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, [...]

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 where your volunteering will [...]

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 we rely on our [...]

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, [...]

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 expect there to be [...]

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 [...]

Many people conidering gap year volunteering or some kind of volunteer working holiday – regardless of their age – will look around for free volunteer work in Africa. The challenge is the word “free”. What they will find is that this kind of opportunity simply doesn’t exist – unless you are a highly qualified medical [...]

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 [...]