17 of the Best Places to Learn to Surf
Learning to surf is a great way of keeping fit, making new friends, and seeing new places. It’s a physically demanding sport that provides a full-body workout. And when you’re travelling the …
Category: South Africa Volunteer Sports Coaching
Take a Garden Route Trip after volunteering with children in Port Elizabeth
Round off your time teaching and sports coaching with an amazing Garden Route Trip Keen to do some further travel? We are delighted to be offering our sports coaching and teaching volunteers …
Gap year sports coaching: teach your favourite sports in SA townships
I arrived into Port Elizabeth to an extremely buzzing city: the annual Port Elizabeth Iron Man competition was well underway, with the first man just crossing the finish line as I arrived …
Sandboarding, horse riding and the most amazing pizza
Saskia is back with some more excellent accounts of what she has been getting up to on her gap year. She is now in South Africa, taking part in our sports coaching …
Guide to volunteering with children
Have you considered volunteering on a teaching, childcare or sport coaching programme? This guide will help you to choose the right programme for you!
Oyster’s top 17 facts you didn’t know about South Africa
South Africa is known to be an incredibly diverse country, with amazing wildlife, friendly people and buzzing cities. But there is much more to South Africa than meets the eye, and we …
Oyster programmes now available for under 18s
Oyster Worldwide are happy to announce the launch of our under 18s programme page. Are you 17 and looking to head abroad this summer
7 reasons that your next holiday should be a volunteering holiday
A volunteering holidays is a fantastic way to give back, meet new people and explore a country and culture in way that your average holiday cannot provide.
Life as a sports coach in sports-mad-South Africa
Georgie Wager spent 8 weeks volunteering as a sports coach in South Africa. She shares her experience here. I was on the sports coaching programme in Port Elizabeth for 8 weeks. I …
A day in the life of a South Africa sports coach
Saskia is still having a fantastic time as a sports coach in South Africa. Today she is sharing with us what a day in the life of a sports coaching volunteer is …
