MOZAMBIQUE / Kaya Responsible Travel
Volunteer in Mozambique to help care for orphaned and vulnerable children. Emerging from being one of the world’s poorest countries after decades of civil war, many of Mozambique’s children have lost their parents and face food shortages, lack of adequate shelter and care, and most of all lack of attention and love. Volunteer on this project and you will be able to assist these vulnerable children. Based at an orphanage you may help with hands-on teaching, organising of activities, caring for the children, arranging food, assessing needs, developing their life skills, helping with administration of the centre and more.
The project involves an orphanage in Inhambane, Mozambique. The aims of the orphanage are to provide orphaned and vulnerable children with basic shelter, parental guidance, food, care and education. Food is often grown in local gardens and some is donated. The centre is well organised, neat and clean and can accommodate approximately 150 children usually between the ages of 1 and 9 years. The children stay in quasy-family units of 10 children to one house mother or guardian. There is a pre-school and an attached primary school catering for the wider community. Volunteers are needed to assist the care givers, social workers, teachers and other staff in looking after the children.
As a volunteer on this project you will be working in the orphanage to assist the care givers, social workers, teachers and other staff in looking after the orphaned and vulnerable children at the centre. Volunteers may move from one house-unit to another on a day to day basis or be stationed at one house-unit assisting the house mothers with caring for the children. This may include helping to bath and clean the younger children, prepare food, teach the children basic life-skills, arrange games and fun activities, teach at the pre-school or primary school or any other activities associated with the day to day care of the children. You may also be involved in helping with the administration and development of the centre, making improvements to the buildings and house units and even becoming a part of the outreach and identification program, developing profiles for children in the community who are at risk. You will be encouraged to use your skills to help meet the needs of the centre under the guidance of our project co-ordinator and the centre staff.
As a volunteer you may get involved in many of the following activities depending on the needs at the time and your particular skills:
·Care – give adult care, support and love to the children helping them feel wanted
·Cleaning and daily chores – cleaning the children and teaching them basic hygiene
·Games – organise games and playing activities for the children, help arrange and take them on educational outings such as visiting the beach
·Teaching – helping to teach simple English, maths and basic life skills
·Feeding programs – activities like developing trench gardens, helping to source food donations, helping to feed children
·House management – helping to improve basic needs for the children in their house-units
·Outreach and needs identification – visit homes to help find vulnerable children and develop profiles for them and identify their need ·Fundraising – organising communication and events to raise awareness and funds to help meet specific needs for vulnerable children.
For more information on this opportunity, please contact a member of the Kaya Team on:
T.(0044) 161 870 6212
E. info@kayavolunteer.com
W. www.kayavolunteer.com
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