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Volunteer in Cape Town

The aim of this project is to help alleviate the strain on the limited resources of the township schools by providing additional tuition or sports coaching after school. TTHBS is ideal for volunteers who want to work with teenagers. Should you be looking to volunteer in Cape Town you will find this project most rewarding and challenging as most of your time will be spent helping students on a one-to-one basis with English and Maths, or assisting teachers with sports lessons.

There is also an after-school programme where enthusiastic learners get help with their homework, receive career guidance and organise special projects.

This project works mainly with high school students from the Imizamo Yethu township at Hout Bay in Cape Town. The informal settlement is the largest in the area and is home to 30 000 people, many of whom live in corrugated iron shacks with no running water or electricity.

To Volunteer in Cape Town please take note of the following information

Project Code
TTHBS

Age of children
13 to 18 years old

Minimum age of volunteer
17

Minimum commitment period
Two weeks. The average stay is six weeks and many of our volunteers have stayed for three months or more. We recommend that you arrive on a Friday, this gives you two days to rest and get oriented before commencing work on Monday.

What will I be doing?
One-on-one lessons: helping learners with Maths and English or assisting with sports coaching (football or netball)
After-school programme: assist learners with their homework, give them career guidance and help with various special projects. Alternatively assist at the township Homework Club.

How much time per week?
One-on-one lessons:
Five hours per day, Monday to Friday
After-school programme: Approximately three afternoons per week

School term calendar
This project runs throughout the year when schools reopen in mid-January until they close in early December.

  • 15 January to 10 December 2010
  • 21 January to 9 December 2011
  • 20 January to 7 December 2012

Volunteer in Cape Town Requirements
There are no special skills or qualifications needed for this project but volunteers must be:

  • Self-disciplined and a worthy role model
  • Self-motivated, enthusiastic, willing to work hard and have fun
  • Team-oriented with a “hands-on” approach
  • Flexible
  • Open to new cultures and a different approach to life
  • Able to get along with a wide variety of people from all over the world
  • Have a good sense of humour
  • If you do have special skills or knowledge – like dance, music or sport – we will try to make use of your strengths

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