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Original Volunteers @ Terms and Conditions

Accommodation Inc.

Airport Pick-up available

Food available .

Dar es Salaam

TANZANIA

Placement

location

KENYA

RUANDA

BURUNDI

ZAMBIA

Minimum

commitment:

Can I stay

Longer ?

Airport pick-Up:

Orientation:

Ideal 2-4 weeks

Time difference I GMT +3hrs

Hottest month I January

Requirements:

None

Cost:

Food:

Accommodation:

From £40pw

Available or self-catering

Included

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Placement overview

At this rural hospital you can be one of few volunteers to get a real glimpse of life in this developing country helping at this rural missionary hospital in a little visited area of Tanzania.

Your experience

Here you will be given the opportunity to get involved with a variety of very different tasks from administration, computer work or general maintenance around the grounds-all areas where help is appreciated. Based in Nyangao near the border with Mozambique and not far from the coast volunteers will get involved where their help is needed most. English is spoken by staff and you will not be asked to do anything that you have not been shown before or are not comfortable doing.

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Getting there:

21yrs+

Experienced administrators to help in various areas

Volunteers must be confident travellers who can approach their volunteering role independently with a ‘can do’ attitude. Volunteers will be working directly under the supervision of hospital staff and must be willing to work cooperatively with other members of the staff team.

There are no organized free-time activities for volunteers at this placement although volunteers can take weekends off to visit the coast and explore the local villages independently or with other volunteers.

Rural near town with few local amenities

Comfortable basic on site accommodation

Can be provided or self-catering

Variable depending on area of work, Monday-Friday

English

Now full until Jan 09

1-2

3 weeks+ , longer recommended due to need and travelling times to hospital

By end August 08 for Spring 09 departures

By end November 08 for Summer 09 departures

Approx £40 per week accommodation only

Approx £35 per week for meals

Usual route for experienced overlanders: flight to Dar es Salaam then bus to Nyangao

Or flight to Dar es Salaam, internal flight to

Mtwara or Lindi (Precision Air) and pick-up/drop off (from Lindi approx. £15/Mtwara approx £26)

What’s included in this programme

Pick-up from Lindi/Mtwara airports can be arranged for approx £40

Staff accommodation

Donations are not included and volunteers are strongly encouraged to do some fundraising before

This project is ideal if any of the following apply to you

I would like to offer my time to an area where I can really make a difference

I am thinking about a long stay but am unsure about committing before trying the project out

I am quite an independent person who gets on well with people

I want a placement which keeps me busy and involved

I have a nursing/medical background and would like to offer my skills and expertise

I do not have any experience of working in a health care setting but would like to learn and help in any way which can make a difference

Tanzania at a glance

Only in Tanzania will you find such an incredible diversity of landscapes from herds of antelope on the Serengeti plains to brilliant coral in turquoise seas.

Not to missed: the magical spice island of Zanzibar, Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Mt Kilimanjaro, Olduvai Gorge, Lake Manyara NP, Rift Valley Escarpment, tea estates in the south and Isimila Stone Age site.

Hottest month: January

Time difference: GMT + 3 hrs