Cost: £1200
(shared room)
Cost: £1300
(single room)
Includes accommodation, meals, volunteer placement, support from South African partner office.
Does not include return flight to South Africa, travel insurance and personal expenses.
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Often referred to as "The world in one country" South Africa is a land of extraordinary beauty, mystery and adventure.
Arrive: 3rd November 2008
Depart: 23rd November 2008
This is a three-week group programme to introduce people to international volunteering.
It should be enough time to learn whether volunteering is something that you might like to pursue for a longer period in the future. Other people, in the small group, may come from other EIL Federation countries. English will be the main operating language for this group.
This is not a tourist programme, although you will of course have opportunities to see sites of interest during your stay. Anyone applying for this programme should expect to spend time helping out with projects and meeting local people, as well as learning about South African culture.
- Based in and around Cape Town.
- Arrival orientation
- Community volunteer placement (including some weekend excursion days)
- Debriefing
Theme
The South African Programme is focused around a specific theme - an Educational Volunteering opportunity. The theme, `SHARE`, includes:
- Sharing of culture
- Sharing of information, knowledge and skills
- Sharing of experiences
- Sharing of time, resources and ultimately yourself
Outcomes based programme
The SHARE programme aims to equip participants with an overview of South Africa, emphasising both its challenges and positive aspects. It will also give participants an opportunity to make a difference in a local community.
The community placement component would focus on certain aspects of community development. These areas tie in with the UN Millennium Goals as outlined below:
- Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
- Achieve Universal Primary Education
- Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
- Reduce Child Mortality (by two-thirds)
- Improve Maternal Health
- Halt and Start Reversing the Spread of HIV/AIDS, and Other Major Diseases
- Ensure Environmental Sustainability
- Develop A Global Partnership for Development
Itinerary
Day 1:
Monday |
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Arrive at Cape Town International airport where group will be met and transferred to the Hotel accommodation situated in Cape Town city centre– the Mother City and Gateway to South Africa. Retire to rooms for a well-deserved morning/afternoon rest.
Evening: Welcome function (local theatre production & dinner)
Hotel Accommodation
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Day 2:
Tuesday |
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After breakfast, transferred to our partner’s Head Office for an orientation session. We move on into the city for a historical tour of the city, visiting the Castle (dating back to the arrival of the Dutch in the 17th century), District Six - the area cleared of its people by the Apartheid Regime/ government during the sixties and the Bo-Kaap, home of the former Malay slave population of the Cape, followed by a drive through the townships created by the forced removals during the Apartheid era. We return to the hotel for the first of the African language and dance sessions.
Hotel Accommodation
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Day 3:
Wednesday |
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An early start to meet the ferry to Robben Island for the three and half hour tour of the island, where the first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela was incarcerated for 27 years. After lunch at the V&A Waterfront, we drive through wine-lands of Stellenbosch to Kayamandi to experience life in an urban African township. We meet the people and participate in the various activities in this vibrant township, including the African language and dance session.
Hotel Accommodation
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Community Placement
The group will be accommodated at either a hotel / lodge or home-stay during the volunteering placement
Day 4:
Thursday |
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After breakfast, group will be transferred to the local community for the start of the volunteering placement experience.
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Day 5:
Friday |
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Orientation programme within the local community where the group would be volunteering. This will include an orientation walk and briefing session.
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Day 6:
Saturday |
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Morning at leisure and afternoon wine excursion
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Day 7:
Sunday |
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Visitation to a local church service followed by lunch with a local host family. Afternoon to socialise with local family and to relax.
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Days 8-12:
Mon-Fri |
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Volunteering
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Day 13:
Saturday |
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Excursion - Full day Peninsula Tour
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Day 14:
Sunday |
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Day at leisure
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Days 15-17:
Mon-Wed |
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Volunteering
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Day 18:
Thursday |
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Volunteering and evening dinner in community
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Day 19:
Friday |
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Debriefing session and evening drumming event (farewell dinner in local community)
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Day 20:
Saturday |
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Free day
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Day 21:
Sunday |
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Depart
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