Your Typical Itinerary
Your itinerary may differ from this, depending on your own experience and the number of other volunteers on the placement at the same time. Please use this itinerary as an example only.
Here is how a typical day in the life of a Cape Town Volunteer might take shape:
- 10:30 – 12:30 Care of the pre-school girls, assisting with meal preparation, building and renovation projects and decorating areas for the children.
- 12.30 - 13:15 Lunch
- 13:15 - 17:00 Tuition and assistance with schoolwork
- 17:00 - 18:00 Free-expression periods, i.e. drama, dance, basic sports.
Please note: schools in South Africa start at around 8am and end for 6-9 year olds at 1pm, for the 9-11 year olds at 2pm and for the secondary school children at 2.30pm, so the children will arrive back at the home over a staggered period, enabling you to spend quality time with all of them. You may also be asked to spend some time over a few of your weekends with the children.
