Community Volunteers in Jeffreys Bay South Africa

Jeffreys Bay School and Community Volunteers Projects


Jeffreys Bay
Community Volunteers Jeffreys Bay All Africa J Bay Lodge

Jeffreys Bay home to the perfect wave and endless summers, 
what a place to stay for a couple of weeks working on your tan 
while helping the local community improve their living conditions. 
See you down in J Bay for a life changing experience. 
Working
with children from 6 months to six years old, playing games, 
singing songs and exchanging cultures.

J-Bay Surf School Volunteer     JBay Volunteer      Jeffreys Bay Volunteer

 

THE PROJECT:
The school has 2 permanently employed care givers who are very dedicated but lack resources such as age specific teaching aides. The volunteer will therefore be expected to assist in a very creative manner making use of the most basic equipment to fulfil the daily program objectives.

  • Presently there are 25 children to the 2 teachers and this brings capacity problems in terms of human resources. The volunteer will be of great help here in order to run smaller classes based on age or special needs.

  • A primary help will be obtaining financial aid. This will allow the teachers access to material (Photostats, paper, books, crayons etc) to use in the classroom situation. Another area is to create a project to teach the children how to help themselves through the environment – growing vegetables to eat, flowers to sell etc.

  • There is also an opportunity to establish a link with an established school in town and to use ideas, themes etc from this school. Also to bring the schools together by having outings to each others schools or going to the beach together.

The school receives no grants or funding of any sort from local or national government (the school was built with foreign donations)– infrastructure is therefore basic but functional, salaries low and teacher aids minimal. A basic feeding program exists consisting of a bowl of maze meal (porridge) and sugar.

Tasks

·  Welcome children to school

·  Oversee outside free play while waiting for school program to start

·  Assist children inside for breakfast

·  Help with either cooking, serving or cleaning breakfast utensils

·  Washing hands and general hygiene program

·  Divide into age groups

·  Continue with theme related project for the week

·  Free play outside or inside if raining

·  Song and dance routine

·  Story time

·  Assist in home time routine

Community Upliftment ( When needed )

Your afternoons could be used for getting involved with community upliftment project, these include but are not limited to:

Repair and Maintenance of schools, churches and community buildings.

Establishing and maintaining vegetable gardens.

Field trips with children to beaches and nature reserves.

Sports development.

Maintaining and repair of houses of people affected by aids.

THE COMMUNITY:
This community is located near the beach along the most breathtaking coastline with miles and miles of unspoiled beaches. Other projects that you can be involved with are, working with the children in the pre-school and primary school, working with street children, maintenance of schools and homes, sport development and building projects. We encourage volunteers to seek new ways to help these communities.

ACCOMMODATION:
Located right in the centre of J Bay within safe walking distance of shops, restaurants and entertainment. A mere 200m walk from town centre and Jeffreys Bay's Blue Flag Main Beach the perfect place to swim or learn to surf in the perfect surfing waves of Jeffreys Bay.

Sharing Twin: In this option you book a bed in a twin room sharing. 

Double: Room with double bed for couples to share

Dormitory: This consists of 4, 6 and 8 bed dorms.

Single: You have a room all for yourself.

Meals: Breakfast is supplied on a self service basis. Volunteers can supply and prepare their own meals or enjoy meals in the lodge or local restaurants just a hop from the lodge.

THE PROGRAM:
You will be collected at the airport in Port Elizabeth and transferred to Jeffrey's Bay where you will be staying at All Africa J Bay Lodge. The project runs during the week, the weekends can be used to explore, relax on the beach or explore all the surf and other shops.  When needed we do maintenance work and upgrades at the schools.

 

  Project Rates

All Rates Quoted in South African Rands on dorm style accommodation.

Currency Converter

First Month
ZAR 2950/week

Extra weeks
ZAR 2000
per week when staying longer than a month

Accommodation Upgrade
ZAR 350
per week
Twin/Double room sharing

ZAR 500 per week Single room sharing

  Includes

● Accommodation (shared Dorm Room
● Transfers to and from Port Elizabeth Airport
● Sponsorship for project.
● Breakfast included

Excludes

● Lunch and Dinner
● Beferages
● Extra Activities not mentioned.
● Flights
● Insurance

  Dates

This project can be joined at any time of the year and on any day of the week.

  Applications

This project is open to anyone over the age of 16, fairly fit and in good health.

Contact J Bay Lodge for more info and bookings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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