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Khama Rhino Sanctuary (BWA12)

Camp code:

BW-BWA 10.12

Country:

Botswana

Start Date:

02 Dec 2024

End Date:

13 Dec 2024

Topic:

10: Environment protection

Work Types:

Environment / Manual / Work with animals

Number of volunteers:

10

International age:

18 - 99

National age:

16 - 99

Extra fee to be paid in the hosting country:

50.00 US Dollar [971 Mexican Peso]
Breakdown:

1. Accommodation and food: 0.00 US Dollar
2. Transportation: 15.00 US Dollar
3. Activities: 0.00 US Dollar
4. Hosting organisation support: 35 US Dollar

Purpose of extra costs:

none

Required Language:

English

Motivation letter:

This camp requires an additional motivation letter to explain in more detail why you would like to attend.

Description: Khama Rhino Sanctuary is located around 25km north of Serowe and 320 km Northwest from Gaborone, capital city of the Republic of Botswana. It is defined by Kalahari Desert sands and quite range of vegetation. Khama Rhino Sanctuary is a conservation park for the endangered white and black rhinos. It also hosts a wide range of animals including kudus, impalas, gemsboks, giraffes, and a variety of small animals and birds.

Volunteers at the nature reserve can enjoy day and evening game drives and some educational lectures on some days. Volunteers can also arrange to join the rangers for their animals counting exercises and patrols along the park fences. The Khama Rhino Sanctuary is having an active working partnership with BWA. BWA had committed itself by assisting to sustain the ecosystem o

Type of Work: WORKCAMP WORK:

The volunteers will assist in the maintenance of the footpaths, park fence, fire breaks and trails and helping in day-to-day business maintenance of the park. The volunteers will participate as a team in the whole duration of the camp. Volunteers can share and exchange different cultural forms during the workcamp. The orientation for the workcamp is scheduled at BWA head offices for the day before the workcamp start at Khama Rhino Sanctuary.

For more information about workcamp site, please visit: https://khamarhinosanctuary.org.bw

Study Theme: Environmental Work

Accommodation: ACCOMMODATION: Khama Rhino Sanctuary provides accommodation in camping sites. Volunteers must bring their own tents, sleeping bags, mosquito nets or repellants. A heavy blanket can of great assistance as Khama Rhino Sanctuary experience very cold winters, with temperatures reaching lows of -5 at night. Internet, supermarkets and banking are available in Serowe town, which is 20 minutes’ drive form the sanctuary. Network reception for three network providers, Mascom, Orange and BTC is relatively good in the park. Volunteers in possession of sim cards of their network providers from their coun

Language: English

Requirements: Skills of the individual volunteer • Commitment of volunteers; Project or work camps are not just cheap holidays; hard work and full participation is required. Volunteers should be self driven, adaptable, people oriented and tenacious, • Specific motivation may be required for some projects. • ENGLISH is the medium of communication in work camp. Note: Workcamps are form of cultural exchange as su

Approximate Location: Serowe

Notes: COST OF PARTICIPATION IN A WORK CAMP

The work camp participation fee is US $250 per participant, which covers simple work camp meals, arrangements for the whole work camp preparation in terms of communication, electronic mailing and transport for meeting with different stakeholders. BWA organizes transport for participants from the airport in Gaborone to Mochudi (BWA Head Office) at a nominal fee of US$ 40 per participant, where participants are inducted prior to departure to work camps destination.

Aditional Extra fee: 50 euros