Volunteering in South Africa - Gap Year

South Africa offers a wide variety of volunteering possibilities for your gap year abroad. From caring for children affected by AIDS to working to conserve threatened animal species, all kinds of opportunities are available for volunteers. Read on for some more information about your chance to make a difference volunteering in South Africa.

Social Projects: Gap Year South Africa

Volunteering in South Africa in social projects, you can choose between two main locations, Cape Town and Johannesburg, where you will take part in different types of work.

In Cape Town, you could work with mistreated and abandoned children, in schools, instruct sport lessons, or work in health clinics, hospitals, or AIDS prevention projects.

In Johannesburg, participants work mainly in orphanages and children’s homes in the township of Soweto, where children affected by AIDS live.

Wildlife Projects: Gap Year South Africa

The diversity of animal life in South Africa is truly astounding, and if you are an animal lover, you could help to conserve this natural variety. Our partners at TravelWorks offer the chance to work in a several different wildlife projects in South Africa, including:

• Lion Project
• Cheetah Project
• Elephant Project
• Monkey Project
• Antelope Project
• Greater Kruger National Park Project

These projects offer volunteers hands-on experience in the field of animal conservation, with tasks such as studying animal behaviour, releasing rehabilitated animals to the wild, and caring for animals which are very young or injured/ ill.

Click here for more information about volunteer abroad in South Africa with TravelWorks!