Volunteer in Zanzibar, Tanzania: Everything You Need in Details
Memorable Volunteer Jobs in Tanzania
Teaching English Dar Es Salaam
Summer Special Needs and Disability
Midwifery Medical Opportunities
Sports Volunteering Opportunities
Volunteering Orphanage Work
Volunteer in Tanzania Orphanage
Volunteer Teaching in Tanzania
Volunteer Teaching Arusha
Special Needs and Disability Assistant
Special Needs and Disability Teacher
Pediatric Medical Job Dar Es Salaam
Nurse Student Elective Dar Es Salaam
Assistant Medical Nurse Arusha
Midwives Associates Dar Es Salaam
Midwife Elective Opportunities
Midwife Hospital Assistant Arusha
Medical Student Intern Dar Es Salaam
Medical Physician Job Dar Es Salaam
Medical Internship Dar Es Salaam
Hospital Assistant Dar Es Salaam
Teaching Summer Opportunities Dar Es Salaam
Dental-care Assistant Dar Es Salaam
Hospital Children Assistant
Child and Day-care job Dar Es Salaam
Eye or Optician Volunteer Dar Es Salaam
Assistant Nurse Volunteer Dar Es Salaam
Assistant Nursing Volunteer Zanzibar
Medical Physician Volunteer Zanzibar
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- Enjoy unforgettable medical volunteering experience coupled with unforgettable Tanzanian cultural experience.
- Come and experience the difference passionate volunteers can make to lives of people.
- See what the land of unforgettable experience and cultural diversity has to offer, while creating understanding and friendship with the local people.
- Come and volunteer with us not for us, we are far more interested with your skills and desire to help than anything.
- Experience unforgettable wilderness by visiting the Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Kilimanjaro to name a few.
KIVOLEX Volunteers
Kilimanjaro Volunteers Exposure (which we shorten to KiVolEx), is a volunteering organisation based in Dar Es Salaam, in eastern Tanzania. We are a non-profit organisation, aimed at improving the lives of all those in need in the local community. Specifically, we work with underprivileged groups such as women and children through providing the needed healthcare and services from our volunteers. Established to bring Western enthusiasm, expertise and passion to tackling some of the problems which affect the most needy in Tanzania. Our ethos is that you’ll be volunteering with us, not for us. We’re far more interested in your skills and desire to help than your money.
Volunteer Abroad Tanzania 2022 Programs
Do you want to be a part of volunteer abroad Tanzania programs? If yes, you can easily join the different volunteer programs in Tanzania, such as the Teaching Volunteer program, Orphanage Volunteer Program and Sports Volunteer Program. Additionally, there are other volunteer abroad Tanzania 2022 programs like Medical Volunteer in Tanzania Program and Women Development Volunteer Program. You can also join the Special Needs Teaching Volunteer program.
All these Volunteer Programs are managed and run by KIVOLEX Volunteers and that’s why we are proud for having the best volunteer programs in Tanzania. This is because these programs facilitate development of working experience and additionally gives an opportunity to give back to people in need and under-resourced Institutions in developing world.
Medical programs in Tanzania
Our Placements for Medical programs in Tanzania are in both small health clinics and large government hospitals in Tanzania. Thus giving a full range of experiencing all kinds of departments and healthcare setups to the Volunteers
Role of medical interns in Tanzania
Medical interns will be working with a variety of medical institutions all around the City of Arusha and Dar Es Salaam. In all Institutions smaller healthcare setups as well as larger hospitals, interns get to learn about a wide range of illnesses. There are many different departments in the majority of hospitals we work with, including general medicine, surgery, maternity, palliative care and patients suffering from HIV or other chronic diseases.
Additionally, your role in any hospital or healthcare setup will be decided by the level of your medical experience and the effort and enthusiasm you show to the local staff members. Pre-university interns usually start by observing the nurses and the doctors. But you get more opportunities once you get to know the local staff and show a good understanding of local medical conditions.
Medical Standards of Equipment in Tanzania
Sometimes the facilities and the basic treatment provided in the hospitals are not up to the mark as in developed countries.
So you should be prepared to see all kinds of cases and try not to get involved with the patients emotionally. Working hours are usually decided on a weekly basis. For example, most interns work from Monday to Friday, and the Weekend is off for them.
Moreover, Regular medical workshops are conducted for medical interns. These are supervised by senior doctors who work in busy hospitals in Dar es Salaam and Arusha. It allows you to clear your concepts about various cases you have been noticing since your placement, and it allows you to learn various techniques as well, which you can put into practice after you start working at your placement.
Interns also take part in far off areas which involve local villages, rural areas and Maasai tribes.
