Overview
About Volunteers Without Borders: Our vision and goal is to connect international volunteers with opportunities at the lowest cost possible that will provide them with the opportunity to give back to underdeveloped areas of the world that need all the help and support that they can get. Our mission is to recruit international volunteers and present them with international volunteer abroad opportunities to make a difference in developing countries in need. We offer program fees that are substantially lower than majority of other companies.
ISSUES FACING ZIMBABWE
Majority of Zimbabweans today live below poverty line which means living on less than $1.25 USD per day. Zimbabwe remains one of the HIV/AIDS killing zones in Africa today. Despite the numerous HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns, more than 1 million people are living with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe today. About 1.2 million were living with HIV/AIDS in 2009 with about 83,000 deaths recorded within the same year. The adult prevalence rate is on average, 14.3%. Malaria, bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, rabies, schistosomiasis, etc. continue to threaten several lives in Zimbabwe today. Despite the high literacy rate, quality education is something very hard to come by in today’s Zimbabwe so at the end of the day, people graduate from school with degrees upon degrees but unable to use those degrees to better their living conditions just like in Kenya and other African countries. Poor leadership and corruption remain perhaps the number one problem facing Zimbabwe today. Just like in most other African countries, corruption levels remain at all-time high in Zimbabwe today.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
As a volunteer, you can provide one of the greatest gifts to the people in this country which is Education. It is believed that Education alone cannot eliminate poverty but is one of the greatest contributors to it. As a volunteer in this country, you will be given an opportunity to make a difference to the lives of others and in doing so, the people you will work with will also make a difference in yours. We are actively looking for enthusiastic and empathic volunteers who want to experience community life in Zimbabwe while getting involved to make a difference with local projects, which are designed to help the most vulnerable people of Uganda. There are very few countries on earth that can offer a visitor as much to see and do as Zimbabwe does. If you come here, It will leave you with a breath taking experience you will most certainly never forget.
PLEASE NOTE: Volunteers are required to pay a Registration Fee of $225 CAD, which will be added to the program fee.
Highlights
- We are actively looking for enthusiastic and empathic volunteers who want to experience community life in Zimbabwe while getting involved to make a difference with local projects.
- If you come here, It will leave you with a breath taking experience you will most certainly never forget.
- It is a country with a rich history and heritage that dates back to early ancient times. Despite the abundance of natural resources and the high literacy rate, Zimbabwe remains one of the poorest countries in Africa today with the unemployment rate around 95%.
