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SAVWA Heritage Month

This project is part of the SCI North South Programmes. Volunteers should be 20 years old, have previous volunteering experience and take part in the Preparation Workshops organised by their sending branch. More details from your sending branch.
Camp code:
ZA-SAV 12.73
Country:
South Africa
Start Date:
Sep 15, 2023
End Date:
Sep 29, 2023
Topic:
12: Art, culture and local history
Special Topics:
Climate for Peace Programme
Work Types:
Art / Cultural heritage / Social
Number of volunteers:
10
Number of places still available:
3
International age:
18 - 99
National age:
16 - 99
Extra fee to be paid in the hosting country:
260.00 Euro [271 US Dollar]
Breakdown:
  1. Accommodation and food: 0.00 Euro
  2. Transportation: 0.00 Euro
  3. Activities: 0.00 Euro
  4. Hosting organisation support: 260 Euro
Purpose of extra costs:
The work camp participation fee is strictly Euro 260 and this covers simple accommodation, food and project expenses office running/administrative expenses, certificate of participation during the camp, communication prior to, during and after the camp. Please note that this does not include travel expenses to and from the camp, pick up from airport so participants are asked to reserve a small amount of money for transport to the camp and vice-verse. We advise all volunteers to ask for advice from us when they are planning to book their ticket to Pretoria.
Required Language:
English
Child friendly camp
Yes (Minimum age: 0)

Description: Building a strong cultural identity, common heritage, shared values and ethics with youth driven and African history celebration!

Type of Work: The Heritage Month celebration will require volunteers to be involved in arts and cultural activities such as learning local South African arts and cultural activities and sharing their own cultural and values from their respective countries. Volunteers will work in groups and will be able to share each day and cook their local traditional food and teach children cultural and artistic activities and games.

This is an exciting project as volunteers have opportunity to work with different communities and interact with children in cultural and arts activities in the community.

Study Theme: The main Study theme is Heritage Month! We want to celebrate the rich Arts and cultural diversity that South Africa is proudly enriched with, in our communities and country at large. We want to learn more from our volunteers too their culture and share with the local community members too.

Accommodation: Accommodation will be in a house and venue of activities in Soshanguve. Participants will be required to bring their own sleeping bags. The accommodation has a simple bathroom with shower and there is running water. The accommodation and workplace have flushing toilets and does have electricit

Bring a Sleeping bag, sun cream, mosquito spray/lotion, sandals, shoes are advisable. Rain coat, light working clothes during working hours and warm clothes at night, as it may turn out to be chilly; Torch or flash light and arts and cultural items from your country.

Language: The community has multi-cultural people and English is mostly spoken with local languages such as Ndebele, Zulu, and other local languages

Requirements: Open minded, ready to interact with other people of different cultural background - Positive attitude - Willing to share his/her experiences - Flexible to live/stay in simple living conditions - Flexible to eat local food - No experience needed at all. Willingness to guide students especially in cultural and arts activities

Approximate Location: Soshanguve, Pretoria

Notes: The Weekend is meant to be for free tours that the group can organize by themselves. All our work camps are reserved for cultural nights when each volunteer can present her/his country and culture and prepare a dish from your country.