Hi Everyone Around The Globe !

A message from Tanzania President!

Visitors welcome without condition:
Tanzania First Country to Welcome all Tourists again with open arms

The Tanzanian president said that Covid-19 infections in the country has gone down tremendously, and was looking to welcome tourists to visit Tanzania unconditionally. “I have directed the Ministry of Tourism to attract airline companies to fly their tourists and passengers scheduled planes to Tanzania with immediate effect”, Magufuli said.

He said that no foreign visitors will be subjected to 14 days quarantine when landing in Tanzania, but, full protective measures against Covid-19 spread will be observed by tourists scheduled to visit this country.

- Covid-19 protective measures now in place in Tanzania are the wearing of a mask, washing hands with flowing water and soap, hand sanitizing and distancing by one meter of a bit more in gatherings, and in public passenger vehicles.

EARLIER IN OUR DESCRIPTION: WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP ?

As we mentioned earlier that we have already completed two new classrooms in one building and toilets, but we still need to complete solar cells, building school compound fence, Kitchen, Volunteer house, other classrooms, computer lab and library.

The funds are simply not there. Our children and neighborhoods wait for our school to be ready to operate and we will provide them a safe place and a second chance to learn comfortably.

Without facilities and supplies, the children in Arusha have little hope of getting a quality education, proper education foundation and escaping a hard life. We want to change that and that is why we are working on a big dream by having a best school that's built for vulnerable children and youths. 

No previous experience needed!

From 2020 On-wards, We are looking for people for the following fields;

- People who can help us building a school for disadvantaged children and youths in Arusha - Tanzania. /No Previous Experiences Needed.

- People who can help us in creating a fundraising campaign for the project and promoting on social media.

Who are we?
We are two old Tanzanians (Mary and Steven) together.

We are running a volunteering program and education operations programs in Arusha, Tanzania.

Most of our volunteers are short-term and long term volunteers, who join us in their vacation and volunteering time and they start joining us in volunteering programs, doing Safari or Hiking Trips from here. We are looking for volunteers who can help our construction projects and help with teaching unprivileged children. We can also arrange some trips for our volunteers. Our programs are located in Arusha at the slopes of remarkable Mt. Meru in Northern Tanzania.

Additionally to our programs, we founded a non-profit organization to support locals, unprivileged children and women. We welcome volunteers from abroad. They also stay at our locals families and share culture and life experience. 

So it’s always busy at our place. Staying with us will give you an inside Tanzanian culture as well as experiencing new volunteering life as well as help trustworthy NGO with current projects at our new future field.

Please join us to see the really life of people and share your knowledge.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Mission
Learning and exploring different foreign cultures,exchanging ideas and experience.
Why Couch surfing?
First, I've been working in workawayers, helpx and I want to share my experience with a great focus to travellers and volunteers around the world who want to explore Africa also who need to learn about Africa practically.
With a lot of Appreciation and Congas, I have determined and focused to world and ready to experience and help the travellers and volunteers.

Interests

Bring the brighter future to Africa.
Travel and Explore the World.
Tanzania is Ours.

• education
• traveling
• watching sports
• teaching
• tourism
• fun
• exploring
• kindness
• learning
• cultural exchange
• friendly
• cultural tourism
• creative
• visiting
• honesty
• social
• helping people
• watching documentaries
• reliable
• thoughtful
• emotional intelligence

Music, Movies, and Books

Bongo flavas,Nigerians & Philippines movies and wildlife documentaries

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It was just a matter of time to meet different people, volunteers and travellers who wanted to explore Africa especially a beautiful country like Tanzania in variety of aspects like cultural exchange, wildlife, people and volunteering work.

I got enough experience and time to work and visit different places like National Parks and other attractive places including Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Manyara, Tarangire, Arusha, Lake Duluti, Masai Village, Waterfalls, Snake Parks and Curio shops.

Teach, Learn, Share

Come, Stay, Enjoy and Experience together.

What I Can Share with Hosts

As you live together with Tanzanian families, you will be in a daily contact with the locals and work with us together and experience our real life and culture.

It is possible to learn different cultural behavior including cooking, dressing e.t.c in our area of Arusha. You can also take Swahili classes.

We can teach/show you how to cook Tanzanian Food.

