Community Volunteers Thornhill South Africa
 
Thornhill is a small community located 25min from Jeffreys
bay towards Port Elizabeth, volunteers will stay at our
Wildlife Lodge at African Dawn and transported to and from
the project on week days.
The aim of our community projects is both to have
a cultural exchange and the upliftment of disadvantaged communities.
The projects we use are both for the need in the
area and the safety factor of our volunteers. Volunteers will be
organized by a representative of All Africa Volunteers.
The projects we help with is mostly determined by
the budgets available and the need at the time and ranges across a
large spectrum from repairing to building schools, helping teachers
in the classroom or the elderly with the vegetable gardens that
supports the soup kitchens.
Groups are encouraged to do fundraising for larger
projects that can be started before or during their arrival. As we
are a non profit organization all donation go directly to the
specified projects.
Work with children from 6 months to six years old, playing games,
singing songs and exchanging cultures.
 THE
PROJECT:
The school has 1 permanently employed care giver
who is very dedicated but lack resources such as age specific
teaching aides. The volunteer will therefore be expected to
assist in a very creative manner making use of the most basic
equipment to fulfil the daily program objectives.
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Presently there are 25 children to the 1 teacher
and this brings capacity problems in terms of human resources.
The volunteer will be of great help here in order to run smaller
classes based on age or special needs.
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A primary help will be obtaining financial aid.
This will allow the teachers access to material (Photostats,
paper, books, crayons etc) to use in the classroom situation.
Another area is to create a project to teach the children how to
help themselves through the environment – growing vegetables to
eat, flowers to sell etc.
The
school receives no grants or funding of any sort from local or
national government,
infrastructure is therefore basic but functional, salaries low and
teacher aids minimal. A basic feeding program exists consisting of a
bowl of maze meal (porridge) and sugar.
Tasks
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Welcome children to school
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Oversee outside free play while waiting for school program to start
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Assist children inside for breakfast
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Help with either cooking, serving or cleaning breakfast utensils
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Washing hands and general hygiene program
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Divide into age groups
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Continue with theme related project for the week
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Free play outside or inside if raining
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Song and dance routine
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Story time
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Assist in home time routine
Afternoon tasks may include
Working with the
wildlife at the
Wildlife Sanctuary.
Your afternoons
could be used for
community upliftment projects, these include but are not limited to:
Repair and Maintenance of
schools, churches and community buildings.
Establishing and maintaining
vegetable gardens.
Field trips with children.
Sports development.
Work days will be
weekdays from 8-5 and weekends free to relax or explore the area,
there are a selection of day excursions you can join to surrounding
Game Farms and attractions. Most volunteers spend the weekends in
Jeffreys Bay at
J Bay Lodge.
 ACCOMMODATION:
The lodges
are located down on the game reserve, surrounded by a variety of
animals. When you wake in the morning you might be lucky enough to
see giraffe grazing on the hill or a herd of Zebra or Impala
enjoying a morning run. Waking up to the songs of the many birds
whilst watching the sun rise over the reserve is a great way to
start your day! Wait till you have breakfast in the fresh clear
morning air. The lodge is completely made out of wood, which gives
you the ‘back to nature’ feeling.
 RELAXING:
The bar
‘Dusk till Dawn' where everyone comes
together and you will be able to enjoy drinks, have dinner and do a
little dancing if you like. Here you can taste Potjie, a typical
South African dish made with many different ingredients in cast iron
pots on the fire. For quieter nights there is a TV lounge with
satellite TV and a DVD player for relaxing movie nights. A public
pay phone is located in the main building and international calling
cards are available from the local shop.
TRANSPORT: All Africa Volunteers driver Shane
will collect you from Port Elizabeth and transport you to our
volunteer lodge in Jeffreys Bay for your first night, the project
will collect you the next morning from
J Bay Lodge. At
the end of your stay the project will transfer you back to Port
Elizabeth airport. Volunteers travelling on their own can make their
way to
J Bay Lodge in
Jeffreys Bay the day before their program starts.
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Please note that
you can extend for any length of time
(min 1 week)
All Rates
Quoted in South African Rands on dorm style accommodation.
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First Month
ZAR 3950/week
first
month
Extra weeks
ZAR 3000
per week when staying longer than a
month
● Accommodation
● Transfers to and from Port Elizabeth Airport
● Sponsorship project.
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Breakfast and Dinner included
This project can be joined at any time of
the year and on any day of the week.
This project is open to
anyone over the age of 18, fairly fit and in good health.
The Project is located in Thornhill
between Port Elizabeth and Jeffreys Bay South Africa,
Volunteers must arrange their flights to and from Port
Elizabeth airport
Work days will be
weekdays from 8-5 with two days of per week to relax or explore the area,
most volunteers spend their days off at the Volunteer lodge
in Jeffreys Bay
J Bay Lodge
Join is in Jeffreys Bay for 5 days of fun and sun
before starting your project. Enjoy the worlds
highest Bungy Jump, Cuddle Lion Cubs, Sandboard or
Learn to Surf in the perfect wave. More Info on
Volunteer Orientation
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