humanitarian
south africa
intermediate english
From 2 to 12 weeks
16 years old
School and childcare in Cape Town

School and childcare in Cape Town

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The Surf Project aims to address the lack of physical education in pre-schools and primary schools due to insufficient funding, which can have adverse effects on the physical and mental development of children.

Program Info

In the mornings, volunteers assist Educare Centers in the local township by organizing engaging games and lessons for children aged 3 to 7 years old. In the afternoons, the focus shifts to children aged 10 to 15 years old, where adventure sports activities are used to develop essential skills and impart valuable life lessons. This aspect of the program is particularly crucial as the townships where these children reside often face issues such as alcohol and drug abuse, and there is a heightened risk of them being recruited by local gangs at this vulnerable age.

The project offers an excellent opportunity for volunteers to gain hands-on experience working with children and groups, while also learning new outdoor activities such as swimming, boxing, spike ball surfing, and skateboarding. Volunteers receive training to effectively assist in teaching these activities to the children.

Volunteers don’t need to have experience in teaching to teach in the projects and there are many opportunities to join a teaching project, working in deprived schools ranging from nurseries all the way through to high school.

Volunteers will build great relationships with the pupils as well as the teachers on this volunteer programme, getting completely involved with educating and supporting the Afrikkan children aged 6-16.  As well as IT support, volunteers get involved with teaching life lessons, such as sex education, AIDS and HIV lessons, drugs awareness etc.

You can also support teachers in after school clubs and extra curricular activities.


School and Childcare Volunteer Project in Cape Town

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included

Airport pick up + 2 Day Cape Town Orientation
Accomodation
Three meals a day from Monday to Friday
Weekly social events
24 hour support and supervision
Donation to the project

Not included

Flights
Insurance
Visa
Arrival on Sunday fee 16€
Meals on weekends
Return transfer (except for minors)

Dates and prices

Every Saturday, all year
Duration in weeks
Registration fees
2 weeks
1090 €
3 weeks
1326 €
4 weeks
1626 €
5 weeks
1976 €
6 weeks
2276 €
7 weeks
2576 €
8 weeks
2876 €
9 weeks
3176 €
10 weeks
3476 €
11 weeks
3776 €
12 weeks
4076 €

A supplement of €200 applies to participants under 18. For further information, please visit the youth area.

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4/5
Leni
I had a superb experience. I definitely recommend it! Thank you Freepackers
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5/5
Ambre et Emma
The trip went really well! We had the opportunity to go to several schools, and the children were all really lovely, as were the teachers. We especially liked the Sunshine school, where we had a great time. We'd like to thank the whole team for their support in preparing the project.

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Accommodation

Volunteers will stay in one of our volunteer houses with bedrooms sleeping 2 – 6 people. All houses are facilitated with electricity, hot water, a kitchen, one or two toilets, a bathroom with a shower, beds with linen (no towels). Male and female volunteers will share rooms unless otherwise requested. Volunteers are responsible for keeping their own room and volunteer house tidy. Two to three times a week a cleaning lady will be there to clean the house and change linen. The volunteer houses are at walking distance from shops, restaurants, entertainment, bus stops and the beach.


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Reviews

fr-AFR02-enfant-cape-town_web
4/5
Leni
I had a superb experience. I definitely recommend it! Thank you Freepackers
WhatsApp Image 2023-07-21 at 19.52.31 (2)
5/5
Ambre et Emma
The trip went really well! We had the opportunity to go to several schools, and the children were all really lovely, as were the teachers. We especially liked the Sunshine school, where we had a great time. We'd like to thank the whole team for their support in preparing the project.

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