OUR PROJECT 1.Health project and research
2 . community developments
3.HIV/AIDS awarenes
4. sports in Africa projects
5.Environment conservation efforts(water,soil)
6.building maasai culture
7 .orphanages care&streat children care and support
8 .study Swahili abroad
9 . feed the world.
1o. youth to youth developments
11 .vetenary chamber and agriculture capacity
12 .helping forgotten voice (albino)
13.women developmentµ interprise 14. medical project 15. Book aids for africa
17.teaching and training the community
1.Community developments
A significant proportion of the money that volunteers pay to VolunteerAfrica is used to support our development partners in Africa especially northern tanzania . The exact proportion of your fee that we will use in this way is difficult to predict. However we can tell you that in 2009 we donated approx US$40,000 to Development organisations working in Tanzania. This was almost half our total income and does not include the money that we spent in Tanzania running the volunteer programme. In community development programes volunteer from different place in the global come together and share the knowledge through their experience to help community in road constructions, school & hospital building. also innovating several micro enterpreneurship projects opportunities to help women and widows. in micro entrepreneur are horticulture gardening and process, wooden and curving art we receive many volunteer that like this programs. some volunteer fundraise some money to rise books,medical gears, in different schools and hospital here in Africa .learn ,share knowledge and experience the life in Africa.your interested with the programs please contact us on TVI P.O.BOX 197 ARUSHA TANZANIA Email;kabuyombo@yahoo.com cell +255 787 930206,+255 764 308431
Where does my money go?
TVI Isinternational 'not for profit' organization work in Africa that is run by a team of volunteers spread around the world. Volunteer Africa has been established for two reasons;
1. As a mechanism for raising money for development organizations in Africa primarily in northern Tanzania.
2. To give people from around the world the opportunity to work on community initiated projects in developing countries.
The combination of these two objectives works well as the money fundraised by volunteers enables much needed work to be accomplished in Tanzania and volunteers get to see and work with genuine locally-led organisations that are making a real difference to the lives of people in their regionA substantial donation to the host NGO (around half of your total programme fee) to support the work of our partner NGOs. This donation is administered at the discretion of TVI Trustees to the host NGO. What is included in the volunteer programs’ fees
- Support from application, pre-departure, throughout your volunteering time and on return
- Airport pickup and transfer to residential training centre
- Accommodation from the night of your arrival till the end of your volunteering time
- All meals eaten at the Dar residential training centre and throughout your time as a volunteer in the volunteer compound or camp at your project
- An allowance towards the cost of meals eaten outside the residential training centre, when taken out by the tutors
- Shared kit bought for volunteers’ accommodation e.g. mosquito nets, cooking equipment etc
What’s not included?
- Cost of getting to and from Tanzania from your home country
- Your personal equipment
- Medical insurance or any medical treatment you may require whilst in Tanzania
- Trips outside the residential training centre and related costs such as taxi fares extra to the training course
- Return travel from the project sites to Dar. (Most volunteers go off traveling rather than heading back to Dar).
What have we achieved?
Since we started operating in 209, over 450 volunteers have been to TVI main office Tanzania volunteering with TVI. 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 TVI had donated approx US$ 540,000 to our partner NGOs in Tanzania.some of the NGO donated by TVI are jericho orphanage home and global watch volunteer adventure and safari
Health and research programes
Health Volunteers work with local governments, clinics, nongovernmental organizations, and communities at the grassroots level, where the need is most urgent and the impact can be the greatest. They focus on outreach, awareness, and prevention programs in public health, hygiene, sanitation, and HIV/AIDS. Whether playing the role as catalyst for health education or teaching in the classroom, they are limited only by the creativity of the community and the Volunteer.
Click on the links below to learn more about the specific opportunities and requirements for health Volunteers in the TVI
Volunteers raise communities’ awareness about the need for health education.
