball
    * Volleyball and more

In some cases, these sports and other sports are yet to be introduced, so you can be responsible for bringing a new sport to these children!

Project Highlights

- Coach very excited and often-talented children in sports and games at local schools and orphanages
- Coach and facilitate operations at our high-performance academy (football only), to which the most talented children are invited for extra attention and skills development
- Assist at an orphanage
- Help build and paint schools and orphanages
- Immerse yourself in local Zambian culture
- Make friends for life

Highlights: Zambia is known as the Land of the legendary African walking safari, one of Earth's biggest waterfalls, the wild Zambezi River, breath-taking lakes and wetlands, an abundance of wildlife and vast expanses of wilderness. Zambia's people live in peace and harmony, despite being bordered by turbulent countries: to the south Zimbabwe and to the north the Democratic Republic of Congo. Zambia also borders Botswana, Tanzania, Angola, Namibia and Mozambique.

Zambia's wildlife is superb and you will find some of the finest Safaris on offer available from the many safari companies. Zambia has some of the most beautiful national parks in Africa and is encouraging conservation of the wildlife. Blessed with 17 waterfalls, including the spectacular Victoria Falls, Zambia is a luscious country and full of a wide variety of life.

Zambia has over 73 different tribes, with a population of about 11 million people, most of whom live in and around the urban centres. The population growth, at 3.7 % per annum is among the highest in the world.

Although a peaceful country, Zambia faces serious economic problems. A once prosperous country, Zambia's resources have been exploited and stretched to their limit. This has been augmented by the recent influx of refugees from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe. Zambia is one of the least developed countries in the world, with roughly 86% of people living below the World Bank poverty line. The HIV/AIDS endemic has very high prevalence rates, with roughly 26% of pregnant women in urban areas suffering from the disease. Life expectancy is roughly 38 years old for men and women. Attendance at secondary school is only 17%.

Qualifications:
- This programme requires all participants to be active, so volunteers need to ensure they feel fit and able to join a project of this nature.

Cost in US$: from 2,369; 250 deposit

Experience Required: no

Age Range: Minimum 18 years, maximum decided on potential participants

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Zambia Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Other
• Written Application

Real Gap Experience's Mission Statement: We are ambitious for our company, our partners and the communities in which we work. We take our responsibilities seriously - understanding that the development of our business impacts directly on our partners, the communities that we visit and work with and that ultimately, our success is their success too.