Volunteer
Opportunities at Fun club The Young Masai Project
Volunteer
Opportunities at Fun club The Young Masai Project
Volunteer
Opportunities
Fun club
The Young Masai Project
Project
Overview: Young Maasai is a newly implemented project targeting young people in
the Maasai communities in Arusha, Tanzania. It aims at conveying knowledge
through sessions and workshops to help a young Maasai understand their
potentials and the career path towards achieving their careers goals. Helping
young Maasais create their careers on the basis of their potentials is the
goal. Now, we all know that the Maasai community have a strict role assigning
system with in their societies. This project however is in no conflict with
this Maasai long tradition but, rather supports it by helping the leaders
understand better the potentials their people carry and help them explore and
utilize them to make their communities even better.
Upon
arrival there is a crash course that lasts for four days. This will help to
prepare you as a young volunteer volunteering in this project to better
understand the Maasai community do’s and don’ts, prepare sessions for talent
discovery, self-awareness and availble careers opportunities. A layout and
project timeframe is as well made at this time.
Activities:
Cultural Exchange
Facilitate
sessions: Deliver sessions that help to raise self-awarenes on one’s
potentials.
Learn
cooking: Become part of the Maasai community by learning how to cook their
food.
Photographing:
Take photos (professional photos) to brand the Maasai culture in social Media,
journals/magazines and websites
Spend
time in a boma: Part of this project is cultural exchange live for at least two
days in a Maasai Boma to experience their life.
Social
activities: You will recieve invitations to participate in social gatherings
this includes weddings or boys circumsition ceremonies.
Dates:
This
project can be conducted anytime of the year. All volunteers are required to
provide dates they are willing to participate in the project in the application
form.
The
project shall pursue for a month and a half ideally
What is
Included?
Accommodation:
You will be staying in a fully furnished mordern house located 45mins from
where the project is.
Buddy:
You will be given a local friend/person to assist you and answer all your
questions
Bills:
Your water and elecricity bills will all be paid for.
Airport
pickup: Upon arrival we will pick you up from the airport
HOW TO
APPLY
For more
information, please emailadmin@funclub.or.tz
Apply
via the link below:
APPLY HERE