Volunteer and Intern in Children Under School Age Programs

Volunteer Africa volunteers and interns assist impoverished African societies in advancing children’s rights and education in schools and throughout life. We focus on working in orphanages and nursery schools.

The program has ten key investment points: Invest to Save the Lives of Children and Women, Invest in Good Nutrition, Invest in Better Hygiene and Sanitation in Schools and Health Facilities, Invest in Early Childhood Development, Invest in Quality Education for all Children, Invest to Make Schools Safe, Invest to Protect Infants and Adolescent Girls from HIV, Invest to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy, Invest to Protect Children from Violence, Abuse, and Exploitation and Invest in Children with Disabilities. Contact us for more information or to apply for the program.

The UNICEF-led NGO team initiated the program.

Orphanage Assistance

Interns and volunteers assist the orphanages in education, training programs and other activities. These orphanages are for children who have lost their parents or whose parents are not capable of taking care of their children. In the orphanages, you also work with our medical sector team.

Nursery Schools

They are assisting the village-level nursery school operations. Our nursery schools serve low-income families who cannot afford to hire educated teachers for their children. In Tanzania, nursery schools are education-oriented, as that is the key focus to help their children start primary education at the same level as middle-class families. This work will be carried out jointly with our education team volunteers.

Youth Reporters

Volunteers and interns use their cameras and smartphones to produce short film clips with children, in which the children explain their hopes, problems, and daily issues. These clips are then published to amplify children’s voices and opinions, alerting society to listen to them.

Children’s Rights

Like children in Africa, Tanzanian children still face problems in the form of child labour, domestic violence, lack of protection and proper living conditions. The list of issues to work with is long, and volunteers can give meaningful assistance to help the children in the community. Children’s rights issues are part of Art in Tanzania’s Human Rights focus.