Short-term (2 to 4 weeks) "work with children/teenagers" projects in Botswana

Tshidilo Rehabilitation Centre is situated in Serowe, 300 km north of capital city, Gaborone in the Republic of Botswana. Serowe is the largest traditional village in Botswana. The centre is an NGO which was formed in 1989 by the community Service Trust of Catholic Church; however the Catholic Church has left the trust to the community and does not financially assist the centre.
The Tshidilo Centre is a home to over two hundred kids affected by different physiological and social problems. The centre provides rehabilitation services in form of physiotherapy and social support to the kids. The kids are taught during the day depending on their standards of learning.
The SOS centre is having an active working partnership with BWA. BWA had committed itself by assisting in developing physiotherapy and social development set up at the centre.

The volunteers will assist in the daily physiotherapy sessions and education of the kids, gardening, sports coaching & mentoring and general counseling of the kids. Moreover, volunteers can assist the centre on some renovation work that arises and maintain a children library. Spare time is usually meant for interaction with kids on their music practice sessions. Volunteers can share and exchange different cultural forms during the work camp. The Khama Rhino Sanctuary is only 10 minutes drive from the centre and therefore can provide the much needed excursion during the work camp.

Tshidilo Rehabilitation Centre provides accommodation in their allocated houses. Volunteers are also encouraged to bring their own tents for their privacy. Hot showers and bathrooms/toilets with running water are available.

Volunteers are responsible for their own travel arrangements and for organizing their own transport and passports. It is usually advisable to check out travel prices before deciding on a particular placement. BWA is not a travel agency, but will help where possible. We communicate with other partner organizations and with the person who wish to come either by fax, telephone or e-mail with regular update regarding the workcamp.
When using South African route, participants can take an Intercape bus from Johannesburg in South Africa to Gaborone, Botswana or they can also use Air Botswana flights and/or South African Airlines.
The website for Intercape Bus is www.intercape.co.za.
BWA is keen to arrange transport and to take participants from the arrival place in Gaborone depending on the communicated destination.

An orientation is normally organized a day before the start of the work camp with the intentions of briefing participants about BWA as an organization, Botswana's socio-economic background, cultural issues, etc. As a matter of fact the orientation shall be held on Sundays before departure to the workcamp sites and the participants must arrive on the Friday or Saturday to have rest time and also to get to know each other, as well to get knowledge of the host village before the orientation. Participants will also have a chance to go the city, Gaborone from Mochudi to do their necessary travel and camp logistics before they depart for the camp.

Thework camp participation fee is US$200 per participant, which covers simple workcamp meals, arrangements for the whole workcamp preparation in terms of communication, electronic mailing and transport for meeting with different stakeholders.

AIRPORT &BUS PICK UP - Participants should know that they will pay for their transport from their arrival places to the BWA office in Mochudi. In this case BWA will arrange reliable transport for the volunteer upon the communication with the volunteer of which at the end the participant will pay the fares thereafter.
Pick up transport cost from the Gaborone Airport or from the Intercape Bus stop in Gaborone Central to the orientation venue at BWA Administration offices is U$25.00.
Travel expenses from BWA office after the orientation to workcamp places and back are not covered in this US$200 camp fee. Participants are therefore advised to spare an amount around US$50 for travelling to and from workcamp place.

Camphill was opened by Camphill Community Trust Botswana in 1990. It was opened to try and meet the long term needs of some adults with disabilities by offering vocational training, employment, and, where necessary, accommodation and social support. It is situated next to Camphill Rankoromane School in Otse.

Camphill has the following main objectives

- to offer a range of working environments and levels of social support so that people with mental and/or physical disabilities can find a working role that suits them;
- to be self-supporting through the operation of income generating workshops;
- to offer services and goods that help to maintain relevancy and integration within the wider community.
- Camphill is a member of The Botswana Council for the Disabled, an umbrella NGO which coordinates, facilitates and lobbies on behalf of NGO organizations working within the field of disability.