Common diseases in Tanzania
When you get a chance to volunteer in Tanzania, you will get to know about diseases such as AIDS, cholera and malaria. According to a report, about 1.6 million people in Tanzania are suffering from AIDS. Another report showed that about 35k people died in 2015 due to AIDS. Our volunteers work hand in hand with local practitioners to control these disease.
Cholera is another common disease in Tanzania. Different charity organizations and Tanzania development partners are working to fight this disease. According to a report, about 24k cases of cholera were diagnosed in 2016 and 378 confirmed deaths.
Additionally, malaria is the most common disease; the sad thing is that there is no vaccine for malaria, that’s why hundreds of deaths occur due to malaria very year.
It is for these reasons and many others, that your efforts, help and a heart of giving back is needed in Tanzania.
Benefits of Volunteering in Tanzania
Here are few benefits of volunteering in Tanzania
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There’s a wide range of Volunteer programs.
Tanzania is a developing country, giving various opportunities for volunteers to put their talents or education to good use. If you are a photographer or techie, it will give you opportunities in so many ways. So it doesn’t matter which specialty you are an expert in. It is going to give you wonderful opportunities to fulfill your dreams.
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You can Learn Swahili.
Another benefit is to get to learn a new Language. Volunteering in Tanzania will be instrumental in helping you learn Swahili. Swahili language is the most used language in East and Part of Central Africa.
Knowing a few Swahili words will make this Unforgettable Volunteering experience even better. Swahili can be used not only in Tanzania but also in many other countries, if not all East Africa countries.
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You’ll see Amazing Wildlife.
Tanzania is very famous for the diversity of its wildlife. Anyone visiting Tanzania definitely needs to go on an ethical wildlife Safari. Volunteers who opt for more remote areas get a good chance of seeing wildlife.
Tanzania is among least developed countries and hence faces many Social- Economical Issues. Issues such as lack of proper education system, Poor medical system, and general poverty are common in Tanzania. Hence Volunteering in Tanzania is the best utilization of your time, because your skills, efforts and good heart is going to make a difference into the lives of needy people.
Join us today by applying on KIVOLEX and become part of the people who are making the World a better place to live.
Where will you stay?
Accommodation
There are two types of accommodation available in Dar Es Salaam, Home Stay Accommodation and Volunteer House.
Volunteer House
The Volunteer House is a western-style house with 6 bedrooms (all shared accommodations with bunk beds). It has 2 bathrooms with western-style toilets and occasional hot water for showers. The house also includes one double bedroom, and this room is generally reserved for married couples. The house is safe and secure, with a security guard and a large gate. In the volunteer house, there is a cook who cooks the meals for the volunteers.
(Please note that spaces in the volunteer house are very limited and can only accommodate 18 to 24 people).
Home Stay Accommodation
Living is basic but all the Home Stays have electricity and running water and accommodate volunteers in safe and secure homes (some rural home stays may not have electricity or running water during times of drought). All home stays have been inspected thoroughly by local staff and chosen because of their safety and security. Most volunteers love their home stays and feel that they get a more authentic Tanzanian experience by staying there.
Transportation within
We will provide you with reliable Taxi drivers phone number,which you could use in case you want to move around. However you could also use Daladala these are buses, public transport that most people use to travel locally on daily basis. There is also an option of using bodaboda these are motorcycles that are used as taxis. Other volunteers choose to walk whoever if you also choose to do so like any other new environment we encourage you to be very careful with thieves and pick pocketing
Visa and Permit
A volunteer is required by the government to pay for a Visa and a permit to be allowed to volunteer in Tanzania. Kindly contact us for more information regarding this.
Typical day
In general, expect to work 4-6 hours per day. Volunteers usually wake up early, around 7 or 8 and have breakfast. After breakfast, their workday begins, usually somewhere between 8 and 10 AM.
Your workday will usually end around 2 or 3 PM.
Although we are expecting you to be at your work placement every weekday, the rest of your time in Tanzania is essentially left up to you to decide how to use it.
Your daily schedule may change, as well, so you’ll need to be flexible and ready to adjust.
DAY TRIPS AND FREE TIME ACTIVITIES
KIVOLEX anticipates and encourages your desire for travel and adventure. Your time away from volunteering is open for you to decide your activities. You may decide to take advantage of the local culture and spend time within the community over the weekend. Otherwise, there is ample opportunity to explore Tanzania and all it has to offer. Safari or to travel further afield to places such as Zanzibar, Dar-es-salaam, Kenya or Uganda are during long weekends. If volunteers wish to volunteer over the weekends they can join local teams and visit other children organizations to spend time simply playing with and entertaining the children.
