from 619€
Disability Support & Skill Sharing Centre
Highlights
- You can support the centre in many ways. Motivate, educate and support disabled adults through learning new practical and vocational skills, or improving on their existing skills.
- Share your skills: Fashion textile designers, weavers, tailors, gardeners, builders, carpenters, chefs, nursery teachers, etc. New ideas practices that have business income-generating possibilities.
- Occupational therapists, physiotherapists and health professionals may be able to offer members, and the surrounding rural community consultations, referral exercises and useful and medical advice.
- Fundraisers and grant/ proposal writers can help provide equipment for vocation practice, materials for skills workshops and capital for building renovation, funiture and workshop materials..
- Sign language can be taught to deaf members families, to improve communication within families. IT lessons can be given to group members who are interested to lean how to use technology.
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About the program
Located in rural villages, these centers offer educational, physical & practical support, access to services, education and promote self-advocacy & social inclusion.
We support two disability centers, Pundu and Mpamba, both of which are located outside of Nkhata Bay in rural villages. They offer educational opportunities and support and promote self-advocacy, enabling access to quality education, skilling sharing, and income generation. Vocational skills are ...
Typical day
This depends on the program which volunteers wish to run while volunteering. Volunteers with relevant and useful skills can arrange and run workshops in these centers, and in the wider community for health care advice. Along side Butterfly's support team, we also have dedicated local volunteers who ...
Free-time activities
Butterfly Space Lodge is beautifully situated under a canopy of mango trees, surrounded by lush permaculture gardens with a restaurant and bar. Butterfly Space is a 15 minute walk from the bustling ferry port and market town, which has a vibrant market, great night life handcrafted souvenir shops, ...
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Details on arrival
Any time throughout the year.
Program fees
Meet your organization
Butterfly Space Malawi
Non-profit - founded in 2011
Verified by Volunteer World
Coordinated by
Holly
About the project
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