Volunteer Role
Volunteers have a certain amount of freedom on this project as there isn’t really a set structure to what the children do throughout the day, so please be prepared to be creative and use your own initiative each day to plan your daily activities! In this respect you can bring whatever skills you have to your role as a volunteer on this project and use them to really benefit these children.
Activities that you could do with the younger children include:
- Basic, informal teaching of English and maths (ABCs etc)
- Playing games
- Arts, crafts, drawing
- Singing
- Anything else that you think would be beneficial to the children
- Assisting them in day-to-day childcare
Working with the older children in the afternoon will be a little more challenging than the younger children, but just like the younger children, all they want is a little care and attention.
Activities that you can do with the older children include:
- More formal teaching – especially English and Maths (optional)
- Helping with homework and further study
- Games
- Singing
- Sit down and talking to individuals, to offer informal counselling and support
- Sports – twice a week a football pitch and netball court are available for the centres use.
- Organise football and netball matches/ sports days and so on.
For anyone who has any medical skills, particularly nurses, there are opportunities to help in the centres medical clinic administering drugs and helping sick people within the village. As well as this, for those with dreams of doing some farming, any help on either the arable or animal farm would be greatly appreciated.
For anyone interested in building work, you can assist in some vital construction projects for local schools and around the orphanage, which has been damaged by heavy rainfall. There will be a local foreman to oversee your work and some building materials available, though any extra funds would be much appreciated.
What’s Included in the Programme
- Project Donation: This entails a donation which goes directly to the project to help support their needs
- All accommodation during your stay
- The volunteer project
- Three day project orientation
- Transport (taxi) to and from the orphanage every day
- Transfer from airport/ bus station to accommodation
- Access to a 24-hour emergency number
- Full support form your local coordinators and project staff
What’s Not Included in the Programme
- International flights
- All meals
- Activities over and above those stated on the itinerary
- Transport to Blantyre
- All items of a personal nature
Prices & Durations
Malawi Orphan Care - 4 weeks £849
Malawi Orphan Care - 8 weeks £1,599
Malawi Orphan Care - 12 weeks £2,349
