ZMG002 Group Placement - Helping a rural village and Safari tour

Duration: 26 days.
Dates: TRIPS NOW running every month!
Starting on the first Sunday of every month. Please see detailed list at the end of this page.
Location: Approximately 150km from Zambia’s adventure capital Livingstone.
Background Information: This 68 bed, Mission Hospital in a remote part of Zambia. Originally opened in 1944, the Mission Hospital is the only hospital serving a population of more than 33,000 people in an area of 170,000 square kilometres.
Arrival Airport: Livingstone International Airport.
Project Tasks: Building African style houses: for the most needy in the community. Volunteers can see and participate with our qualified staff in the building of these homes. They start with placing poles in the ground, then binding the smaller wood to them and finally in “Mudding” in the walls and installing the door and window frames.
Pre School and Basic School: Volunteers can also assist the teachers in the pre-school, or the school where, if they possess the necessary skills, they can help the qualified teacher in the classes. The grades at the basic school are from 1st to 9th grade.
The Orphans and Vulnerable Children’s Centre: located at the school and the volunteers are invited to observe and interact with the feeding program. The program gives a healthy lunch to those children who qualify for the program 6 days a week. After school hours the volunteers can go play and or read as needed with the children. And perhaps a little soccer game can be arranged. They love to play so it’s not hard to put the teams together.
Hospital: Volunteers will also have the opportunity of volunteering in the out-patient dept. If they are qualified they would be able to volunteer in the hospital.
Who Can Participate?: Maximum 5 volunteers per group.
- IVP: as anyone that can teach Spoken English as their Nº1 language, or learn how to physically help from other Participants.
SIVP: Medical Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists, Physio's or Occupational therapists. Plumbers, Builders, Electricians or Permaculture Gardeners etc are welcome.
Optional Activities: Volunteers will also see the Zambezi River from Zambian, Namibian and Botswanan sides, the Sua Salt Pans, Chobe National Park, Namibia’s “Caprivi Strip and overnight in a real bush camp!

Placement Costs: US$1700 inclusive of all food, accommodation, local transport and sight seeing activities included in Botswanan Safari trip as mentioned above.
With up to 40% of the fees used to purchase materials for developing this project, volunteers are offered a unique experience to help advance an institution which has a significant and sustainable effect on one of Zambia's poorest communities.
Meals: All food is provided whilst on site by a local cook.
Accommodation: Volunteers will be living in a fully self-contained house.
Transportation: Volunteers will be collected from Livingstone International Airport.
Visa Requirements: Volunteers must arrange their own visas.
Required Items: Warm clothes for evenings, sleeping bag, hat, sunscreen, towel, mosquito repellent and basic toiletries.
Note: Trips can be extended for longer than the minimum 26-day duration. Volunteers need to book early to secure places as this placement can be very popular.
Trip Dates: 2008 September: 7th of September - 3rd of Oct
October: 5th of Oct - 31st of Oct
November: 2nd of Nov - 28th of Nov
December: 7th of Dec - 2nd of Jan, 2009
2009 January: 4th of Jan - 30th of Jan.
February: 1st - 27th of Feb.
March: 1st of March - 27th of March
April: 5th of April - 1st of May
May: 3rd of May - 29th of May
June: 7th of June - 3rd of July
July: 5th of July - 31st of July
August: 31st of July - 26th of Aug
September: 6th of September - 2nd of Oct
October: 4th of Oct - 30th of Oct
November: 1st of Nov - 27th of November
December: 31st of Nov - 1st of Jan, 2010