MALAWI Volunteer Trip    TENTATIVE ITINERARY Day 1 Arrive Lilongwe, Malawi Day 2 Volunteer Introduction / KPI Activity Day 3-7 Volunteer at local Schools, Orphanage or Community Center Day 8 OPEN/ Market day / Visit Mtendere Orphanage Day 9 Travel to South Luangwa National Park, Zambia Day 10,11 AM Safari/ PM Safari/ Volunteer activity Day 12 Travel back to Lilongwe/ Local Markets DAY 13 Depart Lilongwe About Volunteer Opportunity Come volunteer and travel to Malawi with Kids Play Int’l and experience an active, hands-on humanitarian trip that uses sports to educate, inform and play with children of all ages at local orphanages and schools nearby.  Additionally, you will explore and encounter the beautiful countryside,, native villages and see the wildlife of South Luangwa National Park. We invite you to come experience the people of Malawi who pride themselves on their friendliness- so much so that the country is considered the “Warm Heart of Africa”!  
 Typical Volunteer Day Volunteers arrive at site by 9am to work on projects and/or visit a local school; set up sports room, build soccer goals or volleyball net/court. After lunch, volunteers gather 50-100 kids from a school/or orphanage and meet on a local field. KPI will lead a group stretch, talk about and incorporate a life skill lesson, run through drills for the sport of the day and then PLAY! Volunteers return to hotel around 5PM. KPI will always try and allot for free time during the trip for other activities that volunteers may enjoy doing on their own with the children; arts & crafts, games, reading, jump rope, etc. Documentation:  PASSPORT needed but NO Visa necessary for Malawi. Trip Includes: Accommodations Transportation to and from airport, volunteering sites, Liwonde National Park and Lake Malawi. Safari at South Luangwa National Park; tented cabins with mosquito nets Most meals Trip does NOT Include: Airline ticket Travel insurance Health insurance Visa/Passports Any personal incidentals Some meals Bus driver tip to be given at the end of trip. Physicality of Trip and Culture Shock: 
Malawi is one of the poorest nations in the world and in Africa comes the reality of HIV/AIDS, illiteracy, hunger, and with that brings many orphaned children. All volunteers will be affected by the culture differently but if you keep an open mind and heart you will surely be overwhelmed with the fact that every little bit that each volunteer contributes DOES in fact help in making the changes needed in this country.   

Volunteers should expect long bus rides, hot, dry weather, participation in physical activity with the kids and light labor around the village.  Please be prepared to be active and hands on during this trip! Trip_Pictures_Malawi.htmlFundraise_4_Trip.html

<< Back to Volunteer Trips

Copyright ©2010 Kids Play Int’l          |                 info@kidsplayintl.org

home        about us         volunteer trips         programs        the buzz          blog           contact    

Get Involved !Get_Involved.htmlGet_Involved.htmlshapeimage_8_link_0
MAKE PAYMENT & REGISTER http://www.stayclassy.org/events/detail?eid=10079