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Zanzibar AIDS Association & Orphans Support
The Zanzibar AIDS Association & Sopport of orphans is an NGO that is carrying out two programs in Zanzibar.
First, there is an outreach program which is looking after 1200 vulnerable children in the rural southern and western regions of Zanzibar and in Zanzibar town. Only a portion of them are orphans living in poverty, the majority of them are actually the children that are living together with the orphans in families. The reason, why these non-orphan children are being supported as well is to break the stigmatisation of the orphans. 60 children are HIV positive themselves.
The support is both morally as material (covering medicine, school fees, educational materials, school uniforms). 4 social workers are employed for this program and are counseling both the children and their caregivers.
The second program is called "ZASO Hope". It is focusing on Peer Education and educational theater shows/drama plays.
Some youths aged 17-20 years are being trained by the NGO in certain topics and then get the task to communicate what they have learned to their age group within their local communities. The topics include HIV/AIDS, teenage pregnancy and its consequences, drug abuse, forces marriage, stigma reduction of those infected by HIV, and children and youth rights. For this program, 3 youth workers are being employed to work out programs, to train the youth peers and to supervise the communication of the topics into the local communities/age groups.
The theater plays are short drama scenes and role plays dealing with the same topics as the peer education program. A troupe of 10 amateur actors is regularly touring the island to perform the plays in schools and youth centres. ZASO Hope is financed by Hope HIV South Africa.
For the outreach program ZASO accepts volunteers familiar with social work that have counseling skills, For the youth programs volunteers are needed that have experience working with youth. For the whole NGO people are seeked for who can work in strategic planning and formulation of policies.
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Location: Zanzibar, Tanzania
Duration: Minimum 1 month
Special qualification
required: Yes
Costs: free of charge (trouble-free package for € 500
is optional)
Accommodation: Not included
Meals: Not
included
Included: Placement in the project; if you opt for the
trouble-free package the whole range of services which is part of the
trouble-free package is included
Not included: Travel, health
insurance, visa, work permit
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