GET INVOLVED

VOLUNTEER

Each of our in country volunteers will be required to participate in 6 weeks of online group discussions which include Rwandan culture, a brief overview of trust based relational interventions (the model of care we use with our students), planning out the schedule and activities for students while in country and general space for Q/A.

Teams will help staff collect grade cards and letters as well as distribute care packages from sponsor families.

All teams stay in Kigali, with the last night at Akagera National Park for a team de-briefing and opportunity for a real African safari.

Trip costs are all inclusive. Travel insurance is included.

WINTER 2024

Our holiday team is a great time for sponsors to meet their sponsor students! Attending school celebrations for grade cards, delivering care packages, helping gather back-to-school supplies and celebrating the holidays with our community of foster families is on the agenda for this team.

DATE: Dec. 26th - Jan. 3rd

COST: $700 + airfare (varies with season, approx $2000)

Registration deadline: September 1st, 2024

SPRING 2025

April is the month of mourning in Rwanda, and although most of the students in our program were not alive during the genocide of 1994, they all attribute their losses to it. During April, schools, government offices and businesses shut down as many commemorative events take place.

This team is for those with experience in grief and loss; social workers, counselors, healthcare workers in pediatrics, psychology or family medicine as well as art, music and movement therapists.

We'll create spaces and activities to facilitate our students in processing their feelings and understanding their mind-body connections.

Must be 18 to volunteer on this team.

After a week of working with our students, we'll spend our last 24 hours taking students on a field trip to Akagera National Wildlife Reservation for an African safari experience.

DATES: April 21st - 29th, 2025

COST: $800 + airfare (varies with season, approx $1900)

Registration deadline: Dec. 1st, 2024