City/State: Arusha, Bagamoyo, or Kilimanjaro Country: TANZANIA Make a real difference in Tanzania REQUEST MORE INFORMATION »» Cross-Cultural Solutions Tower Point 44 North Road East Sussex UNITED KINGDOM BN1 1YR Phone: 0845 458 2781 / 2782 Program description: "Probably the best and most interesting 3 weeks of my life … It answered a lot of questions and asked a few more too … I can’t tell how this experience has affected me for all the years down the line … I don’t think I’m ever going to travel as just a tourist ever again." This is what one volunteer had to say about their experience in Tanzania. Volunteer Abroad with Cross-Cultural Solutions. Work side-by-side with local people and experience another culture like never before. It's the experience of a lifetime. As an international volunteer with Cross-Cultural Solutions, you're making a meaningful contribution, working side-by-side with local people and sharing in the goals of a community that warmly welcomes you. You're experiencing another culture like never before and really getting to know its people. You'll gain new perspectives and insight into the culture and yourself. It's an exciting and personally inspiring experience, and you'll develop memories that will be with you forever. Enjoy the flexibility of choosing from 12 countries, start dates year-round and programmes from 1-12 weeks long. CCS offers international volunteer programmes in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Morocco, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Thailand. Wherever you choose, our in-country staff welcomes you to the CCS Home-Base, your home away from home. Cross-Cultural Solutions is a recognised leader in the field of international volunteering. General program information: Program open to: Everyone Age range: Minimum age of 18 for independent travellers. Travel to site: Independent Travel Is opportunity more independant or group orientated: Varies Living arrangements on the program: Group living How long does the program last?: 2-4 weeks What are the dates of this program: Programmes run from 3 to 12 weeks long. There are frequent start dates throughout the year. Please check out our website or contact us for more details. Benefits and advantages of the program: The People: Friendliness between cultures and tribes in Tanzania extends to a neighbourly ethic within communities. Community is important in Tanzanian life, and neighbours check in on each other regularly. Additionally, whenever a guest is in town, Tanzanians are expected to treat them with the highest respect and hospitality. Tanzanians will invite neighbors over to meet their guests to prove their kindness and generosity. Despite not having many material possessions, Tanzanians are warm and friendly. They appreciate what they do have, and therefore expect those who can afford to dress professionally to do so. Because women are responsible for family life and provisions, they are held to a particularly high standard of respectful behaviour. The Community: Unlike much of Tanzania, which is mostly savannah and scrub, the area of Arusha is very lush. An agricultural centre of Tanzania and the base for northern safari parks, the city of Arusha was born from rural roots unlike the capital of Dar es Saalam. The village of Patandi, in the township of Tengeru, is a small farming village. In the morning, you can watch villagers walking down from the mountains with baskets on their heads heading off to school or to town for a day at the market selling their goods. Volunteers in Arusha, Tanzania, are involved with caring for infants and children, teaching children, teaching English, assisting teachers, observing and assisting local medical professionals, caring for people with disabilities, working with people affected by HIV/AIDS and assisting teachers of special education. Bagamoyo (Arabic for “Lay down your heart”) is a small city located in the coastal region of Tanzania, about 45 miles from Dar es Salaam, the financial capital and largest city in Tanzania. Visiting Dar will give volunteers a taste of a bustling African city, where people who have traveled from all parts of Tanzania and Africa come hoping to find good jobs and “city life.” Volunteers in Bagamoyo may be involved with caring for infants and children, teaching children, teaching English, assisting teachers, working towards women's empowerment, sharing their professional skills/experience, working with people affected by HIV/AIDS, observing and assisting local health professionals, and assisting teachers of special education.   The Kilimanjaro Region is dominated both geographically and spiritually by Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain on the African continent. Moshi is the capital town of the Kilimanjaro Region, located at the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro. The waterfalls, coffee plantations and banana fields create an incredible setting for the Cross-Cultural Solutions programmes. The name Moshi means "smoke" in Swahili and the town earned its name when it was the routing center for trains going from Tanzania to Kenya. Though the train no longer offers that route, Moshi still attracts many visitors, who are drawn to its beauty and its relaxed spirit. Volunteers and interns in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, are involved with caring for infants and children, teaching children, teaching English, assisting teachers, working towards women's empowerment, sharing their professional skills/experience, observing and assisting local medical professionals, caring for people with disabilities, working with people affected by HIV/AIDS and assisting teachers of special education. Cost or price of this program: Programme fees vary depending on the length of your stay. The programme fee for a 3-week programme is £1,577.  Each additional week is £152.  This programme fee covers the costs of lodging, meals and ground transportation, plus individual attention and guidance from an experienced and knowledgeable Programme Manager, coordination of your Volunteer Placement, Perspectives Programming activities, a 24-hour emergency hotline in the US, travel and medical insurance, and much more. Typical person for this program: CCS is delighted to welcome volunteers of many different ages and walks of life to its programmes each year.  We have families and groups from Australia volunteering alongside teens from Canada and working and retired adults from the UK. We have graduate students from Japan and college students from the US. We have 'gappers,' people who are taking a break before university, or within their professional lives. They come to Cross-Cultural Solutions from very different parts of the world, and from very different places in their life. Qualifications required: No specific skills or experience are required to participate in CCS' programmes. No matter what you believe your skill level to be, you have something meaningful and helpful to offer. Application process Involves: There is no formal application process.  If you are interested in participating in a programme, please contact a Programme Enrolment Manager, who will be happy to talk with you about how a programme could work for you.  To reserve your place on a programme, you will be asked to put down a non-refundable deposit of £150. 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