WOMEN'S PROJECT
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Project At A Glance |
Location: Arusha
Start point: Dar es Salaam
End Point: Dar es Salaam
Duration: 2-12 weeks
Hours: 30-40 hours per week
Food: Local food (3 times a day)
Room: Host family
Date: First and Third Monday of each month |
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PROJECT SUMMARY
In Tanzania , Masai women are economically weak. Though Masai culture is one of the major attractions of tourism industry in Tanzania , Masai people are not benefited from the tourism industry. A local NGO ILKDNGA is presently running different programs to uplift the economic condition of Masai women. ILKDNGA has been running an income generating projects for Masai women. In this project, Masai women are trained to make traditional Masai crafts, beads, clothes, handicrafts, and other goods. These products are later sold in market and part of this income goes to women. This is a wonderful project, if you enjoy Masai culture and rural life of Masai people.
Skill/Qualification
There is no specific qualification needed to join the women's project Tanzania . If you have skills in crafts, beading, and arts that would be great. You can join this project if you want to support the income generating efforts of Masai women.
VOLUNTEERS ROLE
There is no formal structure (example well structured office or infrastructure) in this women project. There are 8 Masai women's groups in 8 different villages of Mt. Meru . These Masai women's groups are coordinated by ILKDNGA. You will travel each village to other village (nearly 30-50 minutes) each day and support them. There are many works that you can engaged in.
• If you are an artist or professional having skills on crafts, beads, ornament, and handicrafts you can teach them the recent techniques/designs so that they can make better products and sell their products in markets.
• If you are non-professional but just want to work and support these Masai women, then you can work with them learning how to make Masai crafts, beads, ornaments. It would be a wonderful experience to work with one of the native tribes who respects foreigners.
• Masai women's group also need volunteers' help to learn English so that they can talk with tourists and sell their products directly. So, you can also run an informal English language class for Masai women.
• If you have knowledge and skills about marketing, then you can help Masai women to develop marketing strategies and help them to sell their products in national and international market.
• Besides women's group, you can run English language classes for Masai children and local youth With a little English knowledge Masai youth can work as tourist guides making additional income for the family.
Room/Food
IFRE arranges room, food, and supervision for volunteer from the start to the end of program. During first, week of language and cultural program, volunteers stay in our hostel in Dar es Salaam . Our office/hostel is located in Dar es Salaam giving access to volunteers to different parts of the city. Our manager and his wife are managing our hostel and office. They will run the language program and manage local Tanzanian food 3 times a day for you.
During volunteering period, volunteers stay with a host family. IFRE main office is in Dar es Salaam . And this project is very far from our office so the Director of the local NGO will be your immediate contact. You are provided with the contact information of our coordinator in Dar if you need to contact them, by phone or email, for any reason. Our doors are always open to our volunteers, you can come to our offices at any time during your program.
LOCATION DESCRIPTIONS
This project is about 7 KM north of Arusha, a major tourist city of Tanzania . The project is located at the base of Mt. Meru . The village is picturesque and beautiful. You will be living in the middle of Masai community. This project would be perfect if you love rural placement and Masai people. |
