15 Day Volunteer and Hike in Malawi

  Malawi

• Other Cities in Malawi: 
Lilongwe

Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Dates: April - October

Description: Help with this extensive school project in Malawi, Africa. Build, paint and maintain buildings and veggie gardens. You will love the African children and the people of Malawi. While there, hike the exquisite nearby Forest.

Day 1:
Arrive in Lilongwe. On Arrival at the Lilongwe international airport you will be collected and transferred to the guest house. You can spend the rest of the day at your leisure. Overnight at the Guest House on dinner bed and breakfast basis.

Day 2:
Today we prepare for the project - your payment includes a contribution to the project and this fee will be handed over to you and you purchase project materials to this amount. EXCESS purchases are for your own account. Once all materials, equipment and supplies have been purchased, head out to the project site.

Driving time 2 hrs. ETA mid afternoon, where we relax or explore the surrounding Brachystegia Forest and nearby stream. Evening dinner. Overnight Dzalanyama Forest Lodge. The area is renowned for its excellent bird life and at times small antelope are seen. Overnight Dzalanyama Forest Lodge all meals provided.

Day 3:
Prepare for orientation hike into the surrounding hills. Walk for about 8km to overnight camp. Hike includes the support of local guides X 2. Clients are expected to carry their own backpacks and help with camp preparations and meals.

Day 4:
Hike en route to Waterfall Overnight camp.

Day 5:
After breakfast a vehicle will collect you from your camp and transfer you back to Dzalanyama lodge Overnight Lodge all meals provided.

Day 6 - 14:
Start on project work. The main project is to build a house for the headmaster, other projects include repainting the school, maintaining Boys and Girls dormitory; helping students, planting a vegetable garden and doing some environmental education work with the members of the wildlife group.

Day 15:
A transfer to the airport in time to catch their International flight.

Cost in US$: Please contact us for more information.

Excluded - Drinks, visa fees [if applicable], international flights, travel insurance

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Malawi Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Other

AfricanGap's Mission Statement: Bringing elements of need together with opportunity and we can create an environment of hope and a better future. We live in a country and on a continent with great poverty, need and often hopelessness. Yet, everywhere you look there are opportunities to change this. We believe we can. We have the opportunities in the palm of our hands. We have the people to do this at Africa's doorstep. We want to help them to open that door, take that step and apply themselves into Africa and it's people.

Year Founded: 2008