Zambia
Placement Options:
Gap Year Team: 3 months, Focus team (3weeks)
April 2011
Dates: mid April - mid July 2011
Training dates: 23rd - 26th March 2011
Minimum age: 18+
Cost: £4000 (please note revised price to account for increased cost of living in Zambia)*
Application deadline: 31st Dec 2010
September 2011
We are not planning to run a team to Zambia in September 2011, due to the forthcoming elections.
Focus Team Summer 2011
Dates: 24th July - 14th August 2011
Training dates: 21st - 23rd July 2011
Minimum age: 18+
Cost: £2200
Application deadline: 31st May 2011
More details:
This team will go to the Lifespring Foundation in Ndola, and is a partnership between Oasis and Lifespring. Nineteen churches in Ndola partner in running various community projects in the region, and we are excited to be sending Teams here!
Read more here: www.lifespringfoundation.com
The teams will become part of the Lifespring community, joining in with its activities in the following ways:
- helping in the orphans' school
- taking part in home visits in the local community
- helping with home-based care for those affected by HIV/AIDS
- helping with sports and games activities for children in the local community
- working with widows and vulnerable families
The teams will also take part in practical and manual work at Lifespring Farm and at the project, such as assisting with simple roofing and building work.
*The team will stay in purpose-built accommodation for volunteers on-site at Lifespring Farm, which includes all meals. The accommodation is of a high standard and provides the Team with a lot of pastoral support, but as there are no other accommodation options, this Team is more expensive than our other placements.
Don't let this put you off though, we are very excited to be offering this Team in partnership with Lifespring! One of our past Summer team members describes her time in Zambia:
"Lifespring Farm is an incredible placement. I would thoroughly recommend it. When going to Lifespring you become a member of the farm community too - you learn about the complexities of (the work), you learn about their lives from a Western perspective...Whilst it was hard work, I also came back feeling refreshed!"
Apply for the Zambia team here