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City/State: Limpopo Province |
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Country: SOUTH AFRICA
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Program description: |
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Educating and inspiring children to care for their environment through the medium of a wildlife orphanage. Join us for a wonderful experience as a volunteer. To achieve our goals in terms of education for the children and care for the orphaned animals, we need the help of volunteers.
You can join us for an experience of a life time, an internship, a Gap year, or just a holiday!
teaching basic subjects to children
6 underprivileged children are collected from their school on Monday and they stay with us at Datkari until Friday. A different group is collected each week.
The children are all aged between 13 and 15 years and are the grade 8 class. They are in a class of 160 children at the school and many of them have not even learnt their “times tables” or very basic English. We try to enforce the basics in education and to adjust our teaching methods to the level of each child.
Our methods are not always conventional but are fun for the children. Many of them do not understand even basic English and their standards are at a very low level.
We welcome your diversity, knowledge and innovative ideas. No experience is necessary.
Other learning activities include:
team building games
“Thinking games” (eg. Card games)
bead work incorporating mathematics and self expression
general etiquette and good manners are enforced by role play.
General education including life skills, and construction projects.
the day to day care of animals
The orphaned wild animals provide the basis for inspiring care and compassion for the environment. To this end we try to have animals that can be touched and caressed. This is not always possible.
As a volunteer you will be expected to accompany the children on stabling duties. These tasks include:
Cleaning and disinfecting animal camps and cages
Providing fresh food and water for the animals
Checking the health and condition of the animals
Compiling newsletter articles for individual animal sponsors
Research and record keeping of the animals
Basic first aid for animals
Many animals require extra care and sometimes this may involve working during the night.
All life requires food, and various animals have various diets. The monitoring of animal food resources and the specific diets of the animals is a vital part of your work.
renovation, building and maintenance
Daktari is continually growing, and often physical work is required. Duties can include:
Renovating animal camps
Building new animal camps and cages
Renovating accommodation
Painting
General construction and repairs
fundraising, marketing and communication (minimum of 3 months)
Volunteers may opt for this department of Daktari. We only take one volunteer in this section at any one time, and you will concentrate on:
Preparing fundraising proposals,
Compiling funding request
Seeking additional funding opportunities
Marketing and advertising
Forming new contacts (networking)
Compiling and dissemination of monthly newsletters
Communication
This experience is basically office bound and most of the work is done on the internet. You may also be involved, if you wish, in the education of children, care of animals and guests, but your primary concern is the marketing and fundraising.
One of the functions of this department can also include the organisation of meals, purchases and care of guests who may be staying at our camp.
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General program information: |
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Program open to: Everyone
Age range: minimum 18 years old
Travel to site: Independent Travel
Is opportunity more independant or group orientated: Group
No. in group: 4 to 6 people
Living arrangements on the program: Tents/Rustic Accommodation, Group living
How long does the program last?: 1-3 Months
What are the dates of this program: Arrival and departures are usually on Saturdays.
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Benefits and advantages of the program: |
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How you benefit:
You participate to a community project, sharing your knowledge for the future of the underprivileged children
You help animals and learn about Wildlife and conservation
You stay in a beautiful area where you will meet South African and many other different cultures
Where possible or when opportunities are available, we will give you time to visit the surrounding area and do some tourism. But as nature is the master and the children and animal the priority, we can’t guaranty it and plan it in advance. Be assured that we will do our best to make your stay as enriching as possible
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Cost or price of this program: |
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600 euros for 2 weeks
900 euros for 1 month
1600 euros for 2 months
1900 euros for 3 months
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Other Internships listings from Daktari Wildlife Orphanage SA |
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