Voluntary work in MAMCEP
Volunteer placements in the project can be negotiated. The project can help with arrangements and planning of the work, but principally will not be able to cover its costs. The work should contribute to environmental conservation, tourism development, or social development in the project area. Ideas for a work placement can be suggested. Here are some examples of tasks that would be useful:
Teaching English language for local tour guides
Children washing dishes in Mwembeni- Teaching bird and animal identification skills for local tour guides
- Environmental education for school children
- Documentation of cultural heritage and biodiversity
- Family planning education for communities
- Designing tourism promotion materials
- Promotion of the area in domestic / foreign tourism market
Contact the project leader if you are interested.
Read about previous volunteers' experiences:
2010:
Neil Rice (UK & Finland) and Jenni (Finland) were teaching English for the local tour guides in July 2010. This is what they write about their experience:
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| Neil, Jenni and their hardworking students |
First of all we'd like to say thank you for involving us in your project. We had an amazing time up there and met so many nice people. As we spent a lot of time with our students we really formed some nice friendships and hopefully we can keep in touch with them. We feel our english teaching went well and that the students really improved over the short time we were there. Rogers had some personal problems and so wasn't always able to attend the classes. However when he did attend he was very hardworking and did very well. He was also our guide when we did the Mlinga trail and he was really good. Francis, Joyce and Salima all did very well too. George, Paul and Idi were the star students overall though. They attended every class and always put 100% into it and we think these 3 improved the most. They also took us on a small walk starting in Mwembeni, then walking up through the village, down over the Magoroto boarder and up to a view of Mlinga peak. We then walked down from there to the lake. It took about an hour walking slow and was a very nice, relaxing walk with everything in it. We think this would be perfect for the promotional tour as it easy, short and also has everything you want in a forest walk. The last student Edna, we couldn't really teach because her english was already perfect. She actualy helped us teach and was very useful :)
2007:
Tapio Kaisla (Finland), a student of the HAMK University of Applied Sciences photographed the project area and the project activities, surveyed birds and searched for good bird watching sites in May - June 2007. A short description of Tapio's involvement in the project is on HAMK website.
See also Tapio's photos from the project area.