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, [...]

We recently received the following letter from a couple of our African volunteers and thought it would be good to share with you so you could get a different view of what we help people do. After the ongoing stress of BA air strikes and volcanic ash clouds we left from Heathrow to Joburg without [...]

If you ask most people what their view is of volunteering Africa they will probably mention children. Volunteer orphanage work is often in the headlines and frequently we see celebrity visitors on our TV screens, a young African child in their arms. Which is all great publicity. The more people who know about the need, [...]

If you have thought about teaching volunteering in Africa but are worried about the qualifications you might need then don’t, because to take part in our volunteer teaching opportunities you only really need one thing – a willingness to help! If you are already considering a career in teaching – maybe you are looking for [...]

Travel insurance is an often overlooked subject. If you’re going to Disneyland then that’s your choice. Risky maybe but how seriously can things go wrong? If volunteering Africa is your destination then travel insurance is an absolute necessity. For some people the objection seems to be that insurance is a bit of a rip off. [...]

Volunteering Africa has excitement and adventure for sure, but sometimes it can be a challenge and occasionally it’s hard work. You deserve some compensations for the valuable volunteer work you will be doing. So how would you fancy coming home to this at the end of a hard day? Or waking up here in the [...]

If you think “volunteering Africa” then one of the things that’s probably going to come to mind is being out in the wild – or at the very least somewhere where you can get away from the hustle and bustle of your normal life. What’s more, you probably can’t get a phone signal in the [...]