Faraja Diaconic Center
This placemnet is available for Teacher exchange, Voluntary work and Internship
Faraja Diaconic Center is located in vSanya Juu Village, about 40 minutes drive from Moshi Town. This centre has boarding school for physically handicapped children and a training center for deacons. Center is run by German Gabriele Lehrke Neidhardt and her husband. The boarding school with about 90 kids aged between 7 and 15 all physically disabled in different ways.
Kids goes to school every day and study according to their skills and ability. In addition to normal classes, kids attend to physiotherapy and occupational therapy. Every class has also computer class and library hour 2 to 3 times in a week.
This centre offering internship opportunities to tecahers, Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists and Nurses. The minimum time for interns is 4 weeks. Working language is English but basic knowledge of Swahili would be very beneficial.
Tasks for interns:
Faraja Center is situated bit far from TVL accomodation house. Interns who work in Faraja will stay at the center during the weekdays and on weekends comming to TVL-house. In that way you will be abble to work in differente shifts per day.
Children are having about 30days holiday on June and December, during thi holidays it is not possible to work there.
Faraja Diaconic Center is located in vSanya Juu Village, about 40 minutes drive from Moshi Town. This centre has boarding school for physically handicapped children and a training center for deacons. Center is run by German Gabriele Lehrke Neidhardt and her husband. The boarding school with about 90 kids aged between 7 and 15 all physically disabled in different ways.
Kids goes to school every day and study according to their skills and ability. In addition to normal classes, kids attend to physiotherapy and occupational therapy. Every class has also computer class and library hour 2 to 3 times in a week.
This centre offering internship opportunities to tecahers, Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists and Nurses. The minimum time for interns is 4 weeks. Working language is English but basic knowledge of Swahili would be very beneficial.
Tasks for interns:
- Teaching basic computer skills
- Teaching Help in library, playing games and doing different handicrafts
- Working together with the physiotherapist or occupational therapist
- Working together with the nurse of the center
- Playing with the childres and Helping in the dormitory
- Arrange different free time activities
- Teaching basic English for deacon students, afternoon groups and to local workers of the center
- Teaching basic computer skills
Faraja Center is situated bit far from TVL accomodation house. Interns who work in Faraja will stay at the center during the weekdays and on weekends comming to TVL-house. In that way you will be abble to work in differente shifts per day.
Children are having about 30days holiday on June and December, during thi holidays it is not possible to work there.