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Volunteering myths busted: volunteering is just for youngsters

Volunteering is definitely not just for gap year students and teenagers. We firmly believe that older volunteers bring an amazing dynamic to volunteer groups, and bring unique sets of skills and experience to a team.   The myth that volunteering is just for kids, stems from the early days of volunteering, when it was mainly the realm of […]

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A volunteers review of our Wildlife Warriors Anti-Poaching course

“I had a fantastic time on the Wildlife Warriors Anti-Poaching Course and I really want to thank you all for this opportunity.  I am very happy and satisfied with everything, and will spread the word about both Conservation Travel Africa and Les!” Read on for Fabio’s review of our Wildlife Warriors Anti-Poaching course! “Everything was

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Volunteering in Africa: the adventure you’ve been looking for-2!

Following on from part 1 of our favourite volunteering photos, here are a few more that will have you booking tickets to join us in no time!   Beware, when you volunteer to work with local ECD nursery school children at our Community Outreach Programme in Victoria Falls, they will definitely make themselves comfortable in your heart. This is

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Volunteering in Africa: the adventure you’ve been looking for!

Have you always wanted to visit Africa? Perhaps even get involved and make a difference, whilst exploring the rich depth of the country? This is the land of majestic wildlife and rich cultures. A place with vast deserts and wetlands – room to explore, reflect and contribute. Scrap the traditional safaris – get involved in

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Volunteering and Victoria Falls – the best family holiday ever!

We love our volunteers to experience as much of a country as possible, so when a lovely family from the UK wanted to volunteer on our Rhino & Elephant Conservation Programme, and visit Victoria Falls, we were more than happy to assist! Itinerary: 3 nights Victoria Falls / 7 nights Rhino & Elephant Conservation volunteering When: December 2018

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Volunteer painting childrens playground equipment

Community Outreach in Victoria Falls

We are very excited to be launching a new community outreach volunteer programme just outside Africa’s adventure capital, Victoria Falls! Working alongside the Greenline Africa Trust, volunteers will support rural neighbourhoods with livelihood development, water aid, education, and healthcare projects. The community outreach volunteer programme gives volunteers the opportunity to visit the world-famous Victoria Falls

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Why volunteer agents are good for projects

Two questions we are frequently asked by potential volunteers are: ‘Why do I have to pay to volunteer?’ and ‘Why use a volunteer agent rather than booking directly with the project?’ We have addressed some of the reasons why payments are necessary for volunteers joining projects overseas in this blog post “Why do I have

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Volunteer programmes that help with rhino conservation

Rhino poaching in Africa has reached crisis point, and across the globe, rhino habitats are shrinking. Once found in abundant numbers across Asia and Africa, today three of the five remaining species of rhino are Critically Endangered, facing a high chance of extinction in the not distant future.

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