The AIDS haven is situated in Salsoneville, a suburb on the fringes of Port Elizabeth. The main objective of the project is to give aid to people, in particular the children and support them in their battle with HIV and AIDS. The children attend school where they receive education and are offered sport and….

Out in Africa in Gwexintaba, is an absolute unique and challenging project situated in the beautiful surroundings of the Transkei. This is one of the few places in South Africa where time stood still. Up to three years ago there were no formal roads leading here and….

This Township Project is situated in the Walmer Gqebera Area in Port Elizabeth, better known as Walmer Township. Gqebera is one of the few places in PE where a specific area for the black community still exists in-between neighborhoods populated by mainly whites. During the apartheid regime the….

This Cheetah Conservation & Rehabilitation project is an enormous reserve that has one main goal; to help nature restore itself and transform back to its original state. The most important task of the volunteer is to take care of the cheetah’s and give them….

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Kroonstad is a breeding park for White lions, Lions, tigers, Jaguars, Cheetahs, Leopards and other carnivores. You’ll have the amazing experience of working closely with these majestic animals by feeding and caring for them, raising the cubs by hand and being involved in all the day to day activities of….

I’m Rosanne a 22 year old woman and currently volunteering at a Home-based Child Care Centre, in the township of Zwide, Port Elizabeth where children live with HIV and AIDS.
Most of the children at the centre speak “Xhosa” while others communicate in English. Despite this language barrier we are still able to understand each other with the help of body language. My duties at the centre include spending quality time with children, assisting them with homework, playing games with the younger children, feeding and bathing them. Once a month we visit the district of Zwide to distribute food packets to families who are also infected with HIV Aids. Last Easter we distributed shoeboxes with little presents for the children in Zwide.

Khaya helped me to help these children at the Child Care Centre. I have always wanted to visit South Africa with its wonderful climate, variety of cultures, unspoiled nature as well as the big five. So when I discovered Khaya on the internet, I knew this was my chance to experience just that.

Compared with the prices of other organizations, Khaya is relatively cheap. As a bonus they organize fun activities such as weekends away where I can mix and mingle with other volunteers. Not only was Khaya helpful in finding a volunteer opportunity for me but they also made sure that I had fun.

I enjoy volunteer work in South Africa. The people here are very grateful and they appreciate what I do. The love I receive from these children I work with who don’t have families of their own is the one thing that is priceless! I appreciate Khaya student placements who have given me the opportunity to give to others.

I am an animal lover and for a long time my dream was to do something worthwhile for others. What better way to have done it than with Khaya in South Africa. I was able to experience the BIG 5 and many other wild animals for myself which I would not easily find back home.

My friends who worked with Khaya before told me about their great experience with Khaya in South Africa. I was so exited about their experience that I wanted to experience it for myself.

When I finally came to South Africa Khaya organized to pick me up at the airport, provided me with accommodation, car rentals, and the best thing they organized was adventurous outings.

I was convinced that now my dream was going to become a reality. Khaya gave me the opportunity to be of help to others in South Africa as well as for me to be at one with nature and the animals. One of the volunteer projects I participated in was the Cheetah Volunteer Project.

My responsibilities as a volunteer was to hand feed the cheetahs help maintain the area they lived in and help them go hunting in the wild. It was amazing to see how powerful and fast this wild cat was.

One of the most important lessons I learnt after volunteering for the Cheetah Project was to appreciate and have more respect for nature.

I would advise anyone who loves nature and who wants to be of help to others to make the Khaya experience an experience never to be missed!

The Zwide Child Care Project is located in Zwide, one of Port Elizabeth’s surrounding suburbs, is run by founder Mama Nikiwe Nyamakazi. After sensing a great need for help among the children in the township she started this project in…