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GYC0268 - Community Project + Southern Africa Explorer Country: Tanzania Cost: £4240.00 Please note: Cost also includes £850 contribution to project and all activities. Cost Includes: The price includes accommodation, food and pickup from airport but does not include flight, insurance, kit or visas     Duration: 3 months Company Rep Nearby: All the time 0845 344 7599 or

 

	This placement would suit... Students interested in African culture and helping rural communities. Swahili learning is part of the project. Six weeks working and living in a rural African village on the slopes of Kilimanjaro with Quest Overseas, constructing new nursery school classrooms and rennovating primary schools. Community work in the local primary school (drama, sports) and full involvement in village life. Followed by a six-week expedition through Swaziland, Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana and Zambia. Construction projects The construction projects are hard work but extremely rewarding. We usually have three or four construction or rennovation projects going on all at the same time so students rotate between building classroom walls, working on pit latrine construction, building water tanks, painting educational murals and designing and making playgrounds for the school kids. You can try your hand at almost any part of the project! Project leaders Two project leaders are with your team for the full duration of the project to manage the work and budget and also to aid with risk assessments and keep the health and safety on site as high as possible. They are massively experienced in Africa and are also there to make sure you have a cracking time on your weekends off! These include a spectacular weekend's safari in either Tarangire National Park or Ngorongoro Crater - much anticipated throughout the first two weeks of the project. Accommodation Students live together in a house in the village with views of Kilimanjaro and have a fully active part in all the village events. Basic loos and bucket showers are all part of the experience of living and working in Africa - you need to have a sense of adventure for this aspect! Food is prepared by the volunteers and this involves two students walking into the local market every day to buy the fruit and veg and prepare dinner for the rest of the team. Lunches are on site and are cooked by the teachers of the school you'll be assisting - a good hot African meal of rice and vegetables is very welcome mid-day as you'll be starving from a hard morning's work. Swahili lessons The project is preceeded by two days of Swahili lessons and followed by three days on Zanzibar Island for a well deserved holiday! An incredibly popular project, past students are available to discuss all aspects of project life. Expedition phase The six-week Tanzania project is followed by a six-week adventurous expedition travelling through South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique, Botswana and Zambia packing in activities such as a week's Scuba diving course, quadbiking, white-water rafting, canoeing, tubing, canyoning, bungy jumping, microlighting, trekking, and several opportunities to look for the 'Big Five' in 4x4 safari vehicles. It's a hell of a lot of fun! All activities, food, accomodation and transport included. These gap year Quest three-month combined projects and expeditions are notoriously popular so early applications are advisable. Fundraising advice is given out at the weekly open days and you are welcome to chat to our past students who love the opportunity to have fresh ears for their numerous stories! Pre-departure preparation All students join in a training weekend prior to departure which is held in November each year. This is included in the cost of your expedition and covers such topis as global awareness issues, culture, responsible tourism, risk assessments, kit and packing, cooking, camp craft and, of course provides an oportunity to meet all your team before you go overseas. The weekends are held in London and it is strongly recommended that all team members come along as it not only provides a vital part of your preparation but they are a lot of fun as well! Why Quest Overseas? Quite simply because we have the best reputation in the gap year market. We are second to none when it comes to safety, value for money and downright fun! We've also raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for our charities overseas and we have long-term commitments to our project sites. We've never had a complaint and we aim to keep it that way - if you'd like to speak to a past student they would be more than happy to bend your ear on everything you could get up to! 0845 344 7599 Quest: Adventure travel in Latin America and Africa combining both worthwhile volunteering and challenging, action-packed expeditions. We commit to all our projects long-term, from constructing schools, helping shantytown children and orphans, rehabilitating animals, working in the depths of the rainforest or scuba diving to help protect endangered marine species. All our trips are designed to show you the real side of Africa and South America, to enable you to make a difference and to make sure you have the time of your life! Open afternoons in West Sussex, online presentations and telephone appointments are all regularly available.