- Senegal
About Program
Dive into Senegalese culture with our programs in M'bour, choosing between any of them, according to your interests and abilities:
-Childcare Program: caring for children in schools, daycare centers, or shelters, providing them with care and attending to their daily needs. The aim of the volunteers is to spend quality time with the children, creating strong bonds and providing a satisfying and comfortable environment for them.
-Teaching Program: allows volunteers to teach subjects such as English, mathematics, and science in primary and secondary schools. Support the local teachers developing activities with the students such as arts and crafts, sports.
-Medical Program: it involves volunteers in daily medical tasks at a local health center aiming to get volunteers involved in the day-to-day tasks of the medical center and to understand and learn how African medicine works. An academic certificate in nursing or medicine is required.
Intermediate level of french required.
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Program Highlights
- Educational Empowerment: Join our program and empower students by teaching subjects like math and science, helping them reach their potential and fostering a love for learning.
- Child-Centric Volunteer Work: Immerse in a heartwarming program, providing care, organizing activities, and teaching basic concepts to young children.
- Located in M'Bour: This fulfilling program operates in collaboration with centers in M'Bour, offering a local experience that connects you to the heart of the community.
- Immersive Learning: Immerse yourself in the daily operations of a local school or medical center, gaining insight into African medicine and teaching culture, and adapting to Senegalese work dynamics.
- Family environment: the family in our guest house in M'bour will welcome you and introduce you to their way of life, becoming a part of the family,
Popular Programs
Volunteers who choose this program will work in schools for young children, kindergartens or day care centers, where they will take care of the children, organize play activities or teach basic concepts. In the day centers, the priority is to be with the children and show them a good time, whether it is through games, dances, songs or simply accompanying them in their daily lives. Volunteers are not required to speak in French, as the children we work with in the centers are still very young.
This volunteer project immerses participants in the day-to-day operations of a medical center, allowing them to learn about African medicine. Tasks vary based on experience, adapting to the Senegalese work environment. The medical center, focuses on vaccination campaigns, maternity care, and family planning. While not assuming direct responsibilities, volunteers, depending on their background, may assist with patient care, diagnosis, injections, wound care, prenatal care...
Several primary and secondary schools in M'Bour have learning programs in which volunteers have the opportunity to teach different subjects alongside local teachers, such as maths and science to students of different levels. Develop activities with the students such as arts and crafts, sports, drawing, colouring, writing and more! Many of the children here are quite young and require attention and activities to keep them stimulated to help them grow.
