African Wild Coast Teaching (Pre-School & Primary) & Community Initiative, South Africa

  South Africa

• Other Cities in South Africa: 
Rural Areas,  East London

Term: Throughout the year 
Length of Position: From 4 weeks up to 8 weeks. Longer place
Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks and 5-8 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: Throughout the Year

Description: Volunteer in rural and village schools along the scenic Wild Coast and work with playschool children or focus on enhancing education with the older children through computer literacy skills and sports development. The Wild Coast, with its strong amaXhosa culture, vibrant population and environmental significance, is a destination of recognized developmental importance in the newly established democratic South Africa. Computer Literacy is only in its infancy in the Wild Coast region. Working from an established course framework, volunteers are part of developing a module of appropriate teaching resources for future use in computer literacy courses in rural South Africa.
The project is committed to resource schools with computers and put into place the necessary training and continued support for these schools to allow them to produce competitive learners for the demanding technological world of adulthood.

Ultimately the program works towards:
- Equipping rural and peri-urban schools with computers (a multi-phase project)
- Continued development of appropriate teaching aids and support structures for both teachers and learners
- Meeting learning criteria by teaching computer literacy through reading, maths and the sciences
- Developing Environmental learning and applied competencies through sustainable technology and life skills
Interactive Sport's Development

Highlights: - Pioneering the development of user friendly, appropriate teaching resources for future programme expansion in rural South Africa
- Work with disadvantaged and vulnerable children:
      - Assistant teaching
      - Reading and crafts with children
      - Being part of a community upliftment program through education, health and sports
      - Experiencing South African diversity through immersion and exposure at the grass roots level
      - Traveling and exploring South Africa's most exciting and culturally diverse coastal region, the Wild Coast of the former Transkei
      - Immerse yourself in the local culture
      - Make friends for life

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

Minimum Education: Associates

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.

Participants Travel to South Africa Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work 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