Our volunteer in Africa projects are in the news again – this time featuring our Medical and Community Project and our Orphan and Teaching Project in Limuru, just outside of Nairobi. The BBC’s Fast Track program – which follows new trends in holidaying and travel – were highlighting volunteering as an increasingly popular vacation choice and [...]

October, November and December are quieter times for our volunteer placements (except the lions, which are always busy) so if you would like to volunteer in Africa during these months we would like to thank you by offering some exciting extra free trips. Full details are available from this free leaflet download but you could, [...]

Volunteering in South Africa, in Cape Town in particular, just got tougher… NOT! Pictured on the right is our new volunteer accommodation and yes, that is a pool right outside the door. Our South Africa volunteers will now be based here at Noordhoek. The building is spacious and comfortable and in addition to that superb [...]

Following the success of David Youlden’s ITV series about our lions conservation and rehabilitation at Antelope Park (Wednesday nights, 7.00pm, ITV1), our wildlife volunteers in Africa are in the news again! This time it’s 18 year old volunteer Ivan Troev writing about his experiences in an upcoming edition of the popular travel magazine RealTravel. Our [...]

Volunteers for our project giving pre-school teaching and community assistance in Zanzibar are in for a treat with our new accommodation at The Grand Bungalows, Jambiani. This is a very popular project (not surprising given the beauty and mystique of Zanzibar) and the old accommodation was full to bursting. The solution was a move just [...]

We recently received some African volunteer projects news from our liaison partner, Laura Goble. We thought it would be a good idea to share what she had to say and show you some of the progress volunteers like you have made and some of the projects that you could be helping with in 2010. Here’s [...]

People looking to volunteer in South Africa in  the next year should look at when they want to travel and pay particular attention to the upcoming football world cup. It’s not going to make a big difference to your actual African volunteer projects but it’s likely to have quite a big impact on flights to [...]

Just a short note to let you know that we are in the process of updating all our volunteering in Africa information and adding a few exciting new African destinations. This should be completed in the next week or so but if you would like us to let you know precisely, please sign up for [...]