http://yourafricanadventure.com Africa Voluntourism & Gap Year Travel Adventures! Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:51:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are often asked what people can expect from becoming a volunteer medical assistant. We hope the information we provide here and here is of help, and of course you can always contact us with any questions you have. Your help will change lives. There is perhaps nowhere in the world ... http://yourafricanadventure.com/volunteer-medical-assistant-south-africa 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 ... http://yourafricanadventure.com/african-volunteers-experience COLT are proud partners of African Impact, World Travel Award finalists. But what does that mean to you? African Impact are a well-known and highly respected volunteer organization. The best people on the ground in Africa that you could go volunteering with. It's not just us who say that, a quick search ... http://yourafricanadventure.com/colt-and-african-impact-perfect-partners There are a number of different Africa volunteer organizations, so what makes us at Chance of A Lifetime Travel (COLT) any different? I could give you a lot of "advertising-speak" to try to convince you, but what it boils down to is the personal touches. We're a small family firm and ... http://yourafricanadventure.com/best-africa-volunteer-organization The African lion conservation projects at Antelope Park in Zimbabwe and Livingstone, Zambia are always popular - and have been made even more so this year by the TV programme covering this important work. The result is that volunteer placements for July and August are practically full, and September has only ... http://yourafricanadventure.com/the-lions-are-popular 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 ... http://yourafricanadventure.com/cape-town-volunteering-new-home For this post I wanted to take a look at our volunteering in Africa with a focus on the African wildlife photography adventure in St Lucia. Full details can be found here, but I thought a brief overview might help. Whether you are an experienced amateur wildlife photographer looking for the ultimate ... http://yourafricanadventure.com/african-wildlife-photography-and-you 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 ... http://yourafricanadventure.com/volunteer-orphanage-opportunities It's a very good question. Lots of people are really interested in voluntary work in Africa  - would love to get involved - but they have no particular qualifications so they wonder how they can help. Obviously if you are interested in volunteer teaching in Africa, or volunteer nursing, you would ... http://yourafricanadventure.com/voluntary-work-in-africa-what-can-you-do Volunteer nursing in Africa encompasses a great deal of extraordinarily valuable work - and you don't necessarily need a wall-full of qualifications and certificates to be a tremendously helpful addition to the teams. Lets just separate volunteer nursing from volunteer nurses in Africa. Very similar I'll admit, but slightly different! Volunteer ... http://yourafricanadventure.com/volunteer-nursing-in-africa