Childcare Volunteer Program in Arusha, Tanzania

Join Volunteering Solutions as a childcare volunteer in Tanzania and play a pivotal role in enhancing the lives of young children. As an international volunteer, you’ll assist daycare, kindergarten and children’s home facilities in Arusha, where you can create fun and educational activities while providing essential support to local staff.

You’ll gain hands-on childcare experience while contributing to facilities that often struggle with limited resources, ensuring that young children receive the nurturing and quality care they deserve for their development and learning.

Placed in local childcare projects, volunteers in this project are responsible for different tasks such as taking care of children assisting in preparing their meals, helping the local staff with administrative tasks, and being part of fundraising events that secures food and shelter for the kids at the centre.

A typical project placement accommodates 30 to 40 children aged 4 to 15 years, and the impact of VolSol volunteers has been truly remarkable. They have established a lasting legacy by providing essential support, including funding for children’s homes, meals, clothing, and educational supplies. Their efforts also include running successful online campaigns to raise awareness and resources for the centres. The work accomplished at the childcare facility is exceptional, and enthusiastic volunteers eager to make a difference are encouraged to join the childcare volunteering project.

Sample Project Overview – Evenerate Children’s Home

The children’s home was founded in 2018, with the aim of helping vulnerable children by providing them with education through sponsorship, food, shelter, clothes and a safe place to call home. The project helps in providing education to the children, Meeting their basic needs such as food, shelter and clothes and provides a safe environment for the children.

Our volunteers in the program have put in considerable effort over the years in making significant improvements at the project as well. Volunteers have helped out in building new rooms for the children, toilets as well as helped in building classrooms and in roofing work.

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Volunteer Roles & Responsibilities

Childcare volunteers in Arusha,Tanzania help out with the daily chores,give attention and care to the children and prepare activities for the children accordingly.The typical working hours at the placements are 8:30am-1:30pm Monday-Friday. Some volunteers do choose to go to the project again after lunch hours as well but it is optional.

Typical activities include

• Work alongside the existing staff to care for the children

• Help in the daily tasks at the Childcare Centers such as washing clothes, feeding the children and making suggestions to the staff for improvement, helping in administrative work

• Help the children with their homework and play games with them to engage them in activity-based learning

• Help out in renovation and construction projects at the childcare centres

• Help the staff during children mealtimes

Free time in the afternoons can be used to relax in the Volunteer House and plan activities for the next day with the other volunteers in the program

Daily transport to the childcare volunteer project is not included in the Program Fee. For volunteers’ convenience the local team offers the volunteers an option to arrange daily local transport to and from the project at an additional cost of around $25 per week. This is completely optional however the majority of the volunteers chose to take this option as it helps in saving a lot of time and volunteers are provided door to door transport to and from the project and accommodation.

Requirements & eligibility

Volunteers must be 17 years or older at the time of joining the project. Participants should have an open mind and flexible attitude for working in a new and different environment. Volunteers need to be flexible, open-minded and have a passion for working with children. You should also be proactive and have the ability to take initiative  All volunteers must provide a clean criminal background check report prior to joining the program. A parental consent form shall be required for Under 18 participants joining the program.