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Make an Impact - Volunteer in Africa!


Village Care sends teams to Africa throughout the year. For information about volunteering or setting up your own team for Africa contact our Volunteer Coordinator at info@villagecare.com.
It takes time to plan a great trip like this so get started with your trip planning today. Read the Trip Checklist and Trip Preparation Guide at the bottom of the page,
then pick your trip date!

You can also help VCI by donating to help fund your favorite volunteers trip or to help with project work in Africa..

• Home Visits: Volunteers visit children who are enrolled for assistance in their homes. Spending time in the home gives the volunteer a chance to interact with the children and their families and appreciate their challenging situation.
  
  
• Screening Children: Village Care trains team members to work with African volunteers and help families living in remote villages “screen” orphans in their care. The VCI child outcomes screening helps to identify childrens needs and to define a plan to assist the children to thrive, rather than survive. Volunteer team members are helping VCI to make certain each child enrolled in our program is getting proper assistance.
  
  
• Educational Seminars: Village Care volunteers are taught how to facilitate “train-the-trainers” educational sessions for village members on a variety of topics. Topics can range from HIV/AIDS prevention , to coping with loss and grief, to water purification. . American volunteers will be training community members from African villages to offer the training to their fellow community members.
  
  
• Facilitate Community Discussion: Village Care believes that community discussion is a great forum for change. Team members may work with African volunteers to assist with Open Space discussion sessions, where the community identifies projects they will focus on to improve their overall health and economic well-being, and put in place project goals and a community-driven plan for how to achieve those goals.
  
  
• Orphanage Visits: Team members visit orphanages that are partnered with Village Care. The purpose of these visits is primarily to assist homes with documenting critical needs children. Team volunteers may also organize recreational events for the children, and provide emotional support and love.
  Volunteers may implement certain projects in orphanages, such as cleaning the building, doing laundry, helping with meals, organizing requested tutoring sessions, etc.