Camphill benefits greatly from the work of volunteers. As the community expands the tendency and intention is to employ local people to fill administrative and management roles; however, at present, volunteers remain at the core of coordination and decision making within Camphill.
The volunteers will assist in the daily physiotherapy sessions and education of the kids, gardening, sports coaching & mentoring and general counseling of the kids. Moreover, volunteers can assist the centre on some renovation work that arises and maintain a children library. Spare time is usually meant for interaction with kids on their music practice sessions. Volunteers can share and exchange different cultural forms during the work camp.

Camphill Community Trust provides accommodation in their allocated houses. Volunteers are also encouraged to bring their own tents for their privacy. Hot showers and bathrooms/toilets with running water are available.

Volunteers are responsible for their own travel arrangements and for organizing their own transport and passports. It is usually advisable to check out travel prices before deciding on a particular placement. BWA is not a travel agency, but will help where possible. We communicate with other partner organizations and with the person who wish to come either by fax, telephone or e-mail with regular update regarding the workcamp.
When using South African route, participants can take an Intercape bus from Johannesburg in South Africa to Gaborone, Botswana or they can also use Air Botswana flights and/or South African Airlines.
The website for Intercape Bus is www.intercape.co.za.
BWA is keen to arrange transport and to take participants from the arrival place in Gaborone depending on the communicated destination.

An orientation is normally organized a day before the start of the work camp with the intentions of briefing participants about BWA as an organization, Botswana's socio-economic background, cultural issues, etc. As a matter of fact the orientation shall be held on Sundays before departure to the workcamp sites and the participants must arrive on the Friday or Saturday to have rest time and also to get to know each other, as well to get knowledge of the host village before the orientation. Participants will also have a chance to go the city, Gaborone from Mochudi to do their necessary travel and camp logistics before they depart for the camp.

Thework camp participation fee is US$200 per participant, which covers simple workcamp meals, arrangements for the whole workcamp preparation in terms of communication, electronic mailing and transport for meeting with different stakeholders.

AIRPORT &BUS PICK UP - Participants should know that they will pay for their transport from their arrival places to the BWA office in Mochudi. In this case BWA will arrange reliable transport for the volunteer upon the communication with the volunteer of which at the end the participant will pay the fares thereafter.
Pick up transport cost from the Gaborone Airport or from the Intercape Bus stop in Gaborone Central to the orientation venue at BWA Administration offices is U$25.00.
Travel expenses from BWA office after the orientation to workcamp places and back are not covered in this US$200 camp fee. Participants are therefore advised to spare an amount around US$50 for travelling to and from workcamp place.

Motswedi Centre is situated on plot measuring 200x200 square metres on western part of Mochudi village. It is in a new area however in close proximity to Primary School, Secondary School and a Clinic. It is linked by tarred road from Gaborone and the centre of the village.

Motswedi (means a fountain) Community Based Rehabilitation is a Church related non-profit making welfare project initiated by the Mothers Union of the Dutch Reformed Church in Mochudi Botswana, which is a member of Botswana Council of Churches (BCC). The Mother's Union besides meeting for Spiritual nourishment has since its inception been involved in Welfare and Community Development. The services are anchored on the premise that "whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine you did for me". During the course of Mothers Union's work in the community most people with disabilities were found lying around their homes without any provision for rehabilitation, welfare and educational needs. Volunteers mainly Mothers Union members participate in Outreach. The reasons for involving non-professional is to train them to identify people with disabilities in the community, teach and demonstrate prescribed physical exercises at basic level. One other important reason is to give the community a feeling of ownership - and sustain continuity of the programme.
Botswana Council of Churches had a pivotal role in providing spiritual, moral, capacity building and financial support within its means. Some of the services are been supported from the Horticulture and Poultry projects, which have provided employment to the special youths both males and females, capacity building by co-funding staff scholarships and partly funded one of the classroom blocks.

The volunteers will assist in the daily education of the kids, gardening, sports coaching & mentoring and general counseling of the kids. Moreover, volunteers can assist the centre on some renovation work that arises and maintain a children library. Volunteers will also help at Horticulture and Poultry, which have provided employment to the special youths both males and females, capacity building by co-funding staff scholarships. Spare time is usually meant for interaction with kids on their music practice sessions. Volunteers can share and exchange different cultural forms during the work camp.

