The Paul Lee Project -
A Cape Town/Wild Coast Combo!
Watch our movie to see the project in a nutshell!
South Africa’s Eastern Cape: the traditional home of its largest tribe, the Xhosa's (think Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu) is still today one of the country’s poorest areas. As recently as the late 1980's, and towards the end of the apartheid era, there was a great
population shift in South Africa with many of the men, followed by their families, travelling to the large cities from the homelands, in an attempt to find employment, better education, and a better life. Many, having nowhere to stay, initially built shanty homes of scrap metal, wood and cardboard on poor vacant land. Thus the informal settlements were formed.
These settlements are highly populated to this day, are still lacking in basic facilities and are severely overcrowded. Due to the displaced nature of these settlements and their populations the Xhosa people are also often devoid of their original culture and traditions.
VA32, based on the Eastern Cape in the picturesque Chintsa, in partnership with Volunteers Direct working in the Cape Town township of Imizano Yetho, are offering you the opportunity to experience both environments. This opportunity gives you a rare chance to volunteer within two contrasting areas of the country, to compare the lifestyles of the people that you encounter and judge the effects that their lifestyle choices have on everyday life and culture.
The Wild Coast Schools Project is VA32's pioneering volunteer project & was recently awarded the Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa (FTTSA) mark. The project concentrates on delivering
Computer Literacy classes to rural South African schools. As well as teaching computer classes volunteers have the opportunity to take part in our structured community outreach projects, teaching arts & sports and helping VA32 to recognise where our Chintsa community needs support.
This project comes highly recommended & offers volunteers the chance to become a part of the local community where they can really make a difference. To read more about this project visit the Wild Coast Schools Project page.
The Township Teaching Project places volunteers into township schools where they are a vital resource to teachers in highly over populated and under resourced schools. Volunteers offer their time and skills in assisting the teachers in classes, land with activities
providing extra tuition in homework clubs and running sports activities. You have a choice of teaching projects with Volunteers Direct, visit theVolunteers Directproject page to make your choice!
The Logistics:
☺Book your plane ticket & fly into either Johannesburg or Cape Town International airports ☺You will be picked up at the airport & transferred to your respective project accommodation ☺After two weeks on project hop-on to the Baz Bus & make your leisurely way along the garden route (you can take as long a you like here but please confirm your arrival date on the second project before you arrive!) ☺On arrival you will be transferred to your second projects' accommodation
*Please remember to confirm your dates for both projects as they do not run during the school holidays!
How much does it cost?
2 weeks on Wild Coast Schools Project
+ 2 weeks on Township Teaching Project
+ BazBus Hop-on Hop-off Ticket
R 16 630.00
*Additional weeks are available on both projects, please contact us to discuss this further.
What does the package include?
- Airport transfer on initial arrival & transfer from the nearest BazBus stop to Project on arrival at second project
- Accommodation in our volunteer digs whilst on project
- 3 meals a day whilst on project
- Transport between project & accommodation daily
- Guidance from our project co-ordinators
- 24 hour support
*Accommodation & meals between projects are your own responsibility
