United Children of Africa (UNICA) is a nonpolitical and non-religious NGO governed by a board of Trust, made up of competent development practitioners coming from diverse backgrounds. UNICA work in collaboration with numerous partners and local volunteer to deliver educational, health care and other support services to the community
This project focuses on supporting Kindergarten education for children at a local rural school in Victoria Falls. Early Childhood Education is key to the promotion of cognitive, physical and social development of children in the first 1000 days of their lives. This project’s aim is to promote access to ECD services to children and promoting the education of ECD children through play. Volunteers in this project are engaged on a day-to-day basis with children in ECD as Teacher Assistants. They provide a conducive platform for children to access educational services and promoting play as the pivot of education for children in this grade. Children in this grade are between the ages of 3 to 6 years of age. Volunteers have an opportunity to be innovative and initiate educational games for children as well as facilitating coloring and paintings. It is a project for those volunteers who wish to be immersed in visionary artwork, painting and play (indoor or outdoor).
Desire to work hard as well as being comfortable to work with people with from different backgrounds
Accommodation: The volunteer will live with host families within the community and this will provide volunteers with the opportunity to learn more from the local people and also share in their daily way of life as well as deep understanding of the host community.
Food: Basic meals will be provided in the host family from what is locally available in the local community. Volunteers are therefore advised to be flexible and open minded. This will make it easy to negotiate entry into the community as volunteers.
Volunteers are encouraged to budget extra money for leisure during free time
Volunteers should have personal insurance
Valid travel and Medical insurance is must
The participates will contribute €350.
. The fee covers orientation, evaluation, monitoring, project set up, office running/administrative expenses, supporting small community projects running of activities during the project, certificate of participation, accommodation, feeding at camp and communication prior to, during and after the camp.
The project is open to anyone above the age of 18 years irrespective of nationality, gender, race, religion, political view, or educational qualification
: Volunteers will be picked up from the Airport or regional bus station in on request. They will be transferred to any lodge in town of their choice. Two-day orientation will be organized in close collaboration with the volunteers and ZWA staff. The main objective of the orientation is to minimize the effects of cultural shock as well as to build capacities for the volunteers, so as to meet the community with open mind.
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