Experience Something New – Volunteering!
Ever thought about volunteering abroad ? Perhaps volunteering in Malawi? Popular activities now include volunteering in Nyeri. Why not spend time on your gap year embarking on an African adventure? Why not combine your volunteer project in Africa helping the people who really need it with an adventure holiday. You have the opportunity to go on safari to see the big 5 of Africa, climb Africa’s highest peak, Mt Kilimanjaro and visit the spice island of Zanzibar. This is one of the best opportunities you may ever experience so take it while you can.
It is a great choice to combine the volunteering and adventure aspects. This is something we strongly recommend if you want to make the most out of your trip to Africa. Volunteering is not necessarily a lot of physical hard work but it can on many occasions be emotionally draining. If you are considering taking part in a gap year then Africa is one of the best destinations to do it. It has a wide variety of activities to take part in as well as great opportunities for volunteers unsurprisingly as Africa is the poorest continent in the world.
Although Africa is rich in culture and has a wide range of diversity on the continent, sadly there are many areas most notably on the outskirts of major cities such as Cairo, Nairobi and Cape Town are home to people so poor they cannot afford food, health care and school. These areas are rife with diseases such as HIV and AIDS which is where these areas are home to so many orphaned children. A few weeks spent in these places, helping with volunteering teaching or as a volunteer medical assistant, really can change people’s lives.
You can help change the lives of many people in the poor communities of Africa. Life is hard for many here and they need as much help as they can get. It is truly inspiring to see how these people cope under these conditions and is great to see the self esteem within the locals boosted when volunteers offer their help.
