Promote sustainable living and environmental awareness
Soshanguve, Gauteng October 7 - October 21, 2024
Volunteer project: This Sustainable Permaculture Gardening Project is a community led initiative to encourage young people to promote low environmental impact living and eco-friendly practices. The emphasis is on the development and practice of self-sustaining environmental awareness for climate change and sustainable living.
Volunteers will have an opportunity to get hands-on training from relevant training personnel from some community based organisations working with people on permaculture gardening. We will have voluntary work at the local community center where various activities will be conducted.
Volunteer profile: No previous experience needed. Volunteers are expected to be open minded, ready to interact with other people of different cultural backgrounds; positive and willing to share their experiences; flexible to live/stay in simple living conditions and eat local food.
Leisure time: Weekends are meant for free tours that the group can organize by themselves. There will be also cultural nights when each volunteer can present their country and culture.
Language: English
Accommodation: Accommodation will be in a house and activity venue in Soshanguve. Participants are required to bring their own sleeping bags.
Location: Soshanguve is located about 30 km north of Pretoria, Gauteng. The community is multi-cultural and English is mostly spoken along with some local languages such as Ndebele and Zulu.
Terminal: Pretoria
Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 260 Euro
The extra fee is intended to support the local host of the project who does not have sufficient funds. It is due upon arrival.
Climate justice initiative
Soshanguve, Gauteng November 4 - November 18, 2024
Volunteer project: The Climate Justice volunteer project is an initiative to encourage our younger generation to realize the rising climate change risks our world is facing.
Volunteers will have an opportunity to take part in different tasks addressing climate justice in our community of Soshanguve, through advocacy, clean up campaign and various ways to get our message out. We will have diverse community interactions and will work on a variety of activities within the local community. Volunteers are encouraged to bring an open mind as we will have a number of actions for them during the project.
Volunteer profile: No previous experience needed. Volunteers are expected to be open minded, ready to interact with other people of different cultural backgrounds; positive and willing to share their experiences; flexible to live/stay in simple living conditions and eat local food.
Leisure time: Weekends are meant for free tours that the group can organize by themselves. There will be also cultural nights when each volunteer can present their country and culture.
Language: English
Accommodation: Accommodation will be in a house and activity venue in Soshanguve. Participants are required to bring their own sleeping bags.
Location: Soshanguve is located about 30 km north of Pretoria, Gauteng. The community is multi-cultural and English is mostly spoken along with some local languages such as Ndebele and Zulu.
Terminal: Pretoria, O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg (JNB)
Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 260 Euro
The extra fee is intended to support the local host of the project who does not have sufficient funds. It is due upon arrival.
Community service, work with children and promoting voluntarism in Pretoria
Pretoria, Gauteng December 2 - December 16, 2024
Volunteer project: The project activities will include community service in and around Pretoria, working with children and also voluntary services to the community of Soshanguve.
This project is held in recognition of International Volunteer Day - December 5th. The main focus is to pay special tribute to volunteers' participation in making a difference locally and globally. It is a unique chance for local volunteers who contribute their time to bettering the Pretoria community to celebrate their efforts, share their values, and promote their work among their community and the international group of volunteers.
Giving local South African volunteers the opportunity to celebrate with people from different countries and cultures is an incredibly meaningful way to appreciate and honor their contributions.
Volunteer profile: No previous experience needed. Volunteers are expected to be open minded, ready to interact with other people of different cultural backgrounds; positive and willing to share their experiences; flexible to live/stay in simple living conditions and eat local food.
Leisure time: Weekends are meant for free tours that the group can organize by themselves. There will be also cultural nights when each volunteer can present their country and culture.
Language: English
Accommodation: Accommodation will be in a home in Pretoria. Participants are required to bring their own sleeping bags.
Location: Pretoria. The community is multi-cultural and English is mostly spoken along with some local languages such as Ndebele and Zulu.
Terminal: Pretoria, O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg (JNB)
Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 260 Euro
The extra fee is intended to support the local host of the project who does not have sufficient funds. It is due upon arrival.