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 have [...]

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 reputation. [...]

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, the [...]

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 specific [...]

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. That [...]

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 morning?
This [...]

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 people on [...]

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 and [...]

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 our [...]