Volunteer Africa

The Volunteer Africa program is looking for volunteers for this summer.  A GRS student has already participated in this exchange and had a positive experience.  Here is a brief message from the organization: “Another successful year of volunteering is winding up. Great progress has been made in Mghumbu village. The volunteers have had a fantastic time and been well looked after by the generous Tanzanian people. It is that time of year when the leaves are starting to fall and we wind down the current year of volunteer. We now set our sights on the next year’s programme. Since we started operating in 2002, over 700 volunteers have been to Tanzania with Volunteer Africa. Volunteers have made a valuable and welcome contribution to the communities they work with directly by helping out on the building sites of schools and clinics and furthering the education and opportunities of orphans and vulnerable children. In addition volunteers have made a huge impact on the lives of many Africans through the donations made in their programme fee. By the end of 2009 Volunteer Africa had donated £398,334(approx US$640,000) to our partner NGOs in Tanzania. We have few overhead costs and thus can maximize any donations getting to the host NGOs. For more information click on the link below” http://www.volunteerafrica.org/green/wheredoesmymoneygo?_ts=89825 Volunteer_Africa_Poster