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Sports Assistant

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4 - 12 weeks  ·  Age 18 - 50+

rating  Perfect 4.6  · 
  Verified by Volunteer World
  Very high response rate

Highlights

  • Learn to work in a Developing country
  • Encounter the exotic African culture
  • Make friends from around the world
  • Join the amazing safaris programs
  • Enjoy outdoor based volunteering with incredible children

Especially good for

Age 18+
Singles
Couples
Families
Groups
50+

About the program

Elevate future prospects through volunteering. Support local children in underprivileged communities, fostering a passion for sports and personal development.

Our dynamic Sports and Health Volunteer Program at Highridge School, is a project that focuses on improving children's health and sports knowledge in a fun and creative manner. As a volunteer, your main role is to teach various sports and deliver health classes, shaping a dedicated sports program ...

About the program

Our dynamic Sports and Health Volunteer Program at Highridge School, is a project that focuses on improving children's health and sports knowledge in a fun and creative manner. As a volunteer, your main role is to teach various sports and deliver health classes, shaping a dedicated sports program and curriculum for Kinder to Year 12 students.

Collaborate with the school staff to implement health and wellbeing lessons, organize sports events and carnivals, raise awareness about health, and establish a comprehensive schoolwide sports curriculum. With a strong emphasis on soccer, the program also aspires to propel teams into the national league.

This initiative addresses misconceptions about health in Tanzania, where cultural beliefs around success and limited access to healthy food options contribute to challenges. Few affordable after-school sports activities further hinder children's engagement in sports. Your tasks include teaching basic health classes during free periods and leading sports activities in the afternoons, contributing to the development of a comprehensive sports program and curriculum.

Highridge School encompasses both primary and secondary students aged 7 to 18. Volunteers receive a structured schedule for free periods and sports activities, ensuring a well-organized and impactful experience. We seek positive and energetic volunteers aged 18 and above, with a keen interest in sports and exercise. Physical activity, a passion for teaching, and a clean criminal record are essential. Experience in sports or health-related fields is advantageous. Please submit a letter of motivation with your application to ensure the right fit for this impactful program.

Typical day

Each day on our Sports and Health Volunteer Program, you will start around 8 AM. Depart from the volunteer house and head to the nearby school for an engaging 2-3 hours of teaching basic health to children. Classes cover fundamental human body knowledge, diet essentials, and emphasize the importance ...

Typical day

Each day on our Sports and Health Volunteer Program, you will start around 8 AM. Depart from the volunteer house and head to the nearby school for an engaging 2-3 hours of teaching basic health to children. Classes cover fundamental human body knowledge, diet essentials, and emphasize the importance of exercise. Receive a detailed schedule of free periods upon arrival, allowing you to prepare for your classes held in well-equipped classrooms with blackboards and chalk. We encourage creativity in your teaching methods!

Following health classes, share lunch with the children before diving into sports and exercise activities. Begin with the youngest children, offering training in football, basketball, or volleyball with all necessary equipment provided. Alternatively, design your own games and exercises to keep the children active. As the afternoon progresses, older children join in, following a detailed program provided by the school upon your arrival.

Work from Monday to Friday with the option for activities on Saturdays if desired. Your role extends beyond teaching, as you collaborate with school staff to enhance and expand the sports program.


Free-time activities

Discover the best of Arusha with an array of free-time activities, from thrilling African safaris to day trips and afternoon adventures. As Tanzania stands among the world's top safari destinations, seize the opportunity during your placement. At the White House, we offer several budget and group ...

Free-time activities

Discover the best of Arusha with an array of free-time activities, from thrilling African safaris to day trips and afternoon adventures. As Tanzania stands among the world's top safari destinations, seize the opportunity during your placement. At the White House, we offer several budget and group joining Safari Tours, fitting to your volunteer schedule and preferred parks (Arusha National Park, Serengeti, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorogoro Crater).

 

For nature enthusiasts, embark on hikes up Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Meru, and we can guide you through the planning process, suggesting routes and durations.

