In Chamazi community where is found Youth center which has been operating in this community for more than thirty years. The Youth center has initiated the Global learner’s program as an experiential project involving Tanzanian young people and their foreign counterparts focusing on the big questions: Can we design sustainable communities for future? It is aiming to bring participants to live and work together on the proposed eco-village development site in the outskirts of Dar es Salaam. The project is organized along four themes:
- A holistic worldview means seeing the big picture: Why do we need to develop sustainable communities? It involves listening to nature, celebrating life, understanding your role, and working toward your vision.
- Ecological: Bioregionalism, defining a watershed, introduction to local food issues and permaculture techniques.
- Social: Building and embracing diversity, introductory communication skills.
- Economic: Shifting the global economy to sustainability, understanding the global versus local argument, analyzing your ecological foot print careers in sustainability.
İş Tanımı
Potential volunteers on this project are expected to assist with the following tasks:
- Assisting in the development and maintenance of a tree and medicinal plant/herb nursery for demonstration, educational, and distribution purposes
- Supporting day-to-day activities in the organic garden and backyard vegetable garden demonstration plot
- Identifying and developing a medicinal plant and herb demonstration plot for educational purposes
- Distributing and planting trees and fruit trees in public areas
Assisting with awareness activities on key themes through workshops, visits, sports, arts, music, and other public events
Konaklama ve Yemek
Food: Food will be provided at the project accommodation. Vegetarian meals will be available. Volunteers are expected to participate in preparation of meals with their host.
Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated in the host family within the community where basic accommodation facilities will be provided. Expect to share room with either host family member or other volunteer from the same or other projects.
Konum ve Serbest Zaman
Weekends and public holidays are free for volunteers. For volunteers engaging for a period of one year, they will also have full holiday of thirty days. However, volunteer has freedom to choose what they would like to do with their holidays. Project leader and host family members will be always there to provide any kind of support needed to organize leisure activities.
Chamazi is a community located about 25km South of Dar es Salaam city. During your free time, you can enjoy games, sports, arts and crafts, music, or movie nights with other volunteers. In Dar es Salaam, you can also visit the National Museum, Village Museum, or join a city tour. Other activities include trips to the Dar es Salaam Zoo, beach outings, and swimming. Weekend getaways to Mikumi or Selous National Park are possible, as well as an overnight visit to Zanzibar for a unique island experience.
Notlar
- This project is looking for a volunteer who is in love with nature, interested to work outdoor, open minded and interested in other cultures and local realities.
- The project will be starting every first Monday of a month for smooth preparation of volunteers’ welcoming and training/orientation arrangements.
