Cape Town Sports Coaching and Physical Education, South Africa

  South Africa

Cape Town (Kaapstad)

Term: Throughout the year 
Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks. Available year round.

Description: Besides upliftment through sports coaching, you will have the opportunity to be involved in our rural pre-school, as well as participate in community building projects, AIDS support work and more.

* Community Projects:
After having spent the morning at a school, you will help out the local community in different areas in the afternoon. Ukhanyo do have an afternoon sports programme, run by Nceba so you have the option to do some sports coaching. Alternatively, you will also rotate between the following community projects:

* Build and Paint Schools/Extra mural involvement and reading program:
Schools in Red Hill deal with a great shortage of classrooms and facilities, as a result of which they are limited to the amount of children they can take. As a volunteer, you will help with fixing fences and windows, rebuilding and painting. It is hard, but highly rewarding work!

* Masakhane Educare Center in Masiphumelele:
Volunteers assist teachers with the afternoon after care by helping with game playing, reading both one on one and story time and with any other skills they have i.e. art, music and dancing (they have a piano!).
Volunteers with adult skills such as computer, administration, financial or training can also add huge value to the teachers lives.

Against the backdrop of displaced communities, poverty, HIV/AIDS, unemployment and social decay, this center aims to foster healthy self-reliant and sustainable communities.
Masakhane provides an oasis for local children surviving in difficult circumstances. However the Center is severely under-resourced and struggled to provide a meaningful education.

Highlights:
- Taking PE lessons with disadvantaged kids
- Bringing fresh ideas and stimulation to the kids
- Sports coaching in afternoons volleyball, netball, soccer and basketball
- Help uplift a community through education, health, building and sport
- Immerse yourself in local Capetonian culture
- Make friends for life

Qualifications: Minimum 18 years, maximum decided on potential participants' health

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: 2 weeks-USD 1290; 4 weeks-USD 1990

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: no

Age Range: Minimum 18 years

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

Participants Travel to South Africa Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Other
• Written Application

African Impact's Mission Statement: African Impact facilitates cultural exchange programmes through volunteer work. We awards you the opportunity to immerse yourselves in local schools, health institutions, communities and wildlife conservation programmes. In this way as a volunteer you are able to leave your mark on a corner of Africa whilst at the same time experiencing a lifestyle that will shift your perspectives and allow you to see our world in a different light. We invite you to join us on a journey to Africa to explore, to inspire and to impact. We invite you to be more than a tourist, but to be a traveller, a conservationist and a humanitarian.

Year Founded: 1999