Zambia
Placement Options:
Gap Year Team: 3 months, Summer Team
Summer 2010
Dates: 24th July - 14th August 2010
Training dates: 22nd - 24th July 2010
Minimum age: 18+
Cost: £2200 (please note revised price to account for increased cost of living in Zambia)*
Application deadline: 31st May 2010
September 2010
Dates: mid September - mid December 2010
Training dates: 14th - 18th September 2010
Minimum age: 18+
Cost: £4000 (please note revised price to account for increased cost of living in Zambia)*
Application deadline: 31st July 2010
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 for the first time!
Read more here: www.lifespringfoundation.com
The 2010 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 outreach and home visits in the local community
- helping with home-based care for those affected by HIV/AIDS
- helping with feeding programmes
- working with widows and vulnerable families
The teams will also take part in Bible studies on-site at Lifespring and be involved in local churches.
Both teams are also likely to be involved practically, 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 the Summer 09 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