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Adventure Scientists: Community Development Volunteer

Adventure Scientists provides individuals the perfect pathway to human development through its volunteering programs which are carefully created with a true purpose and value for both the volunteer and host communities.

Featured Volunteer Programs:

• Teach Computer and Financial Literacy Skills to a local community group • Engage in Community Health Promotion Activities • Mentor and Support Youth at a local Community Youth Center • Volunteer as a medical student or nurse at a community hospital or health center. • Volunteer at a local nursery and daycare center

Featured Volunteering Benefits

• Experience a “whole-person development" opportunity because of the growth you obtain volunteering in a developing country many miles away from home? • Better understand diversity, sustainable development and multiculturalism in an environment very different from home? • Learn a new culture and understand the issues that affect that part of the world • Discover new strengths and abilities, conquer new challenges, and solve new problems • Experience an African safari, explore the wild, and enjoy excursions of your choice during your stay in the country.

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Adventure Africa Volunteer's mission is to become a global leader in adventure travel to Africa by providing opportunities that foster learning, development and cultural exchange. This is made possible through our multifaceted programs that include study abroad, volunteering, internships, and adv...

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