Volunteer with Children in Africa

Do you want to travel? Do you want to help kids in Africa? Do you enjoy exciting challenges? Achieve these goals and more by volunteering in Africa with children. You can expect to: 

• Teach basic English
• Teach early childhood development through games, activities, and lessons
• Support local teachers in busy classrooms
• Monitor children’s development using our Global Impact Database
• Create lesson plans and resources that can be used by future volunteers and local staff
• Assist with basic renovations like painting classrooms and murals
• Encourage children to practice better hygiene during outreaches and presentations, like washing hands and brushing teeth properly

We’ll teach you everything you need to know about early childhood development. We also run regular workshops with all of our Childcare and Teaching volunteers. At these sessions, you can get advice and ideas to support your work.

If you're interested in helping children in Africa, we recommend staying longer to make a greater impact. However, we do offer one week volunteer programs, if you have a shorter available time frame. Read our blog about short-term volunteering and the impact you can make during your trip.

You don’t need previous experience to help children in Africa. You’re there to support local staff and you’ll work alongside them. There is a high student-teacher ratio in many of the placements we work. As an extra pair of hands, ears, and eyes, you’ll give teachers and caregivers the extra support they need.

At my project, I helped primarily in the classroom and sometimes in the occupational therapy room. During this experience, I always felt as though I was making a difference and lending a helping hand. Sometimes making an impact was as easy as telling the children about America, showing them pictures of places I’ve traveled to, or simply conversing with them so they could practice their English. - Casie S, Childcare in Kenya