At a glance
- This is a volunteer opportunity with Projects Abroad. Devxchange will assist you in choosing the right fit, raising funds with your own campaign page, issuing tax receipts to donors if project meets CRA criteria as a charitable activity. Devxchange will also assist you in onboarding with Projects Abroad.
- Join our Speech Therapy internship in Tanzania and work with disadvantaged children at a rehabilitation centre. It’s a great way to add relevant work experience to your CV.
- Under the guidance of your Projects Abroad supervisor you’ll work on identifying impairments, designing treatment plans and implementing them.
- You’ll live in Arusha with a local host family who will provide you with an insight into Tanzanian culture and cuisines.
Details
- Help diagnose children with speech difficulties
- Evaluate and design treatment plans with specific goals for patients
- Teach speech therapy exercises or techniques to overcome difficulties
- Record, analyze, and report on data
- Raise awareness about disabilities
Includes/Excludes
Food and Accomodation
- Food (three meals a day)
- Airport pick-up and drop-off
- Full induction and orientation by an experienced staff member on arrival
- Transport to and from your work placement
- In-country support and 24-hour back-up from our team of full-time local staff
- Emergency assistance from our international emergency response team
- Project equipment and materials, including access to our database with thousands of resources
- Training and workshops from our experienced local staff
- Regular social events and community activities with other volunteers and interns
- Access to our local office with internet connection
- Certification of project completion
- Access to our alumni services and discounts
- Visa support and advice
- Fundraising support, including your own personalized fundraising website with DevXchange
- Tax Receipts for your donors if activity meets CRA criteria for charitable activity.
- Pre-departure preparation by your own specialist Volunteer Advisor
- Personalized MyProjectsAbroad website, with all the information you need about your project, accommodation and destination
- A free cultural awareness course
- Membership to our volunteer social media groups, to share information and to get in touch
- Support to help you complete registration or internship documents, if applicable
Not Included
- Flights
- Visa Costs (where applicable)
- 10% Admin fee for donations involving tax receipts.
Itinerary
Are you pursuing a career in speech therapy? Have you completed at least two years of relevant studies? Do you enjoy taking initiative and working independently? Then our Speech Therapy internship in Tanzania is perfect for you!
You can use this time to add some practical work experience to your CV. Talking about what you learned in interviews will also give you an extra edge.
You role will be to help assess, diagnose, and treat children with speech, language, or swallowing difficulties. You work independently, which is why you need to have at least two years of speech therapy training. During your internship, you’ll have the support of a Projects Abroad supervisor and local staff. You’ll also work with a local occupational therapist who has an excellent working knowledge of speech therapy.
Our Speech Therapy internship in Tanzania runs year-round and requires you to participate for a minimum of four weeks. We encourage you to stay longer, so you can have a bigger impact on the children.
As a Speech Therapy intern in Tanzania, your typical day will normally run from about 8am to 5pm. You will only work from Monday to Friday, with your evenings and weekends free. You’ll use public transport to get to and from your placement. On your first day, Projects Abroad staff will accompany you to show you the way.
You would normally spend the first hour or so of the morning preparing your work for the day. After this, you will start consultations with children who have not yet been diagnosed. During these sessions you will make notes to discuss with staff and fellow interns later, in order to make an accurate diagnosis.
Once you’ve finished your morning sessions, you will have an hour and a half lunch break. If your host family lives close by, you can head home to eat and rest. Alternatively, a meal will be provided at the placement.
You will continue your sessions in the early afternoon, focusing on therapy with children who have already been diagnosed. Use the last bit of the day to catch up on some administration, reporting and inputting information into our Global Impact Database.
Evenings and weekends are your free time to explore, rest, and relax. Meal times are great opportunities to get to know your local host family better and learn more about Tanzanian traditions, food, and culture.
Make the most of your time in Arusha by setting off on one of the spectacular hiking trails in the area and even going on a safari. The town itself also has great local markets and restaurants to try out.
There are two main aims of this project: to help you develop your skills and to meet the needs of the local community.
We want to equip you with the knowledge and practical skills to pursue a successful career in speech therapy. You will be working in a rehabilitation centre for children, where our Occupational Therapy project is also based. Your work will focus on the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children with speech, language or swallowing difficulties.
By doing this, you’ll be providing much-needed therapy to children who have had limited support for their speech and language difficulties. Due to financial constraints, many families in Tanzania are often unable to access the help their children need. This internship will give you an insight into the struggles people face with getting access to therapy in developing countries.
Our Speech Therapy internship forms part of our Medicine and Healthcare projects in Tanzania and is helping us work toward these five long-term goals:
- Improve access to basic healthcare for disadvantaged groups
- Promote awareness of non-communicable diseases, like diabetes and high blood pressure
- Improve hygiene standards
- Improve the quality of healthcare provided to patients
- Encourage an understanding of medical practices and promote an exchange of medical knowledge
Join us as an intern and gain invaluable speech therapy work experience in Tanzania, while helping children with special needs.
Food and Accomodation
You’ll stay with a host family in Arusha. They will welcome you into their home, eager to share their customs and have you teach them about your own culture. We believe that this is the best way to immerse yourself in the culture of Tanzania and have a truly unique experience.
We will always try to let you live alongside at least one other Projects Abroad volunteer or intern at the same host family. Your room will be modest, but comfortable, clean, and safe.
Your program fee includes three meals a day.
Find out more about our accommodation.
Free time and leisure activities
A trip to Tanzania is the chance to experience life in the heart of Africa. There’s plenty to see and do here during your free time on your project.
A project in Tanzania wouldn’t be complete without a safari! This is a chance to see the beautiful wildlife of this country, like elephants, rhinos, and lions.
What’s more, Tanzania is home to the highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro. Hiking around the base through lush vegetation is a peaceful way to spend an afternoon.
Browsing through a vibrant, local market is a must while you’re there. You can also spend time in a Maasai village, getting to know a completely different way of life.
There will likely be many other volunteers in Tanzania with you. This means you have the option to explore the country independently or with a group of like-minded volunteers from different projects.