The Centre provides accommodation in their shared hostels/ houses. Volunteers are also encouraged to bring their own tents for their privacy. Hot showers and bathrooms/toilets with running water are available.

Volunteers are responsible for their own travel arrangements and for organizing their own transport and passports. It is usually advisable to check out travel prices before deciding on a particular placement. BWA is not a travel agency, but will help where possible. We communicate with other partner organizations and with the person who wish to come either by fax, telephone or e-mail with regular update regarding the workcamp.
When using South African route, participants can take an Intercape bus from Johannesburg in South Africa to Gaborone, Botswana or they can also use Air Botswana flights and/or South African Airlines.
The website for Intercape Bus is www.intercape.co.za.
BWA is keen to arrange transport and to take participants from the arrival place in Gaborone depending on the communicated destination.

An orientation is normally organized a day before the start of the work camp with the intentions of briefing participants about BWA as an organization, Botswana's socio-economic background, cultural issues, etc. As a matter of fact the orientation shall be held on Sundays before departure to the workcamp sites and the participants must arrive on the Friday or Saturday to have rest time and also to get to know each other, as well to get knowledge of the host village before the orientation. Participants will also have a chance to go the city, Gaborone from Mochudi to do their necessary travel and camp logistics before they depart for the camp.

Thework camp participation fee is US$200 per participant, which covers simple workcamp meals, arrangements for the whole workcamp preparation in terms of communication, electronic mailing and transport for meeting with different stakeholders.

AIRPORT &BUS PICK UP - Participants should know that they will pay for their transport from their arrival places to the BWA office in Mochudi. In this case BWA will arrange reliable transport for the volunteer upon the communication with the volunteer of which at the end the participant will pay the fares thereafter.
Pick up transport cost from the Gaborone Airport or from the Intercape Bus stop in Gaborone Central to the orientation venue at BWA Administration offices is U$25.00.
Travel expenses from BWA office after the orientation to workcamp places and back are not covered in this US$200 camp fee. Participants are therefore advised to spare an amount around US$50 for travelling to and from workcamp place.

Tshidilo Rehabilitation Centre is situated in Serowe, 300 km north of capital city, Gaborone in the Republic of Botswana. Serowe is the largest traditional village in Botswana. The centre is an NGO which was formed in 1989 by the community Service Trust of Catholic Church; however the Catholic Church has left the trust to the community and does not financially assist the centre.
The Tshidilo Centre is a home to over two hundred kids affected by different physiological and social problems. The centre provides rehabilitation services in form of physiotherapy and social support to the kids. The kids are taught during the day depending on their standards of learning.
The SOS centre is having an active working partnership with BWA. BWA had committed itself by assisting in developing physiotherapy and social development set up at the centre.

The volunteers will assist in the daily physiotherapy sessions and education of the kids, gardening, sports coaching & mentoring and general counseling of the kids. Moreover, volunteers can assist the centre on some renovation work that arises and maintain a children library. Spare time is usually meant for interaction with kids on their music practice sessions. Volunteers can share and exchange different cultural forms during the work camp. The Khama Rhino Sanctuary is only 10 minutes drive from the centre and therefore can provide the much needed excursion during the work camp.

Tshidilo Rehabilitation Centre provides accommodation in their allocated houses. Volunteers are also encouraged to bring their own tents for their privacy. Hot showers and bathrooms/toilets with running water are available.

Volunteers are responsible for their own travel arrangements and for organizing their own transport and passports. It is usually advisable to check out travel prices before deciding on a particular placement. BWA is not a travel agency, but will help where possible. We communicate with other partner organizations and with the person who wish to come either by fax, telephone or e-mail with regular update regarding the workcamp.
When using South African route, participants can take an Intercape bus from Johannesburg in South Africa to Gaborone, Botswana or they can also use Air Botswana flights and/or South African Airlines.
The website for Intercape Bus is www.intercape.co.za.
BWA is keen to arrange transport and to take participants from the arrival place in Gaborone depending on the communicated destination.

