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Be passionate about a cause We come highly recommended All of our projects provide services vital to the communities and the For over 20 years, the Good Hope brand has been creating experi- environment in which they are based. Volunteers play an integral ences and supporting students and volunteers from all over the part in the services offered, and your help is needed! A portion of world. We have been actively involved in changing the lives of your fee goes towards the upliftment of the community or project thousands of students embarking on the adventure of a lifetime you’re working on as well as your passion to serve, so you get to through meaningful travel in southern Africa. Read through some leave Africa knowing you have made a difference! of our many testimonials to see for yourself!

Anyone can get involved We offer a wide variety of project options We have selected and developed projects which take place in We offer projects in and Namibia. The experiences an environment that is suitable for everyone, whether you are a range from community-driven social projects to those that focus tourist, a solo traveller, a student, or coming as a family. We offer on environmental and conservation initiatives. Wherever your pas- everything from budget experiences to premium projects. All you sions lie, Good Hope Volunteers will match you up with the right need in order to apply is a good command of the English language project at a fair cost. and be at least 18 years of age. Our projects attract volunteers from dozens of different countries, allowing you to make life-long friends from across the globe. We are passionate about volunteering We are an experienced and motivated team with years of practice operating and travelling throughout southern Africa. We are small We will find the right project for you and flexible enough to meet your personal needs but also large Applying to Good Hope Volunteers is free! Allow us to walk you enough to offer you a full range of support services. We will be through our application process to best determine which projects on hand to help you every step of the way, from visas to airport will be most suitable for your goals and needs. transfers, accommodation options to advice and around the clock on-the-ground support.

Good Hope Volunteers in

Cape Town Atlantic Ocean Population: 3,74 million Great for outdoor sports Sunny, young and vibrant

Special Needs Care Centre Services Cape Town Bus transfer to projects Teaching Centre Caring for where necessary the Elderly Activity programme Camps Bay Children’s Athlone Children’s Local support Nature Reserve Hospital Home Recovery Hospital Volunteer House Safe Haven Shared rooms Photography Course Claremont Self-catering

Cape Nature Conservation Option to order homemade lunches & dinners 3 Projects in Cape Town

Athlone Children’s Home Cape Nature Conservation Caring for the Elderly

Social project from 8 weeks Social & conservation project from 2 weeks Social project from 2 weeks Your impact: from 18 years Your impact: from 18 years Your impact: from 18 years The Children’s Home provides full-time Volunteer at a reserve that aims to pro- This organisation aims to provide all its care for up to 49 babies and children from mote the conservation of the indigenous residents with the highest standard of care 0 - 5 years old. The children are either ne- and flora of the Zandvlei wetland in and nursing within a homely environment, glected, abandoned, abused or orphaned . The programme is very broad and to promote quality of life, the mainte- and are accepted at the home irrespective and every day will be a new adventure. nance of independence, and the preserva- of HIV status, race or gender. Interact with people from across Africa tion of dignity. and make a difference in the conservation of the reserve.

Children’s Hospital Photography Course Recovery Hospital

Social project from 2 weeks Voluntourism 1 week Social project from 4 weeks Your impact: from 18 years from 18 years Your impact: from 18 years This is a voluntary support group to South Under the guidance of a professional Expert nursing and medical care is pro- Africa’s largest children’s hospital. It seeks photographer, learn and develop new and vided in a homely and loving environment to provide assistance and care for the exciting photography skills. Practice what for infants and children who are recover- patients and their families. The project is you learn in and around Cape Town, visit- ing from acute medical conditions. They committed to helping make the hospital ing hot spots and local volunteer projects. are unable to return home for medical or experience less traumatic for the young Capture your memories while making a social reasons. patients that are treated there. difference during your adventure!

