Volunteer at Ishi na Sisi NGO in Arusha, Tanzania 🇹🇿

Voluntouring staff

3 years ago

Volunteer at our NGO and help us with Community development projects and Environment Conservation.

Ishi na Sisi Initiative, we are a Non-government organisation based in Tanzania that was formed mainly to raise environmental awareness and to empower the community around conservation and other forms of protected areas. We aim to help communities around conservation areas deliver innovative solutions that will work for people and nature. Also, will develop unique solutions that will allow them to build alternative sources of income that also prevent environmental degradation & biodiversity loss.

What type of host are you? 🏡

Organisation/NGO

What are you looking for help with?

Charity Work/Fundraising 💰
Computer/Web 💻
Teaching/Language Exchange 🧑‍🏫
General Help 💁‍♀️
Health/Medical/Assistance 👩‍⚕️🩺

What’s the mission of your community? 🎯

As a Conservation and development organisation, we are in real need of voluntary assistance for our projects in the community we are working with, we are looking for volunteers for community development, healthcare, language (English) and arts.

How many volunteers could you host? 🎎

More than two

When would you need volunteers? 📅

All year long

How many hours of help per day? ⏱

4-5 hours of help per day

How many days of help per week? 🌒

5 days per week – 2 days off

Note about the volunteer work and other expectations 📝

We expect the volunteers to be able to interact with the hosts and community around them and to be willing to exchange ideas and culture.

Are accommodation and food included? 🏠🍜

Yes, we offer food and accommodation

What type of accommodation can you provide? 🏕

Dormitory/shared rooms 🛌
Private Room 🔑
Private home 🏠
Private room for a couple 🎎

Diet – nutrition information 🥗🥤

We serve the local Tanzanian/African dishes, we can organise and prepare special dishes for Vegetarians, and we also offer the kitchen when the volunteers are willing to prepare some special dishes for themselves.

Fees transparency 🆓🔍

While our organisation is proud to offer free accommodations and meals to our volunteers, we operate on limited resources. If possible, we kindly request that volunteers consider making a small donation to help cover the costs of their stay. Any contributions would be greatly appreciated and go towards supporting our mission and future volunteer programs.

VISA – could you provide Visa support/info/invitation letters? 🛂

Yes, we can help with Visa/invitation letters ✅

Volunteers’ benefits 🏆🏅

After every successful volunteering program, we are offering certificates to our Volunteers.
Our NGO is very diverse, we are flexible and allow cultural exchange programs.
We prepare different Culture and nature excursions for our volunteers for a very cheap and affordable cost.

What to do in your free time 🚴🚣🦒

Arts and games, Hiking, Day trip tours, clubbing, open discussions

Language 🗣🇬🇧

English

Geography 🌳

We are located in Sakina just a 20-30 drive distance from Arusha town, Into the foot of Meru mountain, the second highest mountain in the country after Kilimanjaro, the weather is a bit cool all year long compared to other places in town, on Late May to June is a cold season in the country about 10-15 degrees centigrade.
Since we are just located not far from town, Shopping can be done at supermarkets in Arusha town, a few minutes’ drive with an accessible public mini-bus (Dala dala) for less than one dollar to and return.

Our accommodation is just close to the main road, about a 10-15 minute wal,k where you can find some restaurants, cafes, shops and some mini-supermarkets.

How to get to your site ✈ 🗺

Our Accommodation is in the Arusha region, where the guests can be reached by plane through Kilimanjaro or Arusha Airport. For Kilimanjaro International Airport- The guests can take a private transfer to our place for 70-80 USD (we advise you to communicate before so we can help to arrange and organise the transfer)

For Arusha Airport, you can easily get to our place with a private transfer for 25-30 USD (private), or we can help to organise how you can access the public transfer to our place.

Is there internet access? 🌐

Yes!

“Paying guests” Option. Could you accommodate “solidarity” tourists? 🎎

Yes, we can accommodate eco/responsible tourists & paying guests 👌This needs to be discussed via e-mail 💁

CONTACT DETAILS 🔍📧

If you’re interested in volunteering at Ishi na Sisi, we invite you to get in touch using one of the following contacts.

Phone number +255 755 284 829 (WhatsApp/ Call)

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/IshinaSisiInitiative/

Hostname 📛 Abubakari Meza
Host Email ✉ abubakarimeza@gmail.com