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Ever wanted rather than giving donations, to do something a little more ‘hands-on’ to help make a difference?
Through its local partners Teach A Man To Fish is able to arrange volunteer placements - bringing needed skills to local communities, and offering volunteers a chance to immerse themselves in local culture for a unique life experience.
Take a look at the list below for current opportunities:
> Ghana, West Africa
> Tanzania, East Africa
> South Africa NEW!
> Paraguay, South America
Ghana, West Africa
The Gate of Hope Foundation is a small local NGO working in agriculture, education, environment, healthcare and livelihoods programs for women.
For volunteers who are looking to escape from the comforts and routines of their world to assist the poor and the disadvantaged in society Ghana represents a fascinating option.
Ghana is a country of beautiful landscapes, huge smiles and great possibilities. The people are extremely friendly and hospitable and Ghanaians are proud of their culture and love welcoming people from outside to integrate and mix in with their local customs and way of living.
It is a fantastic place to experience Africa's culture and take part in an international volunteer programme.
GAHOF volunteer projects are based on the idea of providing service to disadvantaged people and communities. It is also about exchanging knowledge and cultures, both for the locals and for the volunteers.
In Twi language Akwaaba means welcome. In Ewe they say Woezor.
Project Areas
* Education
* Healthcare
* Agriculture
* Environment
* Gender Inequality
Activities
* Teaching - English, Maths, Science or Arts
* Agricultural training - outreach work with farmers and communities
* Environmental conservation - from tree-planting to working on alternative energy sources
* Livelihoods - assisting local women's group to expand their businesses and product range
* Public health work - from disease prevention to vaccination work (according to experience)
To download a full description of the program including logistical arrangements, click here
For fuller information on any aspect of this program please contact Newton Agbley at our local partner the Gate of Hope Foundation directly: send mail now.
Tanzania, East Africa 
Tanzania EcoVolunteerism is a small local NGO working in education, environment, microfinance & women's empowerment.
Tanzania is an amazing country renowned for its wildlife, spectacular landscapes and endless beaches.
It is also however a country where widespread poverty persists, limiting the opportunities for its people to access basic services and to lead the lives they would choose.
By volunteering on a project in Tanzania you can play a part in helping communities to lay the foundations for a better future - and experience the richness of this country and its people in a way tourists never can.
Project Areas
* Education
* Environment
* Microfinance
* Gender Inequality
Activities
* Teaching
* Building classrooms
* Environmental conservation work
* Developing eco-tourism initiatives
To download a full description of the program including logistical arrangements, click here
For fuller information on any aspect of this program please visit the website of our local partner Tanzania ecoVolunteerism or email them directly: send mail now.
Karatara, South Africa
Situated in the small rural village of Karatara 12 kilometres inland from Sedgefield on the beautiful Garden Route of the Southern Cape lies Eden Campus. We are busily involved in a unique project to create the first green business school in South Africa. The project started in 2005, has spent the intervening time gaining a foothold in the communities that it serves and is now ready to become a force on the South African education scene.
We are desperately in need of volunteers who would like to spend some time in this idyllic surrounding and who would like to have a never to be forgotten experience. You will also have the great satisfaction of helping the impoverished youth of the southern Cape to become employable.
Students of Eden Campus spend two years learning entrepreneurial business skills first through the excellent programme offered by the international Junior Achievement organization and then by applying the skills learned in practical businesses.
Typical businesses include:
Karatara Nature Cycles – This already successful business will be expanded in 2008. KNC hires bicycles to tourists and takes them on guided tours into the indigenous forests of the Karatara area
Gardens – In 2008 we are developing our gardens to provide herbs, vegetable and indigenous growth. The herb garden will produce herbs for resale, the vegetable garden for feeding the Campus and the indigenous garden as a tourist attraction and nursery.
Worm Farm – In 2008 we intend growing the size of our worm farm and from this we will produce compost for the gardens and become a reseller of worm farms on the Garden Route
The Karatara Shop – last year we were successful with our second hand clothing shop. In 2008 ar we intend to expand this to include general goods and even produce from our gardens and later the nursery.
Project Areas
* Education
* Agriculture
* Environment
* Running business ventures
Activities
* Teaching - English, Maths, IT, the environment and facilitating the Junior Achievement Programme
* Environmental conservation – indigenous gardening, water storage and electricity generating
* Livelihoods – Mentoring students so that they are able to run their own businesses
Getting There & Costs
Getting to Karatara from outside of South Africa involves flying into either Johannesburg or Cape Town and then taking a flight to George. The airport at George is 45 minutes from Eden Campus by car. You can either hire a car at George Airport or we will pick you up but remember this could leave you in a rural community with no way of seeing other gems of the famous Garden Route. Airfares can be found on the Internet. No financial contribution towards project costs is expected however you will be required to cover your own living costs. The average daily cost of a B&B or Self-Catering unit that sleeps two (and we really welcome couples) is R300 and car hire for a small car is about R160 per day.
To download our plans for 2008, click here
For fuller information on any aspect of Eden Campus please contact Graham Lashbrooke in Karatara on graham@edencampus.co.za or directly on +27-44-356-2789.
Paraguay, South America
Fundacion Paraguaya is one of the leading NGOs in Paraguay. Their pioneering work cuts across the fields of education and microfinance with programs supporting the development and needs of entrepreneurs from the classroom to the workplace.
Project Areas
* Entrepreneurship Education
* Environment
* Marketing
* Business planning
Length of internship: To be considered for an internship applicants must be available for a minimum of 2 months, although longer commitments are welcomed and encouraged.
Background: Current undergraduates, college graduates or graduate students with a strong interest in one or more areas in which Fundación Paraguaya works (microfinance, economic education for children and youth, agricultural high school education).
Language: Spanish proficiency required.
For more information on the range of available intern positions contact Cecilia Rodríguez Alcalá
at the Fundacion Paraguaya: send mail now!
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