 

If day trips are more your style, choose from an array of activities: hike to Mt. Meru waterfall, visit authentic Masai villages, swim in natural hot springs, explore man-made underground caves, or tour banana plantations. All these options can be easily arranged upon your arrival at the White House.

 

Afternoons off work offer a variety of options. Cool down in a hotel swimming pool, available to outsiders for a small fee, or paddle around Lake Duluti in a rented canoe surrounded by birds and monkeys. In case of rain, explore Arusha's Museum of Nature and Wildlife or visit the Cultural Heritage Center, a gallery with diverse shops. Enhance your downtime with these enriching experiences in Arusha.


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 (basic level)

Education Requirements

at High School level

Criminal Background Check

required

Required Documents

CV with picture, letter of motivation and High School Graduation Certificate

Nationality Restrictions

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

Other Skills

The sports program is fit for volunteers having on education in physical exercises. However, it is also fit for people having an education in sports subjects and public health.

Time Commitment

Your helping hand will be required on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

What's Included

What's Included

Services by Boresha Maisha Projects

The fee covers your living expenses whilst here in Tanzania, and a percentage goes towards your placement itself, to further support the projects. During your stay, you will be living at a vibrant volunteer house, located in Njiro, only a short drive from the city centre.


Program Inclusions:

  • Accommodation at our lively volunteer and backpacker’s house
  • 2 meals per day (Breakfast and dinner)
  • Airport pick up
  • Orientation and town tour
  • In-country program support
  • Your placement
  • Program Certificate
  • Access to a range of Day Tours and Safaris to experience more of Tanzania!

Airport Pickup at Kilimanjaro International Airport

We provide our volunteers with airport pick-up - from both Kilimanjaro International Airport and Arusha Domestic Airport. Just provide us with your arrival detail - date, exact time, flight number - and we will make sure our driver is waiting outside for you with a sign of your name and a big smile.

Accommodation

During your stay you will be accommodated in the coziest and most friendly hostel in Arusha, The White House of Tanzania. Upon your arrival, you will meet our staff as well as the Mboje family, who runs and manages Fursa Projects Tanzania as well as the hostel. The family also lives on site once in Arusha, and there is therefore always staff around. 

The hostel is a newly renovated big house located in an area of Arusha called Njiro. It is approximately 15 minutes drive fromt the center of the city, but within 10 minutes walking from the house you will find a big compound called Njiro Complex. Here you will find ATMs, various restaurants, gym, cinema, supermarket and much more. From here, it is very easy to either find a taxi or to catch the local mini-buses - dalla-dalla's - and get to the center of Arusha. 

All the rooms in the hostel are spacious and clean with their own private ensuite-bathrooms with hot shower. We have no single rooms, and as a volunteer you will most likely share a room with other volunteers and travelers. However, we find that this makes the experience much richer for the volunteers, as they get to know their fellow house-mates that much better. 

The hostel have various common-areas both indoor and outdoor, where guests and volunteers relax and enjoy their evenings after a day full of adventure - either at their placements or on different trips. As mentioned in the section below, all three meals are included in your accommodation price and all guests and staff enjoy dinner together every night. This is usually a time of day, where guests and volunteers will share experiences and get new inspiration for activities for their days off. 

Included in your accommodation price, you will also find a good functioning WIFI at all times, so you can easily communicate with your friends and family at home.

Food & Beverages

Breakfast and Dinner is included. Breakfast is buffet style with toast, eggs, pancakes, banana bread and fruit. Dinner will be a mixture of local and western cuisine, generally consisting of rice-based dishes, pastas, stews, chicken, chips, etc!

Internet Access

Good access at the project site

What's NOT included?

What's NOT included?

Flight Tickets

The nearest airport is Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) in Kilimanjaro. 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

The school have public holidays throughout most of December, Easter, June and for a few weeks in November.

