Sustainable Volunteering and Internships in Mwanza Tanzania
- Tanzania
About Program
We at Shamiri focus on offering sustainable volunteer/intern positions in Mwanza Tanzania. What does that mean?
You have the chance to work for one of our great NGOs and support them through your work! We have many different fields in which you can work, surely there is something for everyone:
-tutoring/teaching/counselling marginalized children of all ages
-early childhood development
-coordinating educational support
-sports program
-family social work
-working for people with or affected by HIV/AIDS
-community managed micro-finance
-photography and filmography
-agricultural programs
To make that working experience sustainable, we believe in outstanding support through well-educated staff. Part of our program is
-a 2 days preparation seminar before your departure
-inter seminars to evaluate and reflect your work and stay abroad
-a 24/7 emergency number
-daily meetings with the staff
-a follow-up seminar
-language and culture classes.
Consider your impact: Volunteering abroad can be a rewarding experience for both volunteers and local communities, and at Go Overseas, we believe all volunteers should have the resources to make informed decisions about the type of volunteer project they want to partake in. However, despite best intentions, some organizations offering placements in orphanages may unknowingly place children in danger. You can read about the potential dangers of orphanage volunteering here. Learn more about how Shamiri Volunteer is promoting ethical volunteering.
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Program Highlights
- Volunteer sustainably through supporting local NGOs and projects
- Development cooperations through volunteering in Tanzania, Africa
- Enjoy the intercultural exchange at work and through our Swahili language and cultural classes
- Be well prepared through a preparation (2 days) and arrival seminar (2 days)
- Learn in a global context through our weekly seminars with other Volunteers and our staff
Program Impact
The first part of your intercultural learning experience is a working placement in a project in the field of development. Long-term commitment after returning home is aimed at to achieve sustainable support for the projects in Mwanza. The second part is the ongoing accompaniment through well-educated staff before, during and after the stay in Tanzania. The third part is the intercultural learning achieved through language and cultural classes as well as the seminars.
Through the exchange with Volunteers and incorporating them in different projects Shamiri wants to create a diverse community in Tanzania. Additionally, it aims to form open-minded, well-experienced and educated young people with a commitment to support the diversity of human lifestyles and beliefs and take on global responsibility.
SHAMIRI is Kiswahili and it means to blossom and grow in a beautiful was. We chose this name as both, the Volunteers and the supported projects should ‘shamiri’ in the best way through our intercultural learning experience.
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Location
Tanzania can be an easy place to overlook when planning a trip to Africa, but it is teeming with wildlife, lush landscapes, culture. You will witness all of those from the wildebeest migrations, 3 of the 7 natural wonders, and Maasai people.
