Tshega Christian Mission

I am currently privileged to be at Tshega for six months and am enjoying this time to the fullest. The people there are a true example to me in terms of joy and contentment. Through the outreach program, I gain profound insights into the local life and culture. It is incredibly beautiful to bring a smile to the children's faces, to give love, and to spend time with them. The entire TCM team is a great role model for me in terms of their loving and appreciative interactions with one another, and I am experiencing a special spiritual enrichment in my personal relationship with Jesus Christ. In addition to these experiences, I have the opportunity to explore the country with its beautiful nature and unique wildlife through various excursions.
I came to serve, and I will definitely leave feeling enriched.

Wonderful people in a wonderful and very important program. I realy loved to work with this guys and enjoyed to be a blessing for them. The program works only with volunteers, so you need to go there. It was so nice to see the children smiling and making fun with them. Education for them is a solution for the hole situation in the village and worthy to support with money or your precens. It is also very cool to have so many different ways to help and be a part of TCM. I will go there again in the future.

I absolutely loved how free we could be to really expand ourselves.
Everyone is so kind and encouraging , open to suggestions and ideas.
Working with the Team at Tshega gave me a sense of belonging and I do plan to return and give more of my time to the children of our future South Africa.

As a woman in a male dominated world myself, getting to know the Basadi ladies and their vision to become independant women has touched me deeply.
I will be assisting wherever I can as Tshega has touched me I would like to extend my hand to reach further and together we can create a brighter future for all to blossom

The entire team at Tshega Missions were incredibly helpful, and made settling in as a volunteer so easy. Their excellent integration of the volunteer program into their projects made sure that as a volunteer I felt both useful and valued, and I'm really pleased to say that I feel like I have helped them in making a great contribution to this community, as this is a community where even the smallest change can make a profound impact.
Marina, the volunteer coordinator, and Ellanie, the project founder, made sure that the volunteer's experiences were always positive, right from the moment we were welcomed to the project by the lovely children of the Lighthouse Academy.
They also ensured we had a wonderful time during our time off, as we enjoyed the swimming pool at the volunteer house, weekly evening trips to town in Tzaneen, as well as incredible weekend trips, including an amazing day at a local wildlife conservation centre with some young lions, as well as a truly incredible safari in Kruger National Park.

Tshega South Africa is an excellent programm which is supporting the community of Fobeni Village in a way of partnership to improve sustainable development.
The focus of the Programm consits of education,health and income for disadvantaged families and children.
The staff is using resourrces and skills which are already there.
As a Volunteer I could bring my own thoughts and ideas in and was feeling part of the Tshega family.
Because of the different programms I could have an input in several fields.
(School, social work, health prevention, youth work, handcraft...)
The support from the staff members to help me settle in was awsem, they really became friends.
The work with the children made my stay very special because I could see and hear from them the real African culture.
If you want to look inside Africa and outside of the tourism picture?
Than you are right at Tshega Christian Mission South Africa!
Cant wait to be there again :)