We recommend that, if possible, you arrive to Arusha during the weekend so you will have time to settle in the hostel, have time for a town orientation and get to know the city about before you begin your placement on Monday! Upon your arrival, our driver will pick you up in the airport and take you back to the hostel where we will be ready to greet you. 

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

Program fees

4 weeks (min. stay) 780€
5 weeks 975€
9 weeks 1,755€
12 weeks (max. stay) 2,339€
Average fees 195€/week

Program fees

195€ per week 4 - 12 weeks Age 18 - 50+

Payment methods

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NO CREDIT CARD FEES


Duration

4 - 12 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 Boresha Maisha Projects during the application process. Common solutions are either via bank transfer or a cash payment at the project site.


Meet your organization

Boresha Maisha Projects

Perfect 4.6 rating (27 reviews)

Agency - founded in 2014

Verified by Volunteer World

  Very high response rate

Coordinated by

Lucy

Spoken languages: English, Swahili

About the project

Boresha Maisha Projects seek to provide communities with education about sustainable solutions to their problems through the work of experienced volunteers.

Meet your organization

We wish to create possibilities for communities and individuals to grow and develop in order to create a better future. We seek to provide communities with education about sustainable solutions to their problems instead of fast and easy solutions. How do we plan to do that? By continues education provides by experienced individuals with knowledge and specific education to a certain field. And this is where we need you!

Dealing with the challenges of today requires problem-solvers who bring different perspectives and are willing to take risks. We are searching for strong individuals, who wish to bring their knowledge and education and pass it on to communities and work places in Arusha, Tanzania. We believe that this education and sharing of knowledge is the way to solve many of the problems, the developing countries in the 21st century are facing. But we need you to help us with it.

Boresha Maisha Project emerged out of a pursuit to inspire and support the community. Having seen the bad effects of "voluntourism" many of the volunteering platforms create, we wished to find more sustainable projects, where the impacts will last and not just be forgotten with the next arriving volunteers. We wish to create platforms specifically for volunteers with the appropriate skills and this way ensure that the volunteers will be in surroundings where they feel safe and have an expertise. Look through our projects and see if we have one, that fits you. They get updated regularly, so don't worry if you don't find the one, you were looking for.  

Established in 2017, we’re an organization driven by progressive ideas and bold actions. Help us break the circle of "voluntourism" and projects who are ruining communities and families instead of keeping them together.

27 reviews · rating4.6

Richard Ernest rating4.8

2023 at Sports Assistant

I volunteered with Fursa Projects, at a local school, working on helping develop a more set sports program for the students in the primary school. This was a really great experience, as I got to learn about the school system in Tanzania more, and by helping with a sports based program, we were able ...
Samuel Bowin rating4.8

2023 at Sports Assistant

This volunteer program was an experience to remember for sure. I did the Sports Program at Fursa and the kids were so fun, engaging and had incredible soccer skills! The school was great at engaging us in their sports curriculum and having us help build the overall health and sports program offered, ...
Megan Tatham rating5

2024 at Animal Welfare and Rescue

Amazing opportunity to help animals and gain invaluable experience.I loved volunteering here so much! Dr Evarest is amazing! He's a great man that cares deeply for all animals and people. This volunteering is like no other animal rescue as it's really hands on, not just feeding and cleaning like ...
Floo Vander Meeren rating5

2024 at Medical Work & Support

My stay at the hostel was great. The girls who work there and the owners are very friendly and social. My volunteering program was at Kitogani District Hospital where I would assist the doctors where they needed me. The people at the hospital were very welcoming and because it is a local hospital ...
Eunice rating4.6

2024 at Medical Work & Support

Incredible and very enriching experience personally and professionally. Good level of English required to make the most of the experience. Excellent team support and flexibility. For what could be improved: not really a welcome upon arrival at accommodation and lack of concrete information ...
I had a really good time voluntering abroad in Arusha. You will stay in the White House of Tanzania hostel. It's a nice place to come back to after a day of volunteering. I did the program Womens Empowerment. It is very valuable to see the problems that the women at the shelter have to face. You can ...

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