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!
Category: Tanzania Teaching and Childcare
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.
Volunteering in Tanzania – one month in!
Our current Oyster volunteers have now been in Tanzania for a month and are working hard on their individual projects – time for an update! Settling in to a programme volunteering in …
Why volunteer in Tanzania?
Taking time out to volunteer in Tanzania remains one of the best things that you can do on a gap year or career break. Not only will you be helping people and …
Where are they now?: Dan Browne discusses his time volunteering in Tanzania
Dan Browne volunteered in Tanzania with Oyster in 2010 for 5 months. His gap year (between school and university) has had a big impact on the decisions Dan has made since returning …
Where are they now? Katy MacKay tells her story of volunteering in Tanzania
Back in 2009, Katy set off on her gap year to Tanzania with Oyster Worldwide. As part of our ‘where are they now?’ series, Katy has got in touch to tell us …
Amy Hall reflects on her volunteering experience in Tanzania 3 years ago
We’ve just received this great article from Amy Hall about her time as volunteering in Tanzania in 2011. Amy is now in her final year of University and still looks back on her …
Where are they now? Jen Wright reflects on her time in Tanzania
I couldn’t have asked for a better gap year experience. One of the great things about choosing Oyster as a smaller company for my gap year meant that I personally knew the …
Oyster briefing day
At Oyster, we take the briefing of our participants before departure very seriously. We want to make sure that you are aware of how to stay safe, how to remain fit …
Tanzania orientation and waterfalls trip
Having sent people to volunteer in Tanzania since 2000 and having been a volunteer there for 5 months myself, at Oyster we know a thing or two about setting people up well for …
