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  Help teach at local schools and spend time with orphans when you volunteer with our Teaching and Community Outreach Program in Zambia.

On this project, you will split your time between several local schools, the Livingstone Street Kids Community Association orphanage, and other community-development program sites. At the schools, you will assist teachers, coach sports, and simply be a positive presence in the children’s lives. At the orphanage, which houses children who lost their parents to AIDS, you will help children with their homework, play games, and provide assistance with theater productions and other extramural activities. Your energy and presence will help the students develop intellectually and creatively, and will make a lasting impression on their lives.

Livingstone schools are badly underfunded and, as a result, are overcrowded and lack critical resources. The situation is so dire that schools must operate under a system known as “hot-seating,” conducting two or even three school sessions daily in order to accommodate all the children. Thus, many students are in school for only two or three hours per day. To help maximize the quality of precious school time, volunteers work as teaching assistants in the classrooms or as sport coaches to keep kids off the streets. The schools in Livingstone have poor facilities, but the children are eager to learn.

As a volunteer you can:
Serve as an assistant teacher
Coach sports
Work at an orphanage, enhancing the orphans’
    educational experiences, helping with drama     productions,  and coordinating other extramural activities
Participate in other community development initiatives
    including hospice care as well as building and
    refurbishing village facilities
Help keep kids off the streets
Immerse yourself in local Zambian culture
 
 
Project Length: Start Dates:
Minimum: 2 weeks
Maximum: 3 months		 The first Monday of the month.
Project Cost: Cost Includes:
2 Weeks: US $1,600
Each Additional Week: US $495

Airport, bus or train station pick-up and  

    drop-off
On-site orientation
All daily transportation to and from the
    project
Accommodations
Three meals per day
In-country support and program
    coordination
Volunteer donation to project

Requirements:
Participants must be prepared to interact with children for up to eight hours a day.
Schedule: Accommodations:
Volunteers will typically split their time between the schools in the mornings and other community programs in the afternoon. More specific details of the schedule will be decided during orientation. In general, volunteers should expect to work approximately eight hours a day, with evenings and weekends free. Shared volunteer house in Livingstone
Shared, same-sex rooms
Land line and cell phone reception
Dining room and kitchen
Satellite TV
Swimming pool
Cook on staff to prepare all meals (except     some weekends)
Laundry done by staff member


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  Kathryn Gilmore, USA
  "I returned to the U.S. on Sunday and am already trying to figure out how I can return to Africa. I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT! What an amazing country and incredible people. And the organization is top-notch. My time in Zambia was the best of my life."


 
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