Volunteer Work Africa - Working Holiday Abroad Welcome to African Impact - Africa's top on-the-ground facilitator of volunteer work Africa. We offer a variety of exciting and rewarding volunteer programs suitable for anyone looking to make a real difference during their gap year travel, career break, leisure travels or working holiday abroad. Our volunteer projects focus on making a measurable impact on the people and wildlife in Africa, while ensuring that our volunteers have a safe, enjoyable, adventurous, unforgettable and life-changing experience in Africa. Explore, Inspire, Impact. Zanzibar Rural Teaching and Community Project Zanzibar Island is part of a beautiful tropical archipelago of islands. In these spectacular surroundings we invite you to join our work in various teaching, community and environmental programmes. PATHFINDERS Africa Gap Year Adventures Join an action-packed expedition during your gap year abroad in Africa with Pathfinders Africa, sister-company to African Impact. Christian Short-term Missions Volunteers in Africa ACTS Volunteers offers a taste of missions. Volunteers work alongside projects impacting African communities with the love of Christ. Experience God - touch Africa. Latest EXPEDITIONS Why volunteer in Africa? Africa is a continent of great diversity and astounding natural beauty that is home to a number of traditional and colourful cultures. An eclectic mix of fast-paced cosmopolitan city life, agrarian and traditional village cultures, provide a variety of options for volunteer work in Africa. Given all of this, we firmly believe that Africa needs to be "experienced" and not just "seen" - hence our motto: Explore, Inspire, Impact. We therefore invite you to be more than a tourist - to be a traveler, a conservationist and a humanitarian - we invite you to volunteer in Africa! Why volunteer with African Impact? There are hundreds of questions that run through your mind when contemplating a working holiday abroad in Africa. African Impact are leaders in the field of Africa volunteer projects, expeditions and travel. We hope to answer all of your questions in the various sections of our website - our frequently asked questions is especially useful. If you can't find what you are looking for, then please contact us - we will be happy to assist!	Photo Competition This is our Photo of the Month winner for January. Zebras in Hwange by Tim Popdran. Click here to share your own photos with past volunteers! African Impact Blog African Impact Blog is updated regularly with volunteer feedback and latest project news from around Africa. We also welcome your views and questions! Make a difference in Africa Although our volunteers are always amazed by how much they experience and learn during their gap year travels in Africa, most are even more amazed at what they learn about themselves during their unique African encounter. Our ultimate aim is to provide a safe and supervised environment within which travelers from abroad are able to make a tangible difference to wildlife and communities on the African continent, leaving you with a great sense of satisfaction and memories to last a lifetime! Choose a project from the list alongside or compare our volunteer projects. Volunteer Feedback Maria Gruber Age: 33 Country: Austria LATEST TESTIMONIALS: GAP YEAR TRAVEL IN AFRICA "It truly was a dream come true ...being there for the release of the wild dogs, finding myself surrounded by elephants so close I couldn't take a picture, watching lions do what they do best, sleep. I don't believe I've ever been so happy, day after day. I have never been anywhere that felt so much like I was finally 'home'. Again, thank you. I find those words woefully inadequate in expressing my deep appreciation. Nancy Lewis, Mashatu Research Shadowing Programme, March 2008 "I feel that African Impact is having a fantastic effect on the community. For every single project, I felt I was making some form of difference in other peoples lives." Chris Hastings, Australia. Livingstone Medical Project, Zambia. December 2007. "The project has been an experience that I will always cherish. It out weighed all my expectations and provides volunteers with amazing once in a life time experiences. I hope to be able to return in the future." Emma Stud, UK. Lion Rehabilitation Project, Zimbabwe. December 2007.