vulnerable – All Out Africa https://alloutafrica.com Adventures that change lives Tue, 18 Feb 2025 03:20:33 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://alloutafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cropped-Favicon-32x32.png vulnerable – All Out Africa https://alloutafrica.com 32 32 Meet The Volunteers- Ingrid Van Thiel https://alloutafrica.com/2019/08/meet-the-volunteers-ingrid-van-thiel/ https://alloutafrica.com/2019/08/meet-the-volunteers-ingrid-van-thiel/#respond Fri, 09 Aug 2019 10:49:31 +0000 https://alloutafrica.com/?p=10314

Where are you from?

I live in Holland but I am British.

What project did you sign up for?

I signed up for the 6 weeks Kruger to coast  project and chose childcare as my voluntary work

What do you do for a living?

I am just finishing my gap year but I worked at a wedding venue for 7 months.

What does volunteering mean to you?

Bringing a smile on people’s faces to those that are less fortunate, working side to side with others and connecting with others to work towards a goal, being able to give your own time and attention for the benefit of others, showing you care and wanting to make a difference and also I wanted to explore and experience a culture/country that I didn’t know much about.

Reason for choosing All Out Africa?

I signed up for Kruger to Coast via a Dutch agency, so I didn’t actually know I would be working with All Out Africa. I found out when I arrived in Eswatini. I now will definitely recommend All Out Africa!

Your experience as a volunteer, did it had any positive impact on your life?

It had a huge impact on my life. I appreciate the things I have in life so much more than I did before coming on this trip. My experience as a volunteer allowed me to connect with new people and learn new skills. This trip will be a memory that I will cherish forever.

 

Click here if you would like to know more about our Childcare (Eswatini)

]]> https://alloutafrica.com/2019/08/meet-the-volunteers-ingrid-van-thiel/feed/ 0 Goodfella’s Doing Good. https://alloutafrica.com/2019/02/donate-with-all-out-africa/ https://alloutafrica.com/2019/02/donate-with-all-out-africa/#respond Mon, 04 Feb 2019 11:44:05 +0000 https://alloutafrica.com/?p=9697 Our mission at All Out Africa is to alleviate poverty through providing early childhood education to vulnerable and orphaned children in the Kingdom of Eswatini. This is a big task, and there are many factors that contribute to our challenges and successes. One such challenge is the availability of food and general nutrition that our children have access to. Students that arrive at school hungry are proven to not perform well. They have more difficulty concentrating, display behavioural problems are less alert and are often lethargic. Most sadly is that hungry kids lack the natural enthusiasm and curiosity that is part of the magic of childhood. This month we have had a HUGE success in this challenge, with the help of a very generous group of partners.

Over the past weekend, we were gifted with approximately 1700 kgs of rice from the GoodFellas Bikers Club. The bikers club is a brotherhood of motorcycle riders, who have a mission in helping and organizing charity events which in turn support local communities around the Kingdom. The donation process was a complete and total success. Michael (Building Coordinator), Tjengisa (Social Projects Manager) and I managed to deliver 24 bags of 10 kg rice to each NCP. With the $1093 (USD) worth of food security that we secured through this donation, we are now planning to add other nutritional value in some form of a balanced meal like fruits and vegetables.

This donation, will last for a period of 3 months or more, we will like to formally thank Goodfellas Bikers Club for their generous donation and for making a huge difference in the lives of over 300 children that attend our NCPs. This is a positive stride in alleviating poverty and providing care to those most vulnerable.  

Written by Simise Masilela

If you would like to make a donation to one of our projects, you can email info@alloutafrica.org

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