An orientation is normally organized a day before the start of the work camp with the intentions of briefing participants about BWA as an organization, Botswana's socio-economic background, cultural issues, etc. As a matter of fact the orientation shall be held on Sundays before departure to the workcamp sites and the participants must arrive on the Friday or Saturday to have rest time and also to get to know each other, as well to get knowledge of the host village before the orientation. Participants will also have a chance to go the city, Gaborone from Mochudi to do their necessary travel and camp logistics before they depart for the camp.

Thework camp participation fee is US$200 per participant, which covers simple workcamp meals, arrangements for the whole workcamp preparation in terms of communication, electronic mailing and transport for meeting with different stakeholders.

AIRPORT &BUS PICK UP - Participants should know that they will pay for their transport from their arrival places to the BWA office in Mochudi. In this case BWA will arrange reliable transport for the volunteer upon the communication with the volunteer of which at the end the participant will pay the fares thereafter.
Pick up transport cost from the Gaborone Airport or from the Intercape Bus stop in Gaborone Central to the orientation venue at BWA Administration offices is U$25.00.
Travel expenses from BWA office after the orientation to workcamp places and back are not covered in this US$200 camp fee. Participants are therefore advised to spare an amount around US$50 for travelling to and from workcamp place.

Tlokweng SOS Children’s village is located 10km south east of the centre of Gaborone, capital city of the Republic of Botswana. There is also a SOS centre based in Francistown - the second mining city of Botswana which is 450 km North from capital city of Gaborone. SOS Centre is a home to close to three hundred kids affected by different social ills. These include being homeless after being dumped by their mothers mainly immediately after birth and chased away from home due to in fights in some households. Some of the kids fell to lack of guardianship due to imprisonment of mothers, very poor households living under a dollar daily.
The kids at the SOS centre stays in some family like format headed by mothers volunteering at the centre. The family models are done so as to give the kids an opportunity to grow in a family set up like other person.
The kids are taught during the day depending on their standards of learning. The centre mainly offers pre-school/kindergarten and primary schooling for free.
The SOS centre is having an active working partnership with BWA. BWA had committed itself by assisting in developing a psychological and social development set up at the centre.
For more information check their website at www.SOSinternationalBotswana.com

The volunteers will assist in the daily education of the kids, gardening, sports coaching & mentoring and general counseling of the kids. Moreover, volunteers can assist the centre on some renovation work that arises and maintain a children library. Spare time is usually meant for interaction with kids on their music practice sessions. Volunteers can share and exchange different cultural forms during the work camp.

SOS Centre provides accommodation in their shared hostels/ houses. Volunteers are also encouraged to bring their own tents for their privacy. Hot showers and bathrooms/toilets with running water are available.

Volunteers are responsible for their own travel arrangements and for organizing their own transport and passports. It is usually advisable to check out travel prices before deciding on a particular placement. BWA is not a travel agency, but will help where possible. We communicate with other partner organizations and with the person who wish to come either by fax, telephone or e-mail with regular update regarding the workcamp.
When using South African route, participants can take an Intercape bus from Johannesburg in South Africa to Gaborone, Botswana or they can also use Air Botswana flights and/or South African Airlines.
The website for Intercape Bus is www.intercape.co.za.
BWA is keen to arrange transport and to take participants from the arrival place in Gaborone depending on the communicated destination.

An orientation is normally organized a day before the start of the work camp with the intentions of briefing participants about BWA as an organization, Botswana's socio-economic background, cultural issues, etc. As a matter of fact the orientation shall be held on Sundays before departure to the workcamp sites and the participants must arrive on the Friday or Saturday to have rest time and also to get to know each other, as well to get knowledge of the host village before the orientation. Participants will also have a chance to go the city, Gaborone from Mochudi to do their necessary travel and camp logistics before they depart for the camp.