Safe Haven Special Needs Care Centre Teaching Centre

Social project from 2 weeks Social project from 2 weeks Social project from 4 weeks Your impact: from 18 years Your impact: from 18 years Your impact: from 18 years This organization supports children and This centre exists for a small percentage of This is an early intervention literacy pro- their immediate family in a dignified and the many marginalized people in the Cape gramme. It supports children who are at compassionate manner and also provides Town community and provides special- risk in learning to read. To do this, the pro- a safe haven for abandoned and abused ized care for 90 profoundly intellectually gramme focuses on language enrichment, children. Volunteers join a variety of pro- and physically disabled citizens. Make a real offering extra help and remedial assistance jects supported by the organization during difference in the life of someone who needs to children. their experience. it most! 4 Good Hope Volunteers in Atlantic Ocean Table Bay

Hout Bay Population: 18.000 Cape Town Accommodation 30 min. from Cape Town At a communal house Great for outdoor sports Camps Bay Shared rooms Self-catering Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary

Hout Bay Children’s Hout Bay Programmes Domestic Animal Services Shelter Transfer to projects Local support

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Fish Hoek Projects in Hout Bay

Simon’s Town Domestic Animal Shelter Hout Bay Children’s Programmes Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary

Conservation project from 2 weeks Social project from 4 weeks Conservation project from 2 weeks Your impact: from 18 years Your impact: from 18 years Your impact: from 18 years This centre is a pro-life, nonprofit or- This project caters for the poor in a This incredible sanctuary on Cape Town’s ganisation whose core aim is to rescue, developing community near Hout Bay. As doorstep is the largest bird park in Africa. rehabilitate, re-unite and re-home lost, a volunteer, you spend mornings caring Over 400 species are rehabilitated in more abandoned, abused and neglected dogs for young children while their parents are than 100 spacious landscaped walk- and cats. at work. Afternoons are spent in an after- through aviaries, allowing intimate close- care programme that assists older children ness with nature. once school has finished.

Good Hope Volunteers along the Garden Route African Horizon

Garden Route Popular coast line Holiday resorts Beaufort West Lots of outdoor sports Services and fun Transfer to projects where African Horizon necessary Wine Farm Experience Je rey’s Bay Conservation project from 2 weeks Oudtshoorn Kindergarten Activities programme Your impact: from 17 years Surfing with Kids Local support George Birds of the World This animal rehabilitation centre feeds and Monkey Sanctuary Plettenberg Port Ocean Conservation cares for stranded and injured animals. Mossel Bay Bay Elizabeth Organic Farm Experience Up to 50 different species call this centre Community Chrildrens Project Accommodation Protecting Children home. Unfortunately, some animals that At the project or at can’t be free-roaming are kept in enclo- a backpackers near Indian Ocean sures, but most of the larger animals roam Plettenberg Bay freely during their rehabilitation. 5 Projects along the Garden Route

Birds of the World Community Children’s Project Jeffrey’s Bay Kindergarten

Conservation project from 4 weeks Social project from 2 weeks Social project from 4 weeks Your impact: from 18 years Your impact: from 18 years Your impact: from 18 years This project is based in the world’s largest The project centres around a nursery free-flight aviary and bird sanctuary. It is school for disadvantaged children. The The project centres around a nursery school dedicated to the rehabilitation and care of project provides education and stimula- for disadvantaged children. The project hundreds of species of birds and is a must tion and relies on basic aids to teach provides education and stimulation and re- for anyone passionate about birds and the children and provide an educational lies on basic aids to teach the children and small animal rehabilitation. experience for them. provide an educational experience for them.

Monkey Sanctuary Ocean Conservation Organic Farm Experience

Conservation project from 4 weeks Social & conservation project from 2 weeks Farm Stay from 2 weeks Your impact: from 18 years Your impact: from 18 years from 18 years The sanctuary caters for dozens of species This foundation is dedicated to the con- The farm is a family established dairy farm of rescued and rehabilitated primates. servation of the marine environment in that has successfully grown from its origi- They are free to move about the forest in South Africa through research, willingness nal mixed-agriculture and milk production some of the most beautiful natural envi- to help, and dedication. You can make a activities to a highly popular farm-stall and ronments of Southern Africa. real change for the future of South Africa’s coffee shop offering a wide assortment of beautiful coastline. produce for retail and in-house consump- tion, plus an established horticultural seedling and plant retail nursery.

