WHALE SHARK – All Out Africa https://alloutafrica.com Adventures that change lives Tue, 18 Feb 2025 03:20:13 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://alloutafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cropped-Favicon-32x32.png WHALE SHARK – All Out Africa https://alloutafrica.com 32 32 Dear All Out Africa https://alloutafrica.com/2020/02/dear-all-out-africa-2/ https://alloutafrica.com/2020/02/dear-all-out-africa-2/#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:59:13 +0000 https://alloutafrica.com/?p=10719 Over 200 children have benefitted from our Homework Club. Since it was established in 2015, this study group has been an afternoon activity dedicated to our former NCP children who are in primary school. The main aim of this activity is to improve or strengthen their English, Mathematics and a bit of Science skills. With the help of volunteers and All Out Africa staff members, we are receiving positive feedback from school teachers that the children at the homework are producing outstanding results.

We have received a gratitude letter from Bongekile Matisa, a former NCP graduate, homework club member and this year she started her High school.

My name is Bongekile Matisa. I started homework club in 2016, by then I was doing my 4th grade and I have been producing outstanding results. Homework Club has helped me a lot with my studies, I am now doing my first year in high school and all thanks to homework club.

I want to thank All Out Africa for starting this afternoon activity (Homework Club) and it has been so helpful to me. I know that some of the homework club members will agree with me. Lastly I want to thank the volunteers who have been helping us with our studies and not forgetting Uncle Tjengisa. I will miss Homework Club. Thank you so much All Out Africa, love you so much and I wish you all the best.  

Written by Bongekile Matisa

If you would like to be an All Out Africa volunteer, email bookings@alloutafrica.com

]]> https://alloutafrica.com/2020/02/dear-all-out-africa-2/feed/ 0 Independent Researcher – Calling for Participants https://alloutafrica.com/2019/08/independent-researcher-calling-for-participants/ https://alloutafrica.com/2019/08/independent-researcher-calling-for-participants/#respond Tue, 06 Aug 2019 10:14:24 +0000 https://alloutafrica.com/?p=10288 All Out Africa is well known in the industry for its research, with over 90 publications in scientific journals under its belt. In addition to the work our team conducts in Eswatini and Mozambique, we also have support of masters and doctorate students from all over the globe.

Charmaine is one of these students. She contacted us this year looking to collaborate on a research proposal that targets volunteer tourism, and how it is assisting conservation efforts. This is a perfect fit for us!

She is joining our projects in Mozambique in August where she will spend time with our marine conservation volunteers. She has also now opened up the opportunity to be a part of her research to our entire network of volunteers!

If you would like to assist AOA in its mission to support research, and researcher students, and also aid Charmaine in the perusal of her PhD project, we invite you to participate in an online survey that would allow her to understand your experience with All Out Africa as a volunteer. This survey will help us promote our projects and encourage more volunteers to have “Adventures that change lives.”

The survey will take approximately 5 mins.

If you  have volunteered in our Marine Conservation Project, please use this survey: https://forms.gle/Gdwigj7mN4rwq6ay6

If you  have volunteered in any of our other volunteer Projects (in any destination), please use this survey: https://forms.gle/PEDHHrV1NgUk4JvA7

If you have any questions, feel free to email AOA at marketing@alloutafrica.com or the researcher at charmaine.danielle.cilliers@gmail.com

Thank you for helping us make a difference!

If you have a research project you would like to collaborate on with All Out Africa, please email bookings@alloutafrica.com for more info on how to get started!

]]> https://alloutafrica.com/2019/08/independent-researcher-calling-for-participants/feed/ 0 World Challenge in Mozambique https://alloutafrica.com/2019/07/world-challenge-in-mozambique/ https://alloutafrica.com/2019/07/world-challenge-in-mozambique/#respond Thu, 18 Jul 2019 09:31:33 +0000 https://alloutafrica.com/?p=10265 Tower Build was a very positive experience for the World Challenge Team and the Tofo community. We started off the project with a community tour of the two local schools, Tofo Surf Club and Gutsakisana. The WC kids really enjoyed being involved with the schools, playing games and learning about the local children and what the local schools have to offer the kids in the community.

