Social Work and Youth Development
Highlights
- Great for Social Work students looking to get practicl experience working with child care workers in a different culture and country.
- Volunteers that are interested in creative arts for art therapy or with music talents to help teach the youth how to play the marimba for the centre band are very welcome.
- For qualified Counsellors, Social Workers and Psychologists, this is a great opportunity to assist youth at risk, school dropouts and street children in the NPO sector and the challenges they face.
- Help take basic literacy and numeracy classes or one-on-one reading sessions. Sometimes the youth attend computer skills classes at a local library so you can help in this area stoo.
- Jam packed weekends filled with extreme sports, whale & dolphin watching, local markets, lagoon cruises, beach & forest walks, wildlife safaris & animal sanctuaries
- Great for Social Work students looking to get practicl experience working with child care workers in a different culture and country.
- Volunteers that are interested in creative arts for art therapy or with music talents to help teach the youth how to play the marimba for the centre band are very welcome.
- For qualified Counsellors, Social Workers and Psychologists, this is a great opportunity to assist youth at risk, school dropouts and street children in the NPO sector and the challenges they face.
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About the program
Assist with youth at risk and street children with social work, sports, art, music, teaching and counselling for their personal development
Join a team of caring childcare workers in South Africa at a daily drop-off centre for youth at risk. This is fantastic project for educators, counsellors, social work, psychologists or those with similar interests. The main aim is to assist and support the childcare workers in their daily program ...
Typical day
7.30 to 8am- Get up, get ready and have a bite to eat. It is advisable to prepare a snack for the day especially if you are staying for the after-school group.
8.30am - Be collected at your volunteer accommodation and taken to the centre. The youth that attend the centre will be arriving around the ...
Free-time activities
There is a wealth of activities in the area to suit most volunteers from the extreme sports lovers who would like to jump the world's highest bridge bungee which is only an hour away, paraglide, skydive, hike the magical forest home to the last most southern free-roaming elephants, take a surfing ...
Requirements
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Details on arrival
School terms for 2025
- Term 1: 15 January to 28 March 2025
- Term 2: 8 April to 27 June 2025
- Term 3: 22 July to 3 October 2025
- Term 4: 13 October to 10 December 2025
Program fees
Meet your organization
Volunteer Int. Adventures
Agency - founded in 2020
Verified by Volunteer World
Coordinated by
Sharon
About the project
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