Thework camp participation fee is US$200 per participant, which covers simple workcamp meals, arrangements for the whole workcamp preparation in terms of communication, electronic mailing and transport for meeting with different stakeholders.

AIRPORT &BUS PICK UP - Participants should know that they will pay for their transport from their arrival places to the BWA office in Mochudi. In this case BWA will arrange reliable transport for the volunteer upon the communication with the volunteer of which at the end the participant will pay the fares thereafter.
Pick up transport cost from the Gaborone Airport or from the Intercape Bus stop in Gaborone Central to the orientation venue at BWA Administration offices is U$25.00.
Travel expenses from BWA office after the orientation to workcamp places and back are not covered in this US$200 camp fee. Participants are therefore advised to spare an amount around US$50 for travelling to and from workcamp place.

Tlokweng SOS Children’s village is located 10km south east of the centre of Gaborone, capital city of the Republic of Botswana. There is also a SOS centre based in Francistown - the second mining city of Botswana which is 450 km North from capital city of Gaborone. SOS Centre is a home to close to three hundred kids affected by different social ills. These include being homeless after being dumped by their mothers mainly immediately after birth and chased away from home due to in fights in some households. Some of the kids fell to lack of guardianship due to imprisonment of mothers, very poor households living under a dollar daily.
The kids at the SOS centre stays in some family like format headed by mothers volunteering at the centre. The family models are done so as to give the kids an opportunity to grow in a family set up like other person.
The kids are taught during the day depending on their standards of learning. The centre mainly offers pre-school/kindergarten and primary schooling for free.
The SOS centre is having an active working partnership with BWA. BWA had committed itself by assisting in developing a psychological and social development set up at the centre.
For more information check their website at www.SOSinternationalBotswana.com

The volunteers will assist in the daily education of the kids, gardening, sports coaching & mentoring and general counseling of the kids. Moreover, volunteers can assist the centre on some renovation work that arises and maintain a children library. Spare time is usually meant for interaction with kids on their music practice sessions. Volunteers can share and exchange different cultural forms during the work camp.

SOS Centre provides accommodation in their shared hostels/ houses. Volunteers are also encouraged to bring their own tents for their privacy. Hot showers and bathrooms/toilets with running water are available.

Volunteers are responsible for their own travel arrangements and for organizing their own transport and passports. It is usually advisable to check out travel prices before deciding on a particular placement. BWA is not a travel agency, but will help where possible. We communicate with other partner organizations and with the person who wish to come either by fax, telephone or e-mail with regular update regarding the workcamp.
When using South African route, participants can take an Intercape bus from Johannesburg in South Africa to Gaborone, Botswana or they can also use Air Botswana flights and/or South African Airlines.
The website for Intercape Bus is www.intercape.co.za.
BWA is keen to arrange transport and to take participants from the arrival place in Gaborone depending on the communicated destination.

An orientation is normally organized a day before the start of the work camp with the intentions of briefing participants about BWA as an organization, Botswana's socio-economic background, cultural issues, etc. As a matter of fact the orientation shall be held on Sundays before departure to the workcamp sites and the participants must arrive on the Friday or Saturday to have rest time and also to get to know each other, as well to get knowledge of the host village before the orientation. Participants will also have a chance to go the city, Gaborone from Mochudi to do their necessary travel and camp logistics before they depart for the camp.

Thework camp participation fee is US$200 per participant, which covers simple workcamp meals, arrangements for the whole workcamp preparation in terms of communication, electronic mailing and transport for meeting with different stakeholders.

AIRPORT &BUS PICK UP - Participants should know that they will pay for their transport from their arrival places to the BWA office in Mochudi. In this case BWA will arrange reliable transport for the volunteer upon the communication with the volunteer of which at the end the participant will pay the fares thereafter.
Pick up transport cost from the Gaborone Airport or from the Intercape Bus stop in Gaborone Central to the orientation venue at BWA Administration offices is U$25.00.
Travel expenses from BWA office after the orientation to workcamp places and back are not covered in this US$200 camp fee. Participants are therefore advised to spare an amount around US$50 for travelling to and from workcamp place.