A warm welcome awaits you in Tanzania with your local support team there to help you every step of the way. From your coordinator to the support staff, it is the local team’s responsibility and commitment to make your volunteer experience go as smoothly as possible.
From introductions, settling you in, helping you into your volunteer work, and helping with anything you may need during your stay outside of your volunteering. They will assist you with getting around, where to shop, and how to book that all-important excursion – a weekend safari. They are there to help you all the way!

The benefits of your local in-country team what is a volunteer coordinator?

Every project has a volunteer coordinator. This is the person responsible for organizing your volunteering and looking after your welfare needs during your stay and they are all English speaking. In Tanzania, your coordinator is a well-respected teacher who has looked after many hundreds of volunteers for more than 7 years.

What experience do volunteer coordinators have?

All our coordinators are local people with knowledge and experience gained over many years of supporting volunteers. They have a deep knowledge of their local community, providing an invaluable source of information. 9 in 10 coordinators at our destinations have between 5 – 7 years of experience and 7 in 10 of our coordinators have supported more than a thousand volunteers each (current as of August 2016). If they don’t know where to buy Parmesan cheese when the shops are shut, no one will!

Who are volunteer coordinators?

At some destinations, the volunteer coordinator will also be the manager/director of the project you are volunteering for if you are based in one location. Examples of manager/coordinator projects will be Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, or Rwanda. Some destinations require an independent volunteer coordinator because there are many projects volunteers go to. Independent coordinators will organize a variety of placements at many different projects in the local community throughout your visit. He/she will liaise with all the projects/schools/hospitals on your behalf to organize schedules for your volunteer group. Examples of volunteer programs are Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana or Rwanda.

Is there only one volunteer coordinator?

Coordinators have other staff supporting them, from drivers to housekeepers, cooks, and assistant coordinators. Support team size varies between project type and time of year. The typical size of any support team will be 5 – 7. There may also be a long stay volunteer helping out Tanzania school project had at last count 15 local staff supporting volunteers which ranged from security to water carriers!

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