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Volunteers help out at the Legal Aid Board and the Women’s legal resource centre. The work is helping with human rights issues. Volunteers don’t need to be lawyers to join this programme but need to be adaptable and willing to help out. You are working with local people and can make a real impact on the local community. The work you do will not be done without volunteers helping. It is a great way to really be able to help as well as getting to work directly with local people. The local staff will welcome you to their centres.
We take seriously our responsibilities towards the communities we work with in South Africa. We have full time staff on the ground that will meet you from the airport, give you an induction on arrival and support you from our local office throughout your stay. We work with local people who we pay a good local wage and can give you all the information and support you will need during your stay. They have been trained by us to work with visiting volunteers.
In South Africa you will be staying with a local family on the edge of the townships. We pay the family where you will be staying. This means that the money goes directly into the local economy. The meals you eat, the chairs you sit on have all probably been made by people local to where you will be staying. We try as much as we can to support local suppliers. Living in South Africa will give you an opportunity to be a real part of the local community. Most of the money that you spend during your time at the placement will be at grassroots level going into local South African businesses. Our organisation is environmentally responsible. We recycle at our offices and offset our carbon emissions from staff flying to our destinations around the world. We believe that actions like this can be the first step towards preserving the planet for future generations.
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