Description:
Community service volunteer opportunities range from teaching and mentoring students from disadvantaged communities to assisting with the overall operations of education, social work, and youth development programs.
Human rights volunteer positions range from working with gender and refugee rights legislation to HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns to helping hands-on at local refugee camps. Projects range from research to on-the-ground training and support.
Medical volunteer work ranges from conducting medical research to providing non-medical care to patients, attending the ward rounds and helping the nursing staff. We've partnered with several hospitals, research institutes, and hospices in Cape Town and coordinate both research-based and clinical health care programs.
Highlights:
Cape Town is rated as one of the most beautiful cities in the world and for good reason: few cities are home to white sandy beaches, scenic hiking trails, spectacular ocean views, and a 1,086 metre tall mountain!
Cape Town has something for everyone. Nature lovers can explore national parks, picturesque botanical gardens, historic winelands, and endless stretches of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean coasts. Adventure-seekers can sail, paraglide, surf, bungee jump, shark cage dive, sandboard, cycle, climb, run, paddle, and swim their way around the Western Cape at any time of the year. Wild African game safaris are within a two-hour drive. And the social scene is not to be missed, from affordable, world-class restaurants on the Waterfront to mingling with local students at popular Long Street clubs.
Cape Town is also a city of sharp contrasts, where you can explore issues of social change and diversity and learn about new cultures.
While your volunteer experience is of vital importance, the Connect-123 team understands that your time in Cape Town is not limited to work alone. We're firm believers in the motto "work hard and play even harder" and we organize numerous social and cultural events for Connect-123 volunteers throughout the year.
Qualifications / Skills Needed:
Programs are open to everyone, however, preference is given to current students and graduates with the following backgrounds: pre-med, medical school, nursing, social work, pre-law, law school, political science, international relations, public policy, education, and other humanities-related fields.
Language:
English
Cost in US$: $1,295
Cost Includes:
In-country orientation/Training,
In-country staff support,
Pre-departure orientation/Training,
Registration fees,
Written materials abroad
and Written materials pre-departure
Connect-123's Volunteer Program fee includes the following:
- facilitating a volunteer experience in Cape Town that specifically meets your needs;
- arranging accommodation based on your requirements in safe, secure housing;
- assisting with local transport, from providing advice on public transport routes to arranging long-term car hire;
- airport meet and greet service;
- a complete South Africa preparation and orientation information pack;
- advice, assistance, and guidance before, during, and after your stay;
- group-rate discounts on insurance and local travel;
- 24/7 emergency support and assistance.
Credit Available: yes
Experience Required: no
Typical Volunteer Projects:
academic reinforcement,
adult education,
AIDS,
animal welfare,
anthropology,
biological research,
building schools,
childcare/children,
community centers,
community development,
community health,
community organizing,
conflict resolution,
consciousness-raising,
conservation,
counseling,
culture,
democracy training,
disability issues,
drama,
drug or alcohol recovery,
economic development,
education,
elderly,
energy,
English teaching,
environment,
family planning,
gender issues,
geology,
global warming,
grassroots organization,
handicapped,
health,
health care,
health education,
historic preservation,
homelessness,
hospital,
housing,
human rights,
income-generation,
indigenous issues,
intervention,
journalism,
labor issues,
law,
legal aide,
literacy,
medicine,
micro-enterprise,
microcredit,
minority groups,
natural resources,
nursing,
nutrition,
office work,
organic farming,
orphans,
parks,
pastoral work,
peace,
planting,
popular education,
population issues,
primary education,
professional services,
public education,
public policy,
reforestation,
refugee relief,
research,
secondary education,
seniors,
small business development,
social services, social work,
solar & hydro projects,
street kids,
teaching,
tourism,
trail building,
tutor,
veterinary,
volunteer management,
volunteering,
women,
youth
and youth development
Age Range: 18 to 35
This Program is open to
World Wide
Participants.
This Program is also open to
Families, Couples and Individuals.
Typical Living Arrangements:
Apartment/Flat,
Group living,
Home-stays
and Independent living
Participants Travel to South Africa
Independently
Typically Participants Work
Independently
Or
in Groups
Application Process Involves:
- In-Person Interview when Feasible
- Letters of Reference
- Phone Interview
- Physical Exam/Health Records
- Resume
- Written Application
Typically The Application Process Time Is one week
Post Services Include:
- Alumni Network
- Exit DebriefingAbroad
Connect-123 Internship & Volunteer Programs's Mission Statement: Connect-123 facilitates internship, volunteer and service learning opportunities for international undergraduate and graduate students in Cape Town in a wide range of fields including business, education, engineering, health care, human rights, journalism, social work, and sustainable development. All programs are designed to create equal value for the international students, as well as for the local organizations where they work.
Year Founded: 2005