Tanzania is a big country full of exciting adventure. If you want to stay on in country after volunteering, we’ll help you arrange any number of trips and activities. You can go on safari through the Serengeti or Ngorogoro- which has the highest density of safari animals anywhere on earth. You can relax on the spice island of Zanzibar, taking in non stop sun, white beaches and clear blue seas. Swim with dolphins, PADI dive courses, spear gun fishing, sleeping in hammocks strung between palm trees on the beach.. We like Zanzibar! If physical adventure is more your thing, Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free standing mountain in the world is right on your doorstep. A five day climb, and nearly 4 ml high, with temperatures down to – 25 at the summit, it’s not for the faint of heart, but it can be done.
Free-time activities
DAY TRIPS FROM DAR ES SALAAM
Dar es salaam City Tour
Spend a day getting to know one of the greatest cities in East Africa.
Dar Es Salaam Zoo
Want to see all of the animals of Africa, but don’t have time to leave the city? No problem! Take our Dar es Salaam Zoo tour.
Mikumi National Park
Want to venture out of town and see some wildlife in its natural habitat? Then come with us to Mikumi National Park which is alive with wild animals and birds.
Saadani National Park
Sadaani National Park is the only wildlife sanctuary in East Africa right on the Tanzanian Ocean, and is the closest safari from Dar es Salaam. The bush meets the beach in Saadani and the wildlife is abundant making it an amazing day trip.
Zanzibar Day Trip
This beautiful Island of Africa is one of Tanzania’s popular tourist sites. It has vibrant Islamic culture and beautiful white sand beach
VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS
In order to join the program you need to be at least 18 years old on the program start date. There might be exemptions if you can provide the permission of your legal guardian(s) or if your are accompanied by your parents.
Language Skills You need to speak English (basic level)
Education Requirements Health or social care related disciplines at High school/University level
Required Documents CV, copies of certificates and related documents
Nationality Restrictions No restrictions. Helping hands from all over the world are welcome.
Time Commitment Your helping hand will be required on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 08:00 – 15:00.
Services by KIVOLEX Volunteers
Volunteer Program fee covers the following
- Volunteer placement facilitation-full program scheduling and supervision
- Pre-arrival support & preparation of your project/work placement
- Airport pick up
- Orientation (usually begins on a Monday
- Accommodation Room & Board (Breakfast & Dinner)
- Housekeeping
- Daily in-person availability of a local coordinator
EXCLUDES
- $150 USD contribution to placement facility
- Airport transport on departure (can be arranged)
- VISA and PERMIT fees
Accommodation
HOME STAY ACCOMMODATION
Living is basic but all the Home Stays have electricity and running water and accommodate volunteers in safe and secure homes (some rural home stays may not have electricity or running water during times of drought). All home stays have been inspected thoroughly by local staff and chosen because of their safety and security. Most volunteers love their home stays and feel that they get a more authentic Tanzanian experience by staying there.
VOLUNTEER HOUSE
What’s NOT included?
Details on arrival
Our program run throughout the year but Volunteer arrival is usually Friday of every week and the program start day is Monday of every week. Unless there is a special arrangement. The arriving airport is Julius Nyerere International Airport Dar Es Salaam.
Program fees
| Length of Program | Program Fee |
| 2 weeks | $570 |
| 4 weeks | $880 |
| 6 weeks | $1,280 |
| 8 weeks | $1,685 |
| 10 weeks | $2,085 |
| 12 weeks | $2,355 |
| Registration Fee | $210 |
| Additional Week | $120 |
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PAST VOLUNTEERS REVIEWS
Martin C, United Kingdom. Volunteered in 2020
To sum it all up, it was a memorable and valuable experience, the rotation of work at the hospital was very nice; examination, scaling, fillings and extraction were among the activities we did. It was so nice to learn of the Tanzania dental clinic setup. Accommodation was very fine bedroom, food and bathrooms were all in good condition. Innocent our local coordinator is a very friendly and nice person. He helped us with almost everything and made our stay in Tanzania very comfortable. We also had a wonderful experience going for Safari and learning of the local culture.
Katie A, Australia. Volunteered in 2021
Loved my experience with KIVOLEX. I got to help out in the emergency department, pediatric/male/female wards and the maternity department of the hospital. I witnessed/assisted with natural births, as well as witnessed c-sections in theatre. The people at the hospital were fabulous, as was Innocent and Angel (at the volunteer house). The food was excellent, as was the accommodation. Lots of activities to do in spare time, I went up to Arusha to do safaris, and Kilimanjaro, and spent a lot of time with coworkers at the hospital. The only thing I didn’t enjoy was getting the bus to and from work – if you can organise a driver then I would recommend doing that. I would do this experience again, without a shadow of a doubt, and highly recommend it!
