African Childcare Center (ACC)

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Title

African Childcare Center (ACC)

Mission

The Mission of African Child Care is to empower the disadvantaged through education and health programs.

Description

The African Childcare Center is a small school located in Bagamoyo, Tanzania dedicated to providing orphaned children with the education they need to grow up to be successful individuals

Causes

Education
Orphans
Building Schools
Conservation
Healthcare

Available Volunteering Durations

1-4 weeks
1-3 months
3-6 months
6-9 months
up to 1 year
Greater than 1 year

Languages

English
Swahili

Established

November, 1998

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Address

P.O. Box 73
Bagamoyo
Tanzania

Staff

African Childcare Center (ACC)

Manager

Jimmy Kunjombe

Bio

Jimmy lives with his wife and two children in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. He started the ACC so that poor children of his community can have a place where they can have a chance to have access to life long Childhood education and health care.

Volunteer Opportunities

$150 USD

Requested Cost to Volunteer Per Week

This covers the cost for the manager of the school to host you at his house.This includes three meals a day and security.If you will pay for your own food then it will be $100 a week.

If you are volunteering for greater than one month you can work as a teacher at our school. Your responsibilities will include teaching children from the ages of 2 to 6 years of age in multiple subjects (mathematics, art, English, Swahili, etc.) and will play a fundamental role in the education of the children at our center. Volunteers are encouraged to be creative in coming up with classroom...

12/06/2011 - 2:37pm
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If you would like to volunteer for one month or less we have lots of tasks that you can help with, but we ask that you don't participate in teaching the children because this is a larger commitment that requires some training. Some things include helping the teachers while they teach, playing games with the children, helping with the construction of some of the ongoing building projects and...

12/06/2011 - 2:29pm
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It is very important for our teachers and children to learn to use a computer. Most teachers and children have never had basic computer classes. We would like volunteers to help teach our teachers and our children how to use a computer.

Some of the skills we need are using the internet, email, microsoft word, microsoft excel and uploading pictures.

05/04/2012 - 4:07am
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Donation Requests

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Dining Room Equipment 2 weeks 1 day ago

We need dining room and kitchen...

Second Hand Computers and Printers 2 weeks 1 day ago

We want to teach our teachers and...

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Volunteers:

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Brian Somers 2 hours 45 min ago
Abby Weaver 12 weeks 4 days ago
Cameron West 1 week 6 days ago

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