Depending on volunteer interestor specific assignment,she/he might:
Identify local leaders to teach families about maternal and child health, basic nutrition, or sanitation
Set up training on nutrition, sanitation, and/or oral rehydration therapy
Organize groups to raise money for needed health care materials
Conduct training of trainers for peer education about AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases
How do I qualify?
Education
Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline and a demonstrated interest in community health;
OR be a registered nurse with a demonstrated interest in community health.
Experience
Interest in health is demonstrated through volunteer or work experience in areas such as AIDS outreach, hospice, family planning counseling, emergency medical technician (EMT) or CPR certification, and hands-on care giving in a hospital, clinic, or lab technician setting. Counseling or teaching can also qualify as experience for this program.
Volunteers teach public health in classrooms and model methodologies and subjects for primary and secondary school teachers.
Recently we have program to broadcast the project in radio in order to empower young people to address health issues in their community, then trained them in radio broadcasting and various aspects of reproductive health. They will not only dynamic, enthusiastic, and hungry to offer and receive information, but their newfound voice will allows them to talk about issues that are otherwise taboo in the community and educate a population in a highly entertaining manner.”so a volunteer will be able to educate the community through radio ,seminars,or in community group e.g school.
Volunteer responsbilities
As a Public Health Education Volunteer, your role will be to provide formal and informal training and support to individuals, communities, NGOs, hospitals, clinics, and others. Your work will depend upon collaboration with host country counterparts.
Depending on volunteer interest , he/she might:
Conduct “knowledge, attitude, and practice” surveys in communities
Assist clinics or government planning offices in identifying health education needs
Devise educational programs to address local health conditions
Assist in marketing of messages aimed at improving local health practices
Carry out epidemiological studies
Act as backup professionals for other health Volunteers
Work in local health clinics to develop health education and outreach programs
How do I qualify?
Education
Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree in health education, nutrition, or dietetics;
OR a master’s degree in public health;
OR be a registered nurse certified in public health or midwifery;
OR be a certified physician’s assistant.
Experience
Competitive applicants have been active in health-related activities on a volunteer basis in colleges or their communities, working, for example, as peer nutritionists, AIDS or sexually transmitted disease counselors, or resident advisors in dormitories. Many are pre-med students who have shadowed doctors in hospitals. Other relevant skills include expertise in disease surveillance, creative training and adult education techniques, and community entry and survey methods.
Volunteers help communities to provide hygiene education, potable-water storage facilities, and awareness of water and sanitation issues.
Volunteer responsibilities
Volunteers work on construction projects and help organize and mobilize communities to provide health and hygiene education.
Depending on volunteer interest she/he, might:
Tap springs, construct wells, and build latrines
Improve potable water storage facilities
Conduct community outreach to heighten awareness of water and sanitation, health, and environment issues
How do I qualify?
Education
Applicants can qualify with a bachelor’s degree in any discipline;
OR one year of full-time construction experience.
Experience
Applicants with a degree usually have at least three months of experience in a relevant area or hands-on experience in mechanical repairs, construction, carpentry, or set design.
Applicants without a degree should have at least one year of work experience in construction, masonry, carpentry, or plumbing. Competitive applicants will have 3–5 years experience as mentioned above.
All applicants should have excellent physical stamina and be interested in hands-on work.
Volunteer responsbilities
Volunteers work with local governments and communities to improve water and sanitation facilities.
Depending on your specific assignment, you might:
Train people in facilities operation and maintenance
Help communities access resources and form management committees to sustain facilities
Design and build potable water sources and supply systems, including sewage and irrigation systems
Design and build garbage collection facilities, earthen dams, and concrete spillways
How do I qualify?
Education
Applicants can qualify with a bachelor’s or master’s degree in environmental or sanitary engineering;
OR civil engineering with 12 semester hours of environmental engineering course workOR certification in water or wastewater treatment plant operation or hazardous materials management.
Experience
Relevant experience or demonstrated interest includes mechanics or construction, hydrology, community outreach in health or environmental awareness, and simple accounting and budgeting. Applicants also should have excellent physical stamina.
