Livingston Victoria Falls volunteers Home Stay

Am Ivor age 30 have devoted my life in helping the underprivileged Children and women, My house is located at the center of Livingstone city, 1 Km walk to town 8 km to the Victoria falls and 6 km to the airport. The house can accommodate more than 10 volunteers and you will have a lifetime experience staying and working with the local Families and communities around.

My volunteer programs and Duties are

HIV/AIDS PROJECT

TARGET GROUP
babies born from HIV positive mothers in Libuyu Extension
Women infected with HIV/AIDS

BRIEF HISTORY
HIV/AIDS Community Initiative was founded in Livingstone in 2008, with the aim of making the standard life better for women infected with HIV/AIDS after observing that family life was disturbed after the illness. A lot of women infected with the virus were either not working or widows Whenever these women had babies , they were failing to buy supplementary foods for babies when they weaned them at the age of between 3 and 6 months to avoid these babies get the infection through breast feeding when the babies developed teeth.The main objective of the project was to provide emotional and medical support to these infected women by giving them educational and nutrional talks through some trained care givers and counselors. Women would also meet to do some cooking demonstrations of local healthy foods for the weaned babies. Women would alos be taught some skills like gardening , tailoring and sewing, some interpreneurship so that they can be self reliant after the programme.The organization has secured a farm located in the Linda farm area .The women meet at the farm to have some educational and motivational talks. The women also do some cooking demonstrations , poultry farming and gardening.

VOLUNTEER DUTIES:
-Teaching women on positive living
-Cooking demonstrations of nutritional foods
-gardening
-teaching women skills like sewing, knitting
-educational talks on income generating projects
-home visits

MEDICAL AND HEALTH PROJECTS:

LIVINGSTONE GENERAL HOSPITAL

Livingstone General Hospital is a government Hospital based in Livingstone Town which is 1km from the town centre. This is the only Hospital in Livingstone were most of the cases from local clinics are referred to.The hospital needs the services of both local and international volunteers to help in the staffing levels as it is a very busy hospital and under staffed.Volunteers can either be students, qualified medical personnel or retired medical personnel with valid diplomas, degrees and practicing certificates.NB: Livingstone general hospital works hand in hand with the following local Governments clinics where Volunteers can also work.
- Maramba Clinic
- Dambwa Clinic
- Hillcrest Clinic

Volunteers are welcome to participate in the following Hospital Programmes

VOLUTEER PLACEMENTS:
.surgery
.medicine
.casualty
.paediatrics
.Orthopedics
.Psychiatry
.Obstretrics and Gynaecology
.Community outreach programmes
.Under five Clinic (Children)
Maternity Clinic.

MARAMBA CLINIC:

The Maramba clininc is located 3 km from the Livingstone town centre. The clinic is run by the government and administrated by the District Board of Management. The staff who work at the clinic are employed by the government. The clinic is located in the Maramba compound which is highly populated area covering a population of above 30, 000 people .The clinic is mostly short of staff, hence both local and international volunteers work to boost staff number.

Maramba clinic attends to people from all age groups starting from day old babies. The clinic has various departments like paediatric, maternity ward, out patience department, a male ward, female ward etc.
The clinic operates 24 hours a day. Staff work 8 hours per particular shift.The clinic also operates counseling programmes and community out-reach programmes.

Main Duties for Volunteers:
-weighing children under five of age
-vaccinations for children
-ante natal clinic
-taking temperature readings
-taking blood pressure readings
-dispensing medicines to patients
-making beds for patients etc

YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SPORTS

An organization which was founded by Sydney, a youth who appreciates sport. He is interested in young orphans and vulnerable children. The organization is based in Livingstone town. The orphans come from various communities surrounding Livingstone Town. The organization was founded to help orphans participate in various sports as a recreative activity. This helps orphans to interact and to keep fit.seeks the partnership of other organizations and volunteers to help it to carry out its objectives .It is supported by well wishers who contribute any financial assistance and sports kits and attires.

VOLUNTEER DUTIES
1. To train the children in football and other sport
2. To help children do some exercises to keep them fit

NAKATINDI COMMUNITY SCHOOL
This is a community school located in the out skirts of Livingstone which is 5km from Livingstone Town centre.
The school was started 10 years ago by a woman from Nakatindi Community who loved the children around and wanted them to be going to school because there was no government school nearby. Most of the children from the community were orphans and were not going to school.
The children started learning from a traditional thatched kitchen and volunteers from the community used to teach them. The number of pupils is above 200 ,aged between3 and 14years. The school runs from pre-school to grade seven. It is run by some government teachers and volunteer teachers (local and international).
WHAT VOLUNTEERS ARE EXPECTED TO DO
1. Marking pupil’s books
2. Helping pupils to read and write
3. Teach subjects like English, maths, science etc
4. Participate in outdoor activities like sport, drama, dancing, debate etc
5. Gardening and Home visits
N.B: volunteers are free to do any other things which can make the children happy and smile

NGWENYA COMMUNITY SCHOOL
Ngwenya community school is located in the Nwenya compound which is located 5 km from Livingstone town centre . The school was started about 10 years ago by some well wishers who saw the need of vulnerable children going to school as there was no government school within reach. The school has children from pre-school to grade nine aged between 2 and 18 years. Most of the children are vulnerable and orphans. The school is run by government teachers . The school also needs the services of volunteers as teachers are not enough.

The following are some VOLUNTEER DUTIES:
1. Help teach children
2. Help to mark the books
3. Help children to read especially vocabulary (English)
4. Help children with creative activities like outdoor events eg. Sport, poetry, traditional dance, drama, clubs like debate club
5. Interact with Orphan and . Visit ( Orphans) guardian homes.

THE VILLAGE OF HOPE ORPHANAGE

The orphanage is located 1km from Livingstone town at Calvary church along Lusaka road. The orphanage was started by the church leadership after they realised an increasing number of destitute / vulnerable children from streets who would pass through the church to ask for assistance like food and water. Most of these children are orphans who do not have people to take care of them after their parents passed away, hence stayed on the streets begging for food, sleeping in the streets etc. As the church started helping these children, more children started sleeping in one room of the church which was better than living on the streets.
The church leadership eventually decided to register an orphanage and enrolled 12 street kids and among them a less than two years old baby. The children are aged between 1 year to seventeen years. The church built a house for the orphans at the church and employed a couple to care for the children. Some of the children go to some government schools nearby. The orphanage sustains the children through offerings from church and well wishers who support the children by providing meals, beddings, clothing and school requirements.
The mission of Village of Hope is to rehabilitate the children, educate them and be able to ensure that the children can do something better in their lives when they grow up.

VOLUNTEER DUTIES:
-Helping the children clean up their rooms
-Washing clothes
-Preparing meals for children
-Playing and interacting with children
-Washing dishes
-Helping children with home work
-Teaching younger children basic things (nursery)