Project Activities
The program, scheduled from 10 to 24 February 2025, will include:
• A week-long transformative volunteer work camp and training event in Soshanguve, Gauteng.
• Activities focused on food security, empowering youth, women, and vulnerable populations.
• Creation of a 23m x 8m garden to support children from the community center.
• Training in sustainable agriculture, addressing climate change challenges, and fostering empathy, unity, and self-sufficiency.
• Visits to places of interest in Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Pilanesberg.
Accommodation
Participants will stay in shared spaces at the activity venue. Please bring your own sleeping bags. The accommodation includes simple bathrooms with showers and water. The venue serves as both accommodation and workplace.
Languages
English is predominantly spoken in the community, alongside local languages. Participants will experience a multicultural environment.
Accommodation shared with the other volunteers; The accommodation is granting easy access to public transportation, shops, and various entertainment facilities and is fully equipped with modern amenities, cosy bunk beds with fresh bed sheets, cutlery, and essential toiletries.
Volunteers will enjoy a variety of local South African food including Vegeterian option and great delicacy of local traditional food. Volunteers are encouraged to also bring along their local dishes for cultural night preparation.