Where do I stay during the one week language program? Where Do I stay during my volunteering program?
What do I eat? What about shower and rest rooms? Do you accommodate special diet?
Volunteers in South Africa stay in a home stay during the culture and language immersion program. You will have a private room and be fed three meals of South African fare each day. Once the language and culture week/weeks are over, our coordinator takes you to your project for introduction. Some of the orphanages are residential projects and provide quarters and meals for volunteers. Long-term volunteers will be given the option to stay at the orphanage when it is available.
Always, the vast majority of our volunteers live with local host families where you are provided a private room and three meals. Bathroom and kitchen facilities are shared with the family and other volunteers (yes, you might have another volunteer living with you.) This also provides a local support network beyond the volunteers and program staff. Many volunteers look at their home stay as an essential ingredient in their South African experience.
If you want to bring gifts for your host family it doesn't have to be elaborate. Think of something affordable (and small enough to pack) that you enjoy in your life. Chances are your family will love it. We also suggest a standard gift of logo t-shirts or chocolates.
Don't forget to bring pictures of your family and pets!
The mission of IFRE Volunteers is to offer the most affordable as well as the highest quality volunteer and humanitarian abroad experiences - enabling us to make a contribution for all of humanity in its quest to make the world a better place. Through our volunteer and humanitarian trips abroad, we aim to spread love and compassion worldwide while improving the lives of destitute children and less-fortunate communities. We at IFRE also seek sustainable solutions in the fields of education, healthcare, conservation efforts and development issues through international volunteering.
