<b>Volunteer Teaching or Business Development - Tanzania</b>

Tanzania is one of the most beautiful and politically stable countries in East Africa. It borders Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda and Mozambique and contains some of Africa's finest game reserves (Ngorongoro, Serengeti) as well as the roof of Africa: Mount Kilimanjaro.

However it is one of the poorest countries in the world. Only about 10% of the workforce is formally employed, with most Tanzanians maintaining a subsistence lifestyle.

Tanzania is the biggest programme for MondoChallenge, with more volunteers, more locations and a wider range of opportunities than any other country. We offer two main types of programme:

Education related: Volunteers are usually involved with teaching in primary schools (occasionally secondary schools) and in adult classes.  The children are responsive and welcoming and the need is for enthusiasm and commitment from our volunteers, rather than formal qualifications.  We offer an optional weekend short course in Oxford for those who feel they need extra teaching support.  Qualified teachers are also welcome as they can assist with local teacher training.  We are officially accepted by the Education authorities and have built classrooms and provided desks and school equipment in many schools.  Our teaching programmes are available in all our key locations; Arusha (on the slopes of Mt Meru), with the Maasai in Longido, on the coast at Pangani and in the beautiful Pare Mountains.

Business Development and Livelihoods Support: The business programmes are now very well established throughout our five local hubs.  Volunteers work with local NGOs to help with distribution of grants aimed at helping families of HIV/AIDS sufferers to support their families and educate their children.  There is also a microfinance programme in Arusha which we started in 2002.

A new programme has been set up in Longido in the Maasai region to help support the new IT and Community Internet Centre opened in April 2008.  This was built with the active support of London based Project Management organisation, Buro Four.  The centre is powered with solar panels and has a VSAT internet connection.  Its aim has been to 'open up the world to the village'  by enabling local children and adults to have access to the enormous resources of the world wide web.  Volunteers here would be involved with promotion and management of the centre and with IT training.
 
MondoChallenge has an enviable reputation in Tanzania, having worked closely with a large number of local NGOs and with government and community education departments since 2002.  Over 300 of our volunteers have served in the country and we have been involved in educating over 120,000 children and 5000 adults, as well as providing a vital livelihood opportunity to around 1000 families.

In each country we have a local manager; we are very careful over security and health issues, and upon arrival you will be met at the airport by our manager and taken through an induction and to your placement to settle in.

Applications:

If you would like to find out more, please visit http://www.mondochallenge.org for more details.