The main project the World Challenge kids were involved in was helping in the building of the lifeguard tower. The positive feedback from the kids about their experience was that the Tower is going to be a great asset to the lifeguards and the community, and they were all very happy to be a part of building it.

Overall the experience was positive, and the kids felt as if they learned a lot about themselves, their capabilities and about the Tofo community. They enjoyed the interaction with the local kids and seeing the final product of the fence for the tower.  Above all, they had a good time filled with laughter and smiles, and they even had some advice to help improve the Tofo community.

A big thanks to World Challenge from NhaTofo Salva Vidas (Tofo’s Lifeguard Association).

Written by Jordyn Du Bois, All Out Africa Marine Research Centre Build Coordinator for Mozambique World Challenge Build 2019. 

]]> https://alloutafrica.com/2019/07/world-challenge-in-mozambique/feed/ 0 Meet The Volunteers- Elena Bosio https://alloutafrica.com/2019/07/meet-the-volunteers-elena-bosio/ https://alloutafrica.com/2019/07/meet-the-volunteers-elena-bosio/#respond Wed, 10 Jul 2019 13:37:05 +0000 https://alloutafrica.com/?p=10245

Where are you from?

I’m from London, England.

What project did you sign up for?

I signed up for the Marine research and conservation in Tofo Mozambique.

What do you do for a living?

I work in a hotel bar.

What does volunteering mean to you?

Volunteering for me is really important as I know that even if what I’m doing is small at least I’m doing my part in helping the world become better and trying to preserve what good is left.

Reason for choosing All Out Africa?

I chose AOA because I wanted to go to a beautiful place and help the ocean and I knew someone who had recommended this exact project and spin so fondly about it.

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

The experience as a volunteer had a great impact on my life as it’s changed my outlook on life and has made me realize that there are more important things in life and if people realized this the world would be such a better place. It’s made me want to do my part in helping the environment/society.

 

Inspired? Click here to know more about our Marine Research Project

 

 

]]> https://alloutafrica.com/2019/07/meet-the-volunteers-elena-bosio/feed/ 0 My first experience with research volunteers. https://alloutafrica.com/2019/06/my-first-experience-with-research-volunteers/ https://alloutafrica.com/2019/06/my-first-experience-with-research-volunteers/#respond Thu, 20 Jun 2019 06:39:29 +0000 https://alloutafrica.com/?p=10169 Having just started with All Out Africa managing research volunteers, naturally, I’ve been very parental over my first group. I couldn’t be prouder after their first week. They start with a very busy schedule aimed at getting them in the water and research ready as soon as possible. Day 1 we always try to get them out on an ocean safari, beginning the training to log accounts of Whale Sharks, Mantas, and Humpback Whales. Due to inclement weather the team stayed in, but did a stellar job learning the 60 fish they will need to know in order to begin reef surveys. It is also paramount that they learn how we take and store data, take and process ID photos of our target species, and document Humpback Whale sitings.

While all of that is going on we still make time and take them on a tour on Inhambane, the capital city of our province of the same name. We visited the local history museum, shopped, toured the neighbourhood, and took in some amazing cuisine. It is also an important opportunity for them to see how to take local transportation should the need arises and experience first hand some of the limitations of our remote location.

 

 

For some, getting started with scuba diving is as simple as completing a review in the pool and getting comfortable in the ocean. However, many of our volunteers are learning to dive for the first time, so they are busy getting certified to start surveying the reef in just a few days.

So after our first week, I’m proud to say all of the volunteers are certified and ready to dive. They have almost all learned to recognize the 60 species of fish targeted in our reef surveys and everyone has learned the appropriate data collection and entry procedures. Now the real fun/science can begin.

 

Written by Luke Manson

Click here if you would like to know more about our Marine Research Project, or our Dive Master Training Project.

 

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