We can put you in contact with a reputable tailor to get quality Tanzanian clothes.

We can call for you a hairdresser, if you are interested in braiding your hair.

We can go out and do sports like football, rugby or netball, which are the most popular sport activities in our area. Also we like to watch sports and talk about it.

We will enjoy the nightlife together on weekends to see bars, live music and clubs.

We will tell you the real prices for buses/ minibuses, tuk-tuk (bajaji in swahili), motorcycle (Toyo in swahili), fruits, vegetables, souvenirs, so you pay the fair price every time (bargaining is a must in Tanzania!), we let you avoid muzungu prices in Tanzania.

What you can help?

We have some exciting work to share and we are looking forward to welcome open minded people to volunteer and help us in the following fields:

1. Teaching English, French, Spanish, German and other subjects for example Biology, Physics, Geography, Mathematics as well as communication skills, psychology, computer skills in microsoft office operations, photoshops, graphics and etc 

- Even if you have no teaching experience you can work with one of our experienced teachers or take on some classes by yourself. 
- During most of the year we have a pre-school group that could use a native English speaker and a young adult class that can use help with job preparation and English language learning. 
- In September to December you can help with our Pre-form students (aged 13-14) to learn English and get ready for secondary school by teaching other academic courses.

2. Webdesign and programming.
We are looking for anyone who has an idea of improving or designing our own website of our organization.

3. Marketing and Advertising.
As we are trying to grow up our organization, we ask for help of volunteers, who can spread the word, connect our organization with other international organisations in order to cooperate with us and build up an supportive global thinking and local acting network.

4. Building School Classes and Library.
We need volunteers who aren’t afraid of getting dirty hands by helping us in building and constructing our new classrooms and library. As a plus you can help with building interior equipment like bookshelves or useful things.

5. Taking pictures and videos (and editing as well).
We also need volunteers who can help us take photos or videos that would necessarily be good for our website or website developing and student photos profiles. This is because we currently don't have a camera to do all the stuff.

6. Raise fund to support our organization as well as linking us with individuals or international organisations looking for projects to empower in whatsoever way or nature.

7. Sexual reproductive health and Menstrual hygiene education to girls and young women.
Now, reach the unreached ones, we look forward for passionate volunteers who are ready to spread the word, educate, raise awareness and support the school drop out girls and young women struggling within their time of period in order to attend school during that time.

8. Helping us with our social media communication, e.g. improving our Instagram and Facebook performance.
Conclusion, we need help creation a different idea by helping us build or develop our social media like facebook, instagram and so on.
You can help spread the word to friends, family, colleagues or other society members, so that we can reach as many people as possible and get more likes, shares, comments and reviews in order to raise awareness of education.

9. Help us with school, classroom or office facilities/supplies and teaching/learning aids.
We are facing a great challenges of lacking office/classroom equipments as well as teaching or learning materials hence to conducting all what needed for the children. These include lack of furnitures, textbooks, laptops or computers, camera or binoculars, office chairs, office tables, printers e.t.c.

We will appreciate and thank very much for considering any way you can support our work. Furthermore you are always welcome to bring in your own ideas as we value them a lot.

Just Note that:
Tanzania has a lot to offer to volunteers and travelers. We can organize Safaris to several National Parks, like Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire, Lake Manyara etc.) We can also organize tours to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Meru at your own costs. We can assist you to travel to Lake Victoria or the beaches of Zanzibar. Additionally you can do Day Trips to visit Waterfalls, Hot springs, Rainforests and Lake Duluti or Maasai Markets & Villages.

How to reach us?
Just book your flights to Kilimanjaro Airport (KIA), then take a taxi to Arusha ( it is just 1:30 hours ). We can also arrange a pick up for you on arrival/departure.

If you are going to land in Dare-salaam Airport, you can take local bus transportation to Arusha or book your flight to Kilimanjaro/Arusha Airport.
Those who are in Zanzibar can also take a flight to Arusha Airport and note that in both places, we can arrange a pick up at any time.

Once you arrive to Arusha you will live with us in Sinoni Area, which is a very authentic and local area.

Can we count on you? We will welcome you with heartfelt gratitude and are more than happy to help you with everything and assist you exploring the wonderful way of living in Tanzania. 

HAKUNA MATATA!

Countries I’ve Visited

Kenya