How will this advance my career?
Through serving as TVI Volunteer, you can gain fluency in a foreign language, international experience, and cross-cultural understanding, attributes that are highly sought-after assets in today's global economy. Experience as TVI Volunteer working in public health is valued by numerous organizations, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the africa Agency for International Development, the U.S. Public Health Service, and many private companies and nongovernmental organizations seeking individuals with unique skills. Find out how returned TVI Volunteers receive advantages in health employments services globally
Teaching and Training program Tanzania
A major focus for the TVI program in Tanzania is secondary education. The country has a critical shortage of math and science teachers at the secondary school level. Due to lack of financial and human resources, the government is not able to attract the number of teachers it requires. Current Volunteers teach mathematics and science subjects in both private and public schools, as well as information and communication technology (ICT) at teacher colleges. All Volunteer teachers in secondary schools help with computer skills training. volunteer also go hand to hand cooperating with local English teachers in helping them teaching English .and sharing some teaching methodology e.g subject presentation, teaching aids etc.
Education Volunteers also work in resource identification and development, curriculum improvement, and extracurricular and community projects. Volunteers incorporate issues important to the surrounding community into their lesson plans, including HIV/AIDS, environmental education, and girls' empowerment.
The health education project increases basic health knowledge and improves health attitudes and behaviors of Tanzanian youth, particularly in the area of HIV/AIDS prevention. Volunteers are assigned in communities with functioning schools, primary and secondary schools, a health center/dispensary, and a functioning village government.
An environment project addresses basic village-level needs for the conservation and development of natural resources. The project has expanded to address community needs and national strategies, including the National Poverty Reduction Strategy Plan and a local government reform program that decentralized economic planning down to the district and village levels.
The project empowers Volunteers and their counterparts to make use of existing indigenous knowledge in agriculture, soil conservation, small-scale agribusiness, environmental education, home gardens, and HIV/AIDS awareness while mitigating its impact to agriculture and food security in the rural areas.
All Volunteers are involved with HIV/AIDS prevention activities. They may also help care for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) or orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) by providing nutrition education through permaculture and sustainable agriculture activities so these groups can live longer more productive lives by boosting their immune systems.
Qualifications; training and teaching program require some qualification depending with the volunteer training or teaching interest. but teaching English does not need any qualification just fluent English speaking and competence in front of majority.but training science subjects needs certificate degree or master.volunteer may also volunteer to teach adult educations in universities colle ge or institutes here in Tanzania.please contact us as wish your interest at kabuyombo@yahoo.com
Agriculture capacity and vet nary chamber
Tanzania is the among of the Africans country that depends the gross income in agriculture reentry Tanzania have introduced a green label of agriculture program known as KILIMO KWANZA a Swahili word that means agriculture first’ that agriculture is the back born of Tanzania gross economy .Tanzania also have high number of population of livestock to a high percentage of Tanzania gross economy origin. Agriculture Volunteers work with small farm operators to increase food production while promoting environmental conservation practices. They introduce farmers to techniques that prevent soil erosion, reduce the use of harmful pesticides, and replenish the soil. They work alongside farmers on integrated projects that often combine vegetable gardening, livestock management, agro forestry, and freshwater fisheries.
Agriculture Volunteers promote fruit and vegetable crops that provide valuable micronutrients, alleviating iron, iodine, and vitamin A deficiencies among children. They also help implement agribusiness programs to market and sell surplus food more effectively.
Click on the links below to learn more about the specific opportunities and requirements for agriculture Volunteers in TVI.
Volunteers assist communities where environmental issues are in conflict with basic needs for farming and income generation.
Volunteer responsibities Depending on volunteer interest volunteer he/she might;
Establish and maintain soil and water conservation structures and practices
Raise trees in small nurseries, work in fruit tree production, live fences, and other agriculture-related forestry practices
Engage in fish cultivation
Oversee apiculture and honey production
Teach livestock health, including meat and wool production
Train communities in range management, vegetable gardening, and nutritional education
Collaborate with individual farmers and associations to improve agriculture and agribusiness practices
How do I qualify?
