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JOIN US FOR A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AS A VOLUNTEER Would you like to get hands-on experience with injured and orphaned wild animals whilst educating local underprivileged children, perhaps giving both them, and all domestic & wild animals, a brighter future? At Daktari, this is exactly what you can do! Daktari Bush School & Wildlife Orphanage started two years ago, fulfilling a lifelong dream of the project leaders. They wanted to provide a safe haven for orphaned and injured wild animals, and at the same time create a place where local underprivileged children could be taught and where disabled people could also be welcomed. The project is continuously growing and a lot has already been achieved. The first animals have found their home and some guests with a handicap have stayed at the project, enjoying the bush and the animals. The volunteers have already helped tremendously, building animal camps, painting, fundraising, looking after the animals…. And now the project has started to educate local underprivileged children as well, to help them along the way a bit and hopefully install some respect and love for wild and domestic animals and the bush. As a volunteer your main tasks will be working with and teaching the children, looking after the animals, and helping with general maintenance. You don’t need any previous experience, just enthusiasm to help this worthy project achieve its goals! The volunteer period starts from Saturday and you can stay from one week to 3 months and even longer. On arrival you will be shown your room and the facilities. On Sunday we have a late breakfast and a general briefing to help you in your confidence and ability to enjoy your experience.
Contact Ian and Michele at info@daktaribushschool.org to apply for volunteer opportunity.
During your stay, you will help us with:
6 to 8 underprivileged children are collected from their school on Monday and they stay with us at Daktari until Friday. A different group is collected each week.
The children are all aged between 13 and 15 years and are the grade 8 class. They are in a class of 160 children at the school and many of them have not even learnt their “times tables” yet. We try to enforce the basics in education and to adjust our teaching methods to the level of each child.
Our methods are not always conventional but are fun for the children. Many of them do not understand even basic English and their standards are at a very low level.
We welcome your diversity, knowledge and innovative ideas. No experience is necessary.
Other learning activities include: - team building games - “Thinking games” (eg. Card games) - bead work incorporating mathematics and self expression - general etiquette and good manners are enforced by role play. - General education including life skills, and construction projects.
The orphaned wild animals provide the basis for inspiring care and compassion for the environment. To this end we try to have animals that can be touched and caressed. This is not always possible.
As a volunteer you will be expected to accompany the children on stabling duties. These tasks include:
- Cleaning and disinfecting animal camps and cages - Providing fresh food and water for the animals - Checking the health and condition of the animals - Compiling newsletter articles for individual animal sponsors - Research and record keeping of the animals - Basic first aid for animals
Many animals require extra care and sometimes this may involve working during the night.
All life requires food, and various animals have various diets. The monitoring of animal food resources and the specific diets of the animals is a vital part of your work.
Daktari is continually growing, and sometime physical work is required. Duties can include:
- Renovating animal camps - Building new animal camps and cages - Renovating accommodation - Painting - General construction and repairs
Volunteers may opt for this department of Daktari. We only take one volunteer in this section at any one time, and you will concentrate on:
- Preparing fundraising proposals, - Compiling funding request - Seeking additional funding opportunities - Marketing and advertising - Forming new contacts (networking) - Compiling and dissemination of monthly newsletters - Communication
This experience is basically office bound and most of the work is done on the internet. You may also be involved, if you wish, in the education of children, care of animals and guests, but your primary concern is the marketing and fundraising.
One of the functions of this department can also include the organisation of meals, purchases and care of guests who may be staying at our camp.
How you benefit:
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You participate to a community project,
sharing your knowledge for the future of the underprivileged children