Community and Women's Empowerment Supporter

location
4 - 24 weeks  ·  Age 18 - 50+

rating  Fantastic 4.5  · 
  Verified by Volunteer World
  Very high response rate

Highlights

  • Assist women to gain new life skills and get actively involved in the community
  • Experience the culture through eyes of the children and the community you are helping
  • Become a member of a great community and help kids to make their dream happen

Highlights

  • Assist women to gain new life skills and get actively involved in the community
  • Experience the culture through eyes of the children and the community you are helping
  • Become a member of a great community and help kids to make their dream happen
  • Learn some of the challenges faced by our local coaches with limited resources
  • Visit Zanzibar as a beautiful island with white-sand beaches & touch sky blue water


  • Especially good for

    Age 18+
    Singles
    Couples
    Families
    Groups
    50+

    About the program

    Help improving women´s lives through your skills, eduaction and help them to acquire various skills that they can live an independent life.

    The women empowerment program has the aim to teach women to overcome difficult situations by showing them skills through education to improve their quality and of their families´. Volunteers can help better the lifestyle of the Tanzanian women by supporting them and teaching useful manual work ...

    About the program

    The women empowerment program has the aim to teach women to overcome difficult situations by showing them skills through education to improve their quality and of their families´. Volunteers can help better the lifestyle of the Tanzanian women by supporting them and teaching useful manual work skills – such as sewing, crocheting and knitting.

    Besides the marketing improvement, there are many inherent life-skills to be taught, such as the importance of team-work, communication and discipline.

    As a volunteer in the women empowerment program, you will be working in various areas of the project like:

    Education: Volunteers can teach skills that are useful to the women in the project. Common subjects include enlightenment of women  such like prevention & sicknesses like HIV, AIDS. Also it is very important that the women are taught to be how to build an independent life and earn their own Gehalt/Lohn. While the women are doing their manual work, you are able to spend some time with young children and kids.

    Manual work: If you love manual work and have a little ability for that, then you can have a positive impact for women. Volunteers at the community program can help improving manual work skills of the women such as sewing, crocheting and knitting. Support is always needed to help them gain confidence in what they are doing.

    Marketing: Volunteers can help to market products made by women in the project and to help the project gain more visibility. Help in marketing can be digital or through traditional means.

    Improving life-skills bring people together and help to build strong communities. Volunteers will be helping in the organization in all aspects of community; from teaching manual work to women to improve their skills to educating kids/ young people. This project is a good chance for you to improve your skills and ability as well as helping local children and women to develop their talents.

    Be prepared to do a little bit of everything! One of our core values is that everything is important. Some days we will be teaching manual work skills – the other day educating kids and doing marketing promotion. The key to keep in mind is that EVERYTHING we do is of great importance. You will work alongside and under the leadership of our coaching sta. One key to your success will be to develop proactive leadership skills. We will schedule out a lot of things with you, but we welcome new ideas!


    Typical day

    • Teaching manual work skills to women.
    • Assisting in education of children.
    • Provide emotional support to women
    • Helping marketing promotion about for selling procedures
    • Volunteers with experience in sewing can support the women with new designs and ideas
    • Working hours are usually 4-6 hours per ...

    Typical day

    • Teaching manual work skills to women.
    • Assisting in education of children.
    • Provide emotional support to women
    • Helping marketing promotion about for selling procedures
    • Volunteers with experience in sewing can support the women with new designs and ideas
    • Working hours are usually 4-6 hours per day, Monday to Friday


    Free-time activities

    Besides your time on the project you are able to spend your free-time. You can enjoy activities like swimming, diving, horseback riding, relaxing on the beach etc. Zanzibar offers many opportunities for surfing, especially for kite-surfing.

    At the beach there are many spots for tours on a boat (for ...

    Free-time activities

    Besides your time on the project you are able to spend your free-time. You can enjoy activities like swimming, diving, horseback riding, relaxing on the beach etc. Zanzibar offers many opportunities for surfing, especially for kite-surfing.

    At the beach there are many spots for tours on a boat (for example delphin tours) but also spots for exploring the island by itself.


    Requirements

    Requirements

    Minimum Age: 18 years

    In order to join the program you need to be at least 18 years old on the program start date. There might be exemptions if you can provide the permission of your legal guardian(s) or if your are accompanied by your parents.

    Language Skills

    You need to speak English (intermediate level)

    Criminal Background Check

    required

    Nationality Restrictions

    No restrictions. Helping hands from all over the world are welcome.

    Other Skills

    good English knowledge, education experience & manual work experience

    Time Commitment

    Your helping hand will be required on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 11:00 - 17:00

    What's Included

    What's Included

    Services by Jamso Trainee

    • Airport Pick Up
    • Local support
    • 12/7 Emergency Number
    • Accommodation in a volunteer house
    • 2 meals a day (Mo-Fr)

    Airport Pickup at Zanzibar International Airport

    We can organize the pick-up and our team member will pick you up at Zanzibar International Airport. 

