Community Psychology Volunteering in Africa

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Recruiting Organization: Art in Tanzania

Summary

The community psychology program covers education programs, women's programs, human rights issues, corporate social responsibility approach, and other development tasks on the grassroots level in Africa.

Details

The Community Psychology program focuses on children in poverty, children and youth with disabilities, orphaned children, unemployed youth, women in poverty, people with HIV, people recovering from trauma, addiction recovery, the elderly, the art sector, education, etc. Clinical placements are also available.

Community psychology means skills and tools to empower us to reach and work with the local community in different programs and tasks.

We use our social media pages for advocacy work, and our Facebook pages have more than 50K followers.

The volunteering outcome is to learn to use your studies and experience to work in developing country conditions.

Work hours are 6-8 hours per day, Monday through Friday. Your program can be from 2 weeks to 12 months. The placement starting dates are flexible.

Academic-level team leaders are daily supervising your volunteer placement. In addition, we monitor your work with a weekly plan and report system to secure you proceed well with your tasks.

We can take students in all year round as all programs are ongoing. Your placement is tailored to your background, experience, and interests to empower our daily work with the communities.

The typical morning tasks include practical fieldwork in the schools and communities, and afternoons are for planning, reporting, and social media visibility functions.

The Benefits and Perks are as follows:

Accommodation with breakfast and dinner is USD 175 per week and is a personal expense. However, the cost drops to USD 125 per week after the first 13 weeks.

Airport transfers from and to USD 120 are a personal expense

Charity VISA for immigration is USD 50 and is a personal expense. A 3-6 months charity VISA is USD 250, and 12 month one is USD 500.

We pay a USD 100 per month stipend to you. It is small but 2x Tanzania's national minimum wage. The minimum participation time is four weeks for the assistance.

Flights are a personal expense.

Local program transport in Tanzania is a personal expense but small if needed.

You and your visiting friends can enjoy low-cost sustainable tourism, safaris, and local tours.

We need your tentative arrival and departure to book you in and open your account.

Student references https://youtu.be/RAyuDd92Zu4 and https://youtu.be/wsd846-tkQ and https://youtu.be/EnUbSvXT92Q and https://youtu.be/IqgXsbGOk0g

You can contact volunteers presently in Tanzania at intern@artintanzania.org. Please also check their experiences at https://www.instagram.com/artintanzania/. In addition, our TIKTOK page is at https://www.tiktok.com/ @artintanzania.

Web: https://www.artintanzania.org

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/artintanzania

Blog: https://www.volunteer-africa-blog.org

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/artintanzania

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/art-in-tanzania

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/artintanzania

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artintanzania/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/artintanzania

Stipend ProvidedFalse

Training ProvidedFalse

Housing AvailableFalse

Language/Cultral Support AvailableFalse

Wheelchair AccessibleFalse

Fee RequiredFalse

Fee Amount: None

This opportunity is recurring