Spend 12 weeks working alongside a Tanzanian team at a holistic women’s refuge and rehabilitation centre in Arusha. The centre supports women and young girls approximately 13–24 years old, alongside many of their young children, through rehabilitation, education, vocational development and pathways towards greater independence.
Depending on current priorities, your interests and your experience, you may support English and life-skills education, entrepreneurship, digital and financial literacy, childcare, teacher training, confidence-building or community workshops. Your role is to add capacity while respecting the knowledge and leadership of local professionals.
Alongside your placement, Boresha combines Global Citizenship education, personal development, cultural learning, travel and a collaborative Legacy Project developed with your placement partner.
Almost everything you need for your 6 or 12 weeks in Tanzania is built into your Adventure Academy fee.
A small number of personal and independent costs remain outside your Academy program.
Settle into Academy life, meet your placement team and begin building genuine relationships. Through your internship, Global Citizenship learning and cultural experiences, you'll start understanding the people, place and context behind your work before deciding how you can contribute.
Become increasingly involved in your internship as your confidence and understanding grow. Alongside your placement partner, you'll begin exploring real challenges and identifying where your Legacy Project could make a useful, sustainable contribution.
Hit the road for your first signature overland journey — travelling from Arusha into Ngorongoro Crater, across the Serengeti and west to Mwanza on the shores of Lake Victoria. Six days of safari, road trips, wildlife and adventure mark the halfway point of your Academy experience.
Return to your internship and turn ideas into action through your partner-led Legacy Project. Co-design, build, test and refine something your placement has identified as genuinely useful — learning firsthand what responsible, community-led impact actually looks like.
Your second overland journey takes you from Arusha through the Usambara Mountains to historic Bagamoyo and Dar es Salaam before crossing the Indian Ocean to Zanzibar. Finish with four days experiencing island culture, adventure and beach life before returning home to Arusha.
Return to your internship to see how your project works without you, make final improvements and hand it over properly. Your final weeks in Arusha bring everything together through reflection, final placement days, Diploma completion, graduation and one last celebration with your Academy crew.
Settle into life in Arusha, meet your placement team and quickly move from orientation into hands-on participation. Global Citizenship learning and cultural experiences help you understand the context behind your work as you begin identifying your Legacy Project.
Work alongside your placement partner to co-design, build and test a focused Legacy Project, while continuing your internship, Academy workshops, cultural afternoons and Tanzania Adventure Days.
Hit the road for your signature overland journey through Ngorongoro and the Serengeti to Mwanza and Lake Victoria — six days of safari, wildlife, road trips and adventure across northern Tanzania.
Return to Arusha for your final placement week, refine and hand over your Legacy Project, complete your Global Citizenship learning and finish with graduation, goodbyes and one last celebration with your Academy crew.
Monday
Start the week with breakfast before heading to your internship placement, then spend the afternoon wrapping up placement activities, planning and enjoying some free time.
Tuesday
Start with optional morning yoga before heading to placement, followed by an afternoon Global Citizenship workshop exploring culture, ethics, sustainability and responsible global action.
Wednesday
Spend your morning at placement before switching into Tanzania mode with an afternoon of Swahili, cooking, art, music or another rotating cultural experience.
Thursday
Head to placement in the morning before an afternoon of personal growth, reflection and wellbeing, then switch off for Academy Social Night, drinks, games or Arusha nightlife.
Friday
Spend the morning at placement or developing your Legacy Project, then enjoy a free afternoon for cafés, the pool, markets, the gym or whatever you feel like doing.
Saturday
Saturdays are made for exploring, with Academy adventures taking you to waterfalls, coffee country, hot springs, cultural experiences, cycling trips and beyond.
Sunday
Sleep in, enjoy a slow breakfast and spend the day by the pool, exploring Arusha, grabbing brunch or simply recharging with your Academy crew.
Your Legacy Project grows from your placement experience. You’ll spend time understanding the organisation, listening to local staff and identifying where your contribution could be genuinely useful.
Together with your placement partner, you’ll develop something practical that responds to a real need — creating a useful resource, tool or initiative that can continue supporting the organisation after you leave Tanzania.
Your placement gives you real experience, but understanding the wider context matters too. Explore gender, education, opportunity, culture and community development through Academy learning. Learn to question assumptions, recognise different perspectives and understand responsible international engagement. The goal is to contribute respectfully, learn from local professionals and strengthen existing work.
Work towards a Level 3 Diploma in Global Citizenship in Community Development – Childcare & Early Education, giving your international experience a recognised educational outcome.
Gain approximately three months of hands-on early childhood education experience, working alongside Tanzanian teachers and supporting children through learning, play and creative activities.
Build communication, teamwork, leadership, independence, adaptability and cross-cultural skills while developing practical experience you can carry into future study, work and applications.
Develop practical Swahili, explore community development and ethical international engagement, and learn how culture and local context shape responsible work with communities.
For the next 6 or 12 weeks, this is more than somewhere you sleep – it’s home. Share a comfortable room with one or two other Academy travellers, each with a private bathroom and balcony off the main house, and enjoy Wi-Fi, hot showers, 24/7 security, a