Projets sociaux pour les enfants et les jeunes à Moshi, Tanzanie

The facilities in which we arrange volunteering placements and internships include kindergartens, preschools, day care facilities and afternoon care centres for children and youth aged 2 to 17 years. The aim is to provide children and young people with basic education and care so that they can develop appropriately both personally and professionally.

Most of these children and young people are from socially difficult backgrounds. The reasons for this can be that one or both parents have died of AIDS and relatives/foster families do not have sufficient financial means to care for the children, intrafamily violence, which can also be related to alcohol and drug abuse, unemployment of the parents or single mothers who cannot ensure adequate care.

Possible activities for volunteers / interns include:

• Eduational support, tutoring, extra lessons
• Doing recreative educational games
• Teaching English
• Playing with the children
• General child care
• Carrying out leisure activities such as playing football, dance, music, theater, etc.
• Communicating values ​​such as a sense of community or respect, as well as topics such as balanced nutrition, hygiene or general knowledge
• Assistance with the daily tasks in the facility, e.g. preparing and serving food, tidying up

In some centers, internships are possible for students of social work, pedagogy, early childhood education or comparable fields of study, under the guidance of a professional.