Protecting Children Surfing with Kids Wine Farm Experience

Social project from 2 weeks Social project from 2 weeks Farm Stay from 2 weeks Your impact: from 21 years Your impact: from 18 years from 18 years Situated on the famous Garden Route, This programme teaches surfing to under- This farm is a family established, owned the project is home to 23 children. These privileged youth from a rural area. Surfing and managed boutique wine estate that children were potential or actual street keeps them out of trouble and away from has successfully grown in size and reputa- children, but with a lot of love and care, drugs by giving them support to develop. tion since its beginnings in 2008. They the project has managed to brighten their Volunteers learn to surf and at the same also assist the historically disadvantaged futures! time teach kids to surf; assist with beach local community by constantly explor- games, yoga, and swimming lessons; and ing means of broadening their economic help with after-school homework. participation. 6

Good Hope Volunteers in other parts of southern Africa

Namibia Wildlife Conservation Namibia Medical Project Namibia Windhoek Lowveld Rehabilitation Centre Population: 2,1 million Centre for Endangered Species Experience the fascinat- Big Cat Rescue ing landscapes and the Namibia Pretoria Drakensberg unique beauty Horse Trails South Africa Johannesburg Population: 55 million Experience one of the

most beautiful countries Valley of a 1000 Hills in the world SOUTH AFRICA Durban Atlantic Ocean Big 5 Rehabilitation Conservation & Accommodation Community Indian Ocean Project accommodation African Cat Sanctuary East London Accommodation and meal Port Elizabeth options depend on the Cape Town Mossel Bay project Shark Project

Projects in other parts of southern Africa

African Cat Sanctuary Big 5 Rehabilitation Big Cat Rescue

Conservation project from 2 weeks Conservation project from 2 weeks Conservation project from 2 weeks Your impact: from 18 years Your impact: from 18 years Your impact: from 18 years This is an environmentally friendly sanctu- This reserve aims to assist with the con- This world-famous site offers a home to ary for any captive-bred big cats, where servation efforts of big game rehabilitation over 40 rescued lions and tigers from zoos they will be protected and prosper for the in the Eastern Cape. Daily activities involve and circuses around the world. The project rest of their lives. This 40-hectare paradise caring for elephants, lions and large ante- now provides a stress-free, comfortable provides a beautiful home for the animals. lope, as well as the maintenance of a large home for these predators to live out the re- The project upholds a belief in the con- reserve. And the popularity of this project mainder of their lives away from the public, nection between both environmental and provides a wonderful chance to make and back under the African sky. wildlife conservation. friends from all over the world. 7

Centre for Endangered Species Conservation & Community Drakensberg Horse Trails

Conservation project 3 weeks Social & conservation project from 2 weeks Conservation project from 2 weeks Your impact: from 18 years Your impact: from 18 years Your impact: from 18 years This facility is dedicated to the survival of A rare opportunity to combine community This project is perfect for advanced horse rare, vulnerable and endangered species, development and environmental protection. riders and is set against the breathtak- particularly rhinos and . The pro- This amazing project assists with conserva- ing Drakensberg escarpment. The horses gramme aims to equip volunteers with the tion efforts on a working game reserve and live a natural life among the wild horses ability to actively participate in the conser- with a home for vulnerable children in a of Kaapsehoop. As a volunteer, you will vation of wildlife in the Kruger National Park lower income community. sharpen your riding skills and learn count- area. less more.

Lowveld Rehabilitation Centre Namibia Medical Project Namibia Wildlife Conservation

Conservation project from 2 weeks Medical project from 2 weeks Conservation project from 2 weeks Your impact: from 18 years Your impact: from 18 years Your impact: from 18 years Originally designed as a home for or- The project is committed to improving Their vision is an Africa where humans and phaned, poisoned or injured wildlife, this the lives of the San community through wildlife can live and thrive together. Their centre’s main aim is to rehabilitate wildlife education, health care and improved living mission is to conserve the land, cultures that can be reintroduced to their natural conditions. The project aims to give the and and rescue species environment. Unfortunately, some of the next generation the education, health care threatened by an ever-shrinking habitat. animals in their care, due to their injuries, and help they need to survive and to build will never be able to return, and now live a brighter, healthier future. out their days in peace at the centre.

