SOUTH AFRICA / Kaya Responsible Travel
By volunteering in South Africa on our orphanage project, you’ll be based in the area of St. Lucia, which unfortunaely is heavily affected by HIV/AIDS. It is believed that in some communities, up to 70 percent of people are infected with the virus. As a result, many children are orphaned. Most of these children live with their relatives, but they are often left by themselves during the day, as their caretakers are at work. To keep these children off the streets, and to make sure they are well looked after and educated, Day Care Centres and creches provide a valuable service . We are working alongside these orphanages and day care centres as well as contributing to the HIV awareness and education initiatives of the town.
As a volunteer in the Orphanage you will help to educate and play with small children some of whom have lost their parents as a result of AIDS. The types of activities you will be involved in will be; teaching the children basic lessons about different themes and subjects, reading children’s books to them, playing games, singing songs, doing drawings with them and helping with washing hands before meals and feeding the babies and children. You will help raise awareness on preventing the spread of the HIV / AIDS virus in the local community. Working together with our Volunteer Coordinator with experience in teaching this subject you will be involved in teaching adults and children about the virus. During your placement, you will visit both schools and community centres. During these visits you will explain through a simple method approved by the UN what the HIV / AIDS virus actually is, and how it affects a human body, how the virus is transmitted, how infection can be prevented, explain how, after infection life can be prolonged through medication, healthy food and a more healthy lifestyle. You will also be involved in an HIV Support Group to help people affected by the virus.
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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