The EAF Adopt a School Program has an urgent need for mature, professional volunteers with at least 5 years experience in education, school management, agriculture, and construction.
Tanzanian Primary Schools teach in Kiswahili but there is a desperate need for teachers of English as a Second Language and we have many vacancies in village schools in safe and beautiful locations.
Secondary Schools Teach in English and the whole nation has a serious shortage of teachers in all subjects, particularly Maths, all the sciences and English.
Music and sports instructors are needed at all schools for training both the teachers and students.
We have a need for school development officers who can travel around the schools with our local workers to raise the standard of teaching and school administration.
All the villages where we work need assistance in crop development and discovering new and appropriate plant types, especially trees. All farms would benefit from some fruit trees and many areas would gain greater income by replacing at least some of the subsistence maize crop with consumable and marketable fruits.
School building construction is constant and our local tradesmen benefit from supervision by experienced volunteer builders and tradesmen. In all villages bricklaying methods can be much improved and training by an experienced bricklayer is of great benefit. We are always experimenting with new ideas and are open to learn more. If you have expertise to share with us please let us know.
Human rights are of particular concern for us, particularly the empowerment of women, children and the villagers in relation to the government. This however is a particularly sensitive area where aggressive advocacy is of little benefit. This work calls for experience, patience and a gentle soul.
Volunteers need to be self supporting and will be housed in village accommodation which we have prepared to make as comfortable as possible. We charge no fees for volunteers and assist in every way we can, but volunteers should be experienced in the task applied for; of exceptionally high conduct and prepared to throw themselves into the work.
The minimum period of service for a volunteer is three months. Six months or one year is preferred. Even three months is two short for cultural adjustment and to learn African ways. Volunteering with the Earth Assistance Foundation is not a holiday. It is an opportunity to experience in the most profound way a vastly different way of life and to make a lasting contribution of great benefit to those most in need.
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