Tanzania community project
| country: | Tanzania |
| location: | Serengeti National Park |
| trip type: | A small group adventure |
| departures: | This trip can depart on any day throughout the year |
| price: | From £340 (6 days) excluding flights. Optional single supplement from £525 |
the amazing things you'll be doing
With the help of fundraisers who took on the mighty Kilimanjaro, we are developing a plot of land to build a new home for the vulnerable street children of Moshi. We explore Tanzania’s superb game parks before travelling to the new site, helping to build the new home in the mornings, and spending the afternoons with the inspiring children of Amani.
Participation camping safari and charity project. Accommodation is Twin share. 6 nights camping with all meals included.
Participation camping safari and charity project. Accommodation is Twin share. 6 nights camping with all meals included.
day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1-2: | Kilimanjaro Airport/Amani Children's Home. Have a holiday with a difference, and make a difference. Meet the inspiring kids of the Amani Children's Home in Moshi, a busy town overshadowed by the cloud-shrouded summit of Mt Kilimanjaro. Poverty, Aids and family break ups have touched these children but the Home offers the chance of a brand new start. Amani aims to offer shelter, support and vital life lessons to these African kids. With educational programs, such as 'Street Education' which teaches street children about health and hygiene and the 'Upendo' (love) program, Amani is a place for kids to grow into happy, safe and healthy adults. Be introduced to Amani on a guided tour and enjoy a chance to meet the staff and children. Then it's down to work - time here will be spent doing anything from helping with simple repairs or painting to playing football or helping out with schoolwork. Of course, there's plenty of time to interact with the friendly, smiling children. |
| Day 3: | Local Excursion. Take the day off and relax on a tour of the surrounding countryside, covered in thick banana groves and coffee plantations. A visit to the workshop of a local batik artist gives a look at how these intricately-patterned fabrics are made and a trek to a waterfall in the fertile foothills of Mt Kilimanjaro might allow a refreshing afternoon dip. |
| Day 4-6: | Kilimanjaro Airport/Amani Children's Home. There are a host of things to help out with back at Amani: teaching an English class, preparing dinner, planting seedlings in the vegetable garden or simply overseeing play time. Before you know it, it's time to say sad goodbyes to these remarkable kids. |
this tourism business won an award
in our 2005 First Choice Responsible Tourism Awards - organised by responsibletravel.com in association with The Times, World Travel Market and Geographical Magazine.how this holiday makes a difference
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The aim is very basic – first and foremost, to give new children entering Amani a sense of security and love. Then comes food, a bed, and medical care. All children are put in a personalized education program, which can involve attending a local primary school, learning in Amana's "non-formal education" program, or going to vocational training. Amani also does family tracing, and tries to find living relatives who are able to provide care for the children. For example, perhaps the parents have died of AIDS, but Amani could locate an aunt who is willing and able to take care of the children. Amani takes each case individually and searches for a solution that will give the child the happiest and healthiest living situation possible.
Our Serengeti Safari is crewed by 3 local staff, and we buy all the food and supplies locally - we even build the vehicle safari bodies in our Nairobi workshops, employing a team there, so plenty of money is disbursed into the local community. We also plant a tree for each passenger on this trip to help offset the vehicle's CO2 emmissions. |
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