Volunteer in Tanzania

Cross-Cultural Solutions: Volunteer Abroad for the Experience of a Lifetime!
Experience another culture like never before while making a real difference in people’s lives. You’ll gain perspectives and insights into the local culture and yourself. It’s an exciting and personally inspiring experience, and you’ll develop memories that will be with you forever. Programs operate in Arusha, Bagamoyo, and Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

Dates Offered: Choose from start dates year-round and lengths-of-stay from 3-12 weeks.
Costs: The U.S. tax-deductible program fee for a two-week program is $2,588 (£1,408) with each additional week of stay only $297 (£162). The program fee for the one-week Insight Abroad program offered in Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Peru, and Russia is $1,695 (£922). Program fee includes: personalized Volunteer Placement, language instruction, cultural education, food, lodging, transportation to and from all Cross-Cultural Solutions’ placements and programs, pre-departure guidance from headquarters staff, 24-hour access to in-country staff, travel medical and emergency evacuation insurance, and more.
Contact: Cross-Cultural Solutions, 2 Clinton Place, New Rochelle, NY 10801; Tel: 800.380.4777 or 914.632.0022; in the UK call 0845 458 2781/2782; other countries call +44 (0) 1273 666392; Fax: 914.632.8494.
Email: info@crossculturalsolutions.org
Website: www.crossculturalsolutions.org

Volunteer Programs with Local Homestays in Tanzania
Global Service Corps (GSC) offers opportunities for program participants to live in Tanzania homes while volunteering on service and development projects. Participants live with families who generously introduce their culture, cuisine and customs through excursions and daily interaction, providing a unique cultural experience not to be forgotten! The projects foster grass-roots collaboration, skill-building, and cross-cultural understanding. We help developing communities learn to function more sustainably, while expanding the perspectives of participants as responsible global citizens. Project areas include health, HIV/AIDS prevention, and sustainable agriculture for nutrition and hunger relief. Participants have the opportunity to work on meaningful projects in hospitals, health clinics, schools, farms, and community and government organizations, depending on their interests. Excursions and Swahili language training are included. Undergraduate and graduate level credits qualifying for financial aid available.

Dates: Year round. Call the company or check the web site at www.globalservicecorps.org to learn more, and for dates. 
Cost: $2,325-2,815 for 2-4 week project trips; $25-$35 per day for 6 week to 6 month extensions; $4,040 for summer and semester student internships. Includes extensive pre-departure preparation and in-country expenses (hotel and homestay room and board, orientation, training, project expenses, transportation, excursions and Swahili lessons). Airfare not included; international airfare discount available.
Contact: Global Service Corps. 300 Broadway, Suite 28, San Francisco, CA 94133; 415-788-3666 ext. 128, fax 415-788-7324; gsc@globalservicecorps.org, www.globalservicecorps.org.

Effect Change in Tanzania
Visit the highest peak in Africa, Mt. Kilimanjaro and the shores of the great Lake Victoria while exploring a world quite different from your own. Volunteer opportunities in Tanzania include interacting with local service providers in a wide range of services. There are four main areas of volunteer work: teaching at schools; care-taking at orphanages/shelters: HIV/AIDS education, and medical volunteering.

Cost: Varies depending on the duration of the stay (1-12 weeks).
Dates: Begins on the first Monday of each month.
Contact: United Planet, 11 Arlington St, Boston MA 02116, USA. Telephone: 617-267-7763.
Email: quest@unitedplanet.org
Website: www.unitedplanet.org

Tanzania Group Quest: HIV/AIDS Education
Are you passionate about ending the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa? While none of us can single-handedly solve all the problems, you can take action, bringing knowledge and love, changing the lives of a few. Immerse in the Tanzanian culture, learning about a different and beautiful way of life while doing your part to increase the health of others.
Work: Volunteers will work with local non-profit organizations in and around Dar es Salaam to educate young people about HIV/AIDS. This may include school and community center presentations, discussions with youth, and visitations to homes where people are living with HIV/AIDS.

Contact: United Planet, 11 Arlington St, Boston MA 02116, USA. Telephone: 617-267-7763.
Email: quest@unitedplanet.org
Website: www.unitedplanet.org

Volunteer in Tanzania
ELI works with two distinct communities in the Arusha area of Northern Tanzania, the Meru and Maasai, to offer volunteer opportunities that benefit the locals while giving participants a unique cultural learning experience. Knowledge of English is sufficient for all placements, though some knowledge of Swahili helps. Volunteers can teach, work at orphanages, assist with small scale economic development projects, assist with conservation programs, help with HIV/AIDS education, or work with special needs children.

Dates: Year Round
Cost: Starts at $795 for two weeks includes accommodation, most meals, airport pickup, in-country support, and pre-departure support.
Contact: Experiential Learning International, 8 E. 1st Ave #102, Denver, CO 80203
Tel.: 303-321-8278
Fax: 303-857-5445
Email: info@eliabroad.org
Website: www.eliabroad.org

Volunteer Abroad in Tanzania with Volunteering Solutions
Affordable volunteer programs in India, Nepal, Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Vietnam, Phillipines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Cambodia. Volunteering Solutions provides International Volunteer Abroad, Volunteer and Travel programs in 10 countries across Asia and Africa. We constantly work to provide affordable and meaningful volunteer abroad opportunities for volunteers from around the world. Our volunteer abroad programs include both short-term 2-week to long-term 6-month volunteer abroad placements in every country, which volunteers can join throughout the year.

Cost: Costs start at only $650 for 2-week placements.
Dates: All year round.
Email: info@volunteeringsolutions.com
Website: www.volunteeringsolutions.com

Volunteer in Tanzania
Immerse yourself in Tanzanian culture as you live and work among local people and become a part of their community! Volunteers help with environmental projects, teach in schools, provide child care and support to parents in poor rural areas and help coach sports and recreational activities. The friendly staff in Tanzania provide support and assistance throughout the program. CCI is a non profit founded in 1985 and run by seasoned travel enthusiasts who regularly participate in their own cultural exchanges.

Dates: Flexible, year round rolling admissions.
Cost: Price starts at $1130 for two weeks including accommodation with two meals daily, insurance, arrival transportation, orientation and full support.
Contact: Center for Cultural Interchange, 746 N. Lasalle Dr., Chicago, IL 60610.
Tel: 1.312.944.2544 or direct 312.264.1601.
Email: info@cci-exchange.com
Website: www.cci-exchange.com

Aang Serian (House of Peace)
Teaching assistants and qualified ESL teachers are placed in a rural Maasai village of Tanzania. Volunteers also needed for manual work, etc. Six- to 12- month stays preferred but shorter ones are possible.

Contact: P.O. Box 13732, Arusha, Tanzania; 011-255-744-318548; www.aangserian.org.uk/volunteer.htm.

Caretakers of the Environment Tanzania
Volunteer / Teach Caretakers of the Environment in Tanzania
Use your skills to improve the lives of Youth/children, their families and environmental Education as a volunteer in Tanzania.

Contact: yangwemd@yahoo.co.uk, www.orgsites.com/wa/volunteer_caretakerstz

Global Citizens Network/Harrambee
Sends teams of paying volunteers for 1 to 3 weeks to rural Kenya and Tanzania (among other countries worldwide). $1,250-$2,050 plus airfare.

Contact: 130 N Howell St., St. Paul, MN 55104; 800-644-9292; www.globalcitizens.org.

Global Seekers Development Expeditions
Volunteer in East Africa Program
Through volunteering - we provide opportunities to travel, live and work in Kenya or Tanzania, East Africa, and make a difference!

Contact: info@globalseekers.com, www.globalseekers.com

Global Volunteers
Volunteer in Tanzania!
Work on village development projects including teaching, building classrooms and dormitories, and supplying books and other school materials.

Contact: www.globalvolunteers.org/1main/tanzania/volunteer_in_tanzania.htm

Greenforce
Conservation Volunteers in Tanzania
Recruits researchers to join conservation aid projects for 4 or 10 weeks in South Africa and Tanzania. Participation fee £1,300 ($2,500) for 4 weeks on a penguin rescue project in South Africa, £2,400 ($4,500) for 10 weeks surveying wildlife in a Maasai area.

Contact: 11-15 Betterton St., Covent Garden, London WC2H 9BP, U.K.; 011-44-207-470-8888; www.greenforce.org.

i-to-i Volunteer Travel
Volunteer Teaching English in Tanzania
In Moshi, a busy little town close to Mount Kilimanjaro in the north of Tanzania, you can help shape the futures of the country’s children by sharing your English skills. And depending on your talents you might also find yourself assisting with sports, math, science or with a number of extra-curricular activities. Help is needed at a variety of schools at nursery, primary and secondary levels where classes could be large and lively, so you’ll need to be on your toes!
Community Development Volunteer Work in Tanzania
With a variety of projects to offer, you could work with orphans, street children, or with youngsters whose parents simply cannot afford to care for them. Or, enrich the lives of women through teaching English, sharing simple business skills and even providing education on HIV and AIDS awareness.

Contact: 190 East 9th Avenue, Suite 350, Denver, CO 80203, USA; Tel. 303-765-5325; usca@i-to-i.com, www.i-to-i.com.

Madventurer
Volunteer in Tanzania
Paying volunteers participate in expeditions and community work in Tanzania, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, and Togo (among other non-African countries).

Contact: The Old Casino, 1-4 Forth Ln., Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 5HX, U.K.; 011-44-845-121-1996; www.madventurer.com.

Mondo Challenge
Volunteer in Tanzania
Volunteer teaching and business development in Tanzania.

Contact: info@mondochallenge.org, www.mondochallenge.org

Visions in Action
Volunteer in Tanzania
Six- and 12-month volunteer positions in Uganda, South Africa, and Tanzania plus short-term summer opportunities in Tanzania. Volunteers must have a degree or relevant work experience to fill positions in human rights, journalism, micro-enterprise, social work, health, environment, and research. Participation fees from $4,400 for summer in Tanzania.

Contact: 2710 Ontario Rd., NW, Washington, DC 20009; 202-625-7402, fax. 202-588-9344; visions@visionsinaction.org, www.visionsinaction.org.

Volunteer Africa
NGO that works with village projects in the Singida Region of Tanzania.

Contact: PO Box 24, Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1YP, England; www.volunteerafrica.org.