Volunteering Abroad with United Playground
Are you looking to volunteer in the exotic setting of the lush green jungles or white sandy beaches of Africa? Or in the cool rural mountains in India?
United Playground believes that volunteering should create enjoyable memories in stimulating environments, yet should also be affordable. The projects we offer are from just two weeks or up to a whole year, in a great variety of placements. We offer on-site support and encourage you to take your weekends off to explore the country. United Playground can aid in helping you develop new skills, experience exciting cultures and help others to realise their own potential.
Top Programmes
Agape Special Needs School is in desperate need of volunteers as the government has cut their staff down and the teachers are worked off their feet! At this programme some students have learning disabilities and some have physical disabilities. The teachers and therapists are very friendly and would be happy to take a trainee therapist / teacher volunteer under their wing in order to help further their education. Please note you do not have to have experience to apply for this program, although it would be helpful.
Colleen's Orphanage lies only 25 minutes from the heart of Cape Town and provides a home for thirty five children who are always excited to receive volunteers. We desperately need volunteers with a driving license to go grocery shopping, take children to school, or undertake general errands as none of the people who work here have a license. Also, due to the numbers of children (including babies), there are not enough staff to give them the attention they need. Your role here would be to play with the children, help with homework, housework, and perhaps assist in their classes at school.
This orphanage is alive in the daytime with school pupils and it is great to see the orphans and the children from the local area mixing together whilst gaining an education. Here you choose to work in the classrooms and or help with general duties in the orphanage. They are currently in desperate need for resources, in terms of equipment, teachers and people who could generally help with the day to day running of the orphanage/school.
NEW! Two weeks of cultural immersion and Twi lessons (the most widely used Ghanaian language). This is an optional acclimatisation programme to get your volunteering experience off to a flying start. Learn to live the African way, using traditional cooking methods, weaving, farming, and lots of other practical activities. Along the way you will learn lots about Ghanaian and African history and you will make many new friends. We really recommend this option. Please ask for further details.