Shark Project Valley of a 1000 Hills

Voluntourism from 2 weeks Social project from 2 weeks Your impact: from 18 years Your impact: from 17 years An ocean-based project which aims to Through skateboarding, this project brings unite scientific research and public partici- together people from diverse backgrounds. pation in the protection of South Africa’s Skateboarding gives rural and vulnerable great white shark. Volunteers are primarily youths self-esteem and pride. It keeps them here to work closely with sharks and tour- off the streets and out of trouble and brings ists and in doing so increase awareness of them a sense of freedom, possibility and these wonderful creatures. purpose. ing youinbookingexcursions for yourfree timeandweekends. once-in-a-lifetime adventures byarrangingactivitiesandassist- your passionfor servicetoothers.We assistinsettingupyour ing yourselfwhilemakingfriendsfrom allovertheworldwhoshare experience inwhichyoualsogrow -learningaboutanddevelop- others inneed;weunderstandvolunteeringasalife-changing We don’tseevolunteeringasaprocess inwhichyoumerely help within them. protect andconservetheenvironment andtheanimalsthat live in foreign cultures andcommunitiesinneedalsoto help serve, photography course.We provide experiencestoimmerseyourself tion initiatives. Furthermore, youcanalsobookafarmstayor Good HopeVolunteers youcanassistinbothsocialandconserva- Our programme hasgrown quicklytoover30projects. Through sations withdesperately neededvolunteers. world tovariousprojects insouthernAfricatosupplylocalorgani- Launched in2009, westartedbringingpeoplefrom alloverthe Your agency Combine volunteeringwithalanguagecourse Good HopeVolunteers email [email protected] Tel 0707265121 Indirizzo Inghilterra you. amount of experience,andanewoutlookontheworldaround We trustthat youwillleave withonlythebestmemories,avast through theentire experience,andguideyoufrom starttofinish. is bestsuitedtoyourinvolvement.We willthensupportyou tion that youneedtomake aninformed decisiononwhichproject We lookforward tosupplying youwithallthenecessaryinforma- throughout SouthAfricaandNamibia. Garden Route,butwealsosupportmanymore interesting projects our projects inthearea. Further, wefocus onHoutBayandthe operate avolunteerhousefrom where ourvolunteerssupportall We are basedinNewlands,CapeTown, SouthAfrica.Here wealso tion projects. or growing asapersonthrough involvementinsocialorconserva- the worldtovisitandspendtimeenergy, beitlearningEnglish believe that SouthAfricaandNamibiaare twoof thebestplacesin Our passionisinintercultural exchange programmes. We strongly from ourcourseseachyear. and fun.Students from upto50different countriesbenefit relaxed environment inwhichlearning isbothchallenging Our schoolsare well-knownfor theprofessional yet courses andateachertrainingcentre. eral Englishaswellexampreparation courses,business We offer short-termandlong-term programmes for Gen- other isinthevibrantcitycentre onapedestrianwalkway. situated intheleafy residential area of Newlandsandthe English languageschoolsinCapeTown. Oneschoolis Our sistercompany, GoodHopeStudies, operates two

Good Hope Volunteers © 2017 GHV, alcuni prezzi per i progetti di volontariato nel 2018

Valley of a 1000 Hills € 947 for 2 weeks (all inclusive) Children's Hospital € 1.179 for 2 weeks (all inclusive) Caring for the Elderly € 988 for 2 weeks (all inclusive) Protecting Children € 1.006 for 2 weeks (all inclusive) African Horizon € 675 for 2 weeks (all inclusive) Surfing with Kids € 741 for 2 weeks (all inclusive) Bush School & Wildlife Orphanage € 979 for 2 weeks (all inclusive) Organic Farm Experience € 829 for 2 weeks (all inclusive) Big 5 Rehabilitation € 1.261 for 2 weeks (all inclusive)