Category: Volunteer Stories

Q&A with a Wildlife Photography Volunteer in the Greater Kruger Area

June 25, 2021

We recently checked in with Noelle Hamoen, one of our incredible wildlife photography volunteers who joined us in the Greater Kruger Area, about her

Volunteer in Africa – You Won’t Regret It!

May 27, 2021

My name is Felicity, and I am one of the Destination Specialists at African Impact. Although I began this role very recently, my journey

A Volunteer Shares his Once-in-a-Lifetime Big Cat Experience!

March 1, 2021

Today’s Big Cat Monitoring Drive started not only with glorious sunshine but with fantastic news… Brian had received a call from the incredibly hard

Travelling to Africa during COVID-19

December 11, 2020

Our Big Cat Wildlife Research & Conservation Project in Kenya has been our first project to reopen. British volunteer, Tom Roper, shares his experience

Thank you, Zanzibar

December 3, 2020

This is Jerome’s story about his volunteering trip with African Impact to Zanzibar. I have travelled quite extensively throughout my 20’s and have enjoyed

Favourite Parts of my Volunteer Trip to Livingstone

September 10, 2020

Kelsey, an African Impact team member’s experience at the volunteer programs in Livingstone, Zambia. As I flew into Livingstone, I caught a glimpse of

A Wildlife Photography Volunteer Laments on Missing Great Shots

June 16, 2020

Reed Ramsay, an avid wildlife photographer and photography volunteer on one of our wildlife conservation projects talks about his missed shots.

A Leopard Lover Travels to Africa and Gets the Perfect Shot

May 26, 2020

This is Brigitte Bernard’s story about how she traveled to Africa to fulfill a childhood dream of seeing a leopard in the wild and

My Service Trip to Africa as a 63 Year Old Professor

May 18, 2020

Sheila, a 63-year-old tenured professor in education from New York City talks about her spontaneous service trip to Tanzania and its impact on her.

Volunteer Stories: A Teen Volunteer in South Africa

October 21, 2019

A 16 year old volunteer from the UK joined our education volunteer program in South Africa and talks about the transformative and transcendent experience.

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