Heidi L, Denmark. Volunteered in 2021
The people at KIVOLEX are kind and helpful. My friends and I had a good time as KIVOLEX volunteers. It was my very first trip to Africa, and I would definitely want to go back. It was my dream to one day work in Africa and in exact environment KIVOLEX took me. As a nurse student I had not only a learning experience but also a working one, although supervised but at times they would let me practice as a nurse and get that feeling of being registered and licensed nurse. The hospital is a very good place to learn and grow as a junior nurse from abroad. If you are looking to learning and get experience in a different environment outside your comfort zone, then Tanzania is a place to be. Cardinal Lugambwa Hospital introduced to almost everything I wished to experience.
Sarah W, USA. Volunteered in 2021
This trip is a life changing and it actually made me believe there is a whole other world outside the United States. Life is completing different in Dar Es Salaam, everything about it. The food, the people, traditions and overall dynamics are different from the USA. At the clinic the kinds were wonderful; they changed me in several aspects. Kids with their parents visited the clinic for treatment but to see them having fun with a big smile on their faces was just wonderful. I integrated with these kids and created a very strong bond and I am so grateful for that. Recording their vital sign like heart beat, temperature and taking their weight was just amazing. I strongly recommend this trip to anyone who likes to deal with kids in a child and maternal health department of a hospital.
MORE REVIEWS
Program was immaculate. All of the KIVOLEX staff were professionals and very nice. Staff at the School where we taught were very organized and always there for us if we had any questions. We always felt safe, well taken care of with a very friendly attitude from the team while they showed us a great time, both fun and educational. Second time Volunteering with KIVOLEX Volunteers and we will definitely do it again. Excellent. I couldn’t thank enough the two KIVOLEX staff Innocent and Godfrey, who helped me a lot during my stay with them up to the point I was able to find my own accommodation. The treatment at the hospital where I did my internship was wonderful; everyone was so nice to me and they always wanted to help. The Hospital is nice and it’s an ideal hospital for western medical students. There was free time on each of the week that allowed for shopping, exploring or sitting round watching city life sipping a drink! The accommodation was more than adequate with rooms being serviced every day. There was ample space to lounge, reading or talking. The staffs in the accommodation were lovely and attentive. The combination of volunteering, walking through Historical sites in Zanzibar, meeting friendly Tanzanian villagers, swimming in warm clear waters and being fed delicious healthy Tanzania food in good company - is just a winner. It is the best holiday we have ever had. Many thanks KIVOLEX team for your meticulous attention to our comfort. I would recommend this Organization to any one wishing to to a volunteer trip to Africa. Tanzania is truly authentic Africa. I would definitely come back again for another unforgettable experience. The people at KIVOLEX are kind and helpful. My friends and I had a good time with KIVOLEX. It was my very first trip to Africa, and I would definitely want to go back. It was my dream to one day work in Africa and in exact environment KIVOLEX took me. As a nurse student I had not only a learning experience but also a working one, although supervised but at times they would let me practice as a nurse and get that feeling of being registered and licensed nurse. The hospital is a very good place to learn and grow as a junior nurse from abroad. If you are looking to learning and get experience in a different environment outside your comfort zone, then Volunteer in Tanzania. Cardinal Lugambwa Hospital introduced me to almost everything I wished to experience. "Volunteering in Tanzania was one of the best times I’ve ever had. From the moment we arrived everyone was lovely to us. It felt like we were part of their home. We ate together and they always made sure we had fun. If ever we needed guidance on where to go or what to do, they would help out, even if it meant arranging a bus at night to take us to a club all together!
Volunteering was really free and relaxed. We got to meet lots of people and feel like we were really getting involved in helping others out.
There are also quite a few good clubs in Dar-es-salaam which was a great surprise and something to definitely check out!
The atmosphere was always very upbeat and I really felt like I was at a home away from home. I know if I were to return, I would be welcomed back as an old friend. I will never forget my time in Tanzania, and only wish it lasted longer!" Loved my experience with KIVOLEX. I got to help out in the emergency department, pediatric/male/female wards and the maternity department of the hospital. I witnessed/assisted with natural births, as well as witnessed c-sections in theatre. The people at the hospital were fabulous, as was Innocent and Angel (at the volunteer house). The food was excellent, as was the accommodation. Lots of activities to do in spare time, I went up to Arusha to do safaris, and Kilimanjaro, and spent a lot of time with coworkers at the hospital. The only thing I didn't enjoy was getting the bus to and from work - if you can organise a driver then I would recommend doing that. I would do this experience again, without a shadow of a doubt, and highly recommend it!
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