    Accommodation

    You will stay at our volunteer houses with other volunteers together. An English speaking contact person is reachable on site. You will receive two fresh local meals from Monday – Friday. The accomodation is located 2 km from program site and 1,5 km from the beach. Together with the contact person you planning you personal program. You could also join other programs on more remote places which are thankful about your support. By using public transport you could easily explore the island.

    Food & Beverages

    Breakfast and typical lunch are included from Monday to Friday.

    Internet Access

    Limited access at the project site

    What's NOT included?

    What's NOT included?

    Flight Tickets

    The nearest airport is Zanzibar International Airport (ZNZ) in Zanzibar. We assist you to find cheap flights to Tanzania. FIND CHEAP FLIGHTS

    Travel Insurance

    Going abroad is an adventure and it is always best to be prepared. Sudden illness or injury, cancellation or theft - a travel insurance for Tanzania provides security and is a plus to have. GET A QUOTE

    Vaccines

    If you are intending to volunteer in Tanzania you should seek medical advice before starting your social journey. Check your required vaccinations for Tanzania. VACCINE CHECKER

    Details on arrival

    You can start the project very flexible, each Monday or on a other day on request. Arriving day is Sunday. You will get an pick-up at the airport in Zanzibar. It takes 1 1/2 hour to get to the accommodation from the airport.

    Availability
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

    Program fees

    4 weeks (min. stay) 1,075€
    5 weeks 1,249€
    6 weeks 1,422€
    7 weeks 1,596€
    9 weeks 1,944€
    11 weeks 2,291€
    24 weeks (max. stay) 4,549€
    Average fees 228€/week

    Program fees

    228€ per week 4 - 24 weeks Age 18 - 50+

    Payment methods

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    NO CREDIT CARD FEES


    Duration

    4 - 24 weeks

    Deposit

    The deposit is simply to reserve your volunteer placement. Payments are handled by PayPal, our trusted global payment provider. If you don't have a PayPal account, you can also pay using a credit card.


    Final Payment

    Your final payment will be agreed with Jamso Trainee during the application process. Common solutions are either via bank transfer or a cash payment at the project site.


    Meet your organization

    Jamso Trainee

    Fantastic 4.5 rating (75 reviews)

    Agency - founded in 2012

    Verified by Volunteer World

      Very high response rate

    Coordinated by

    Angela

    Spoken languages: French, Spanish, German, English

    About the project

    Jamso Trainee do help students finding volunteering projects and internships around the world.

    Meet your organization

    Jamso Trainee has been placing volunteers around the world for over six years. We're passionate about making a difference in developing communities. Cause we are a smaller agency we stay always in a good communication to our volunteers and to the communites. For us it is important to find the right programm for your stay abroad. Don´t travel just like a tourst!

    History: 

    Jamso Trainee startet in December 2012 helping in communities in Costa Rica. Costa Rica is since now the county with the most interns, volunteers and travelers. 

    Since 2013 Jamso Trainee started working with partners in Ecuador, Peru, South Afrika.

    2015 we begin working with our partner Bali and Thailand.

    Visiting projects and getting more relationshsips with local charities is a goal of each year. Jamso Trainee don´t increase too fast, because for us it is very important to hold long contacts and stay in a good communication with volunteers and projects.

    75 reviews · rating4.5

    My experience in Nungwi, Zanzibar was positive overall. The island is truly beautiful, and offers many activities and experiences to do! As for the project on empowering women, in my opinion it lacks structure and solid goals. What I mean is that there is nothing already designed to which the ...
    Eryk Jajkowicz rating5

    2024 at English Tutor at the beach

    Meine Zeit als Volunteer in Costa Rica war eine großartige Erfahrung. Ich konnte die Sprache und Kultur intensiv kennenlernen und viele neue Eindrücke sammeln. Besonders die Arbeit mit den Kindern beim Englischunterricht war bereichernd. Dabei habe ich nicht nur ihre Englischkenntnisse verbessert, ...
    Drew Natoli rating5

    2024 at English Tutor at the beach

    During my time in Uvita, I had the chance to meet regularly with 8 local children whose ages ranged from 6 through 12. I used different teaching strategies to best suit each child, keeping them interested and eager to learn. I would have liked, prior to my arrival, to have been more prepped on what ...
    Veronica Sala rating4.8

    2024 at English Tutor at the beach

    The project I applied for involved supporting a teacher in a school in Costa Rica I really enjoyed the time spent in the school and in Costa Rica in general. I had to work more or less 4h per day, so I had enough time to explore and travel. I used to work at the school in the morning and during ...
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    The Shelter is really good place to be, the caretakers and the owner are very welcoming and the dogs even more. The work at the shelter is maybe not easy but you will still like it. The will even get you sometimes to beautifuls beachs in the surounding of Chania. I would have like to stay a week ...
    Lukas Dschanesaschwili rating4.2

    2024 at Teach English Skills to local student at the beach

    Meine zwei Freunde und ich meldeten uns für das Projekt "Teach English Skills to local students at the beach" an und stellten drei Monate vor Arbeitsbeginn fest, dass eine Bewerbung für dieses Projekt nicht möglich war. Stattdessen wurden wir automatisch für ein anderes Projekt in einer anderen ...

    Location

    Africa > Eastern Africa > Tanzania > Nungwi, Zanzibar

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