VoluNteering

Volunteering at Familia Moja

Volunteering with Familia Moja in Zanzibar provides you with an incredible opportunity to make a lasting difference and help shape the future of children who might otherwise not get and education, whilst getting to experience a unique culture on this beautiful, relaxing island!

We are sure you will have a wonderful experience which will be highly rewarding whilst volunteering with us – you’ll make memories that will last a lifetime.

There are opportunities for up to 10 volunteers to live and work at our project alongside 6 permanent staff (mainly local).

You must be at least 18 years old and willing to stay a minimum of 2 weeks – though we think you’ll want to stay longer.

Volunteer Accomodation

Your accommodation is in a private, gated and secure area on the same site as the Nursery & Day Care School. Its located in Bwejuu on the South East Coast of Zanzibar.

All rooms have an ensuite shower room with shower, toilet and sink. Depending on your budget and preference (and availability) you will stay in either a 4 bedroom dormitory or a private room.

There is a well equipped communal kitchen where you can cook your own meals, and a nice veranda outside each room plus a large partly covered area for chilling outside as well as a nice garden with local trees and plants.

Volunteering Duties

In summary your duties whilst volunteering with us are to:

Help with the care for the children in the kindergarten and support them in their daily tasks – reading, writing & simple maths etc.
Assist the teachers in the classroom.
Implement leisure activities, games and sports.
Support the teachers and staff with administrative tasks.
Help with everyday tasks, e.g. cleaning and distributing food.
Carry out environmental education activities, or workshops (dance, theatre, art) with the children.

Apart from helping the teaching staff prepare and deliver lessons, if you have any special expertise or talent, such as sports qualifications, dancing, art etc. then please let us know and we will try and find a way to make best use of them. However, if we have special projects outside of the usual school hours which are very important, say for example doing a beach clean on a Saturday morning, then we expect our volunteers to help out where needed. It’s important to be receptive to changing needs, be patient and open-minded.