Education
Applicants can qualify with a bachelor’s degree in any discipline;
OR one year of full-time experience described in the next column.
Experience
Applicants with a degree must have three months of experience in vegetable gardening, landscaping, tree planting or care, urban forestry, livestock care or management, or fish (freshwater or marine) cultivation or production. Other relevant experience that is helpful includes an interest and background in environmental issues and formal or informal teaching or tutoring of adults and/or youth.
Applicants without a degree must have one year full-time experience in vegetable gardening, nursery work, tree planting, or urban forestry. Competitive applicants will have 3–5 years of such experience.
Volunteers encourage sustainable crop production through promotion of organic farming techniques and better farm management.
Volunteer responsiblities
As an Applied Agricultural Science Volunteer, your role will be to work hand-in-hand with farmers and the community to introduce them to organic sustainable techniques and promote the development of small agricultural business projects to increase market opportunities.
Depending on your specific assignment, you might:
Conduct workshops on integrated pest management
Introduce composting, green manures, and other soil-improvement techniques
Test new varieties of seeds and demonstrate post-harvest management methods
Teach agriculture and extension methodologies in formal training institutions
Develop marketing strategies
How do I qualify?
Education
Applicants must have a bachelor’s or associate degree in agronomy or horticulture;
OR three years of full-time farm experience;
OR a bachelor’s in any discipline plus 18 months full-time farming experience;
OR a bachelor’s in botany or entomology plus six months of fruit or vegetable growing experience;
OR a bachelor’s in biology with substantial coursework in agricultural science, botany, or entomology plus six months of fruit or vegetable growing experience.
Experience
Competitive applicants have a solid background in agricultural production on family or commercial farms. They have grown fruits and vegetables and understand concepts such as soil fertility and integrated pest management. Other relevant experience that is helpful includes interest in, and knowledge of, organic farming, mechanical skills from using farm machinery, some experience with livestock, and knowledge of food storage and preservation. AGRICULTURE TESTIMONIAL “I was very grateful to work on fruit tree grafting, improved millet trials, and the arusha Eco-Farm, an integrated agroforestry system. It was a great opportunity to see development from the research point of view and realize what a useful tool SAVETZ can be to link research to application in the village.”
John simon Volunteer in canada
Farm Management and agribussiness
Volunteer responsibirities In your role as a Farm Management/Agribusiness Volunteer, you will work with small-scale farmers, farmers’ cooperatives, agribusinesses, and/or nongovernmental organizations.
Depending on your specific assignment, you might:
Teach basic business practices such as marketing, credit price determination, and general business planning
Work on crop and livestock production and preservation
Assist in organizing networks of local farmers
Identify market structures and channels
Perform production cost and price analyses
How do I qualify?
Education
Applicants can qualify with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture economics or agribusiness;
OR a degree that combines agriculture and management;
OR a business or economics degree combined with one year of hands-on experience in farming or agribusiness;
OR at least three years full-time experience in farm management or agribusiness.
Experience
Relevant experience that is helpful includes a demonstrated interest in agriculture management, farming or gardening work, general knowledge of business, computer skills, research and networking skills, and the ability to collaborate and share resources with others.
TESTIMONIAL “I worked with my community to improve methods of small animal management and to create a small-scale irrigation system to help families produce a greater variety of produce. The next step is to build greenhouses and teach families about the economic advantages of diversifying crops and producing value-added products.” George small Washington
Volunteer responsibilities
Volunteers enhance farm families’ nutrition and household income through improved livestock management techniques.
Depending on volunteer interest he/she might do the following;
Promote vaccination against common diseases
Teach young farmers better production techniques
Improve marketing techniques for products like meat, wool, and eggs
Develop land-use plans for pastoral farmers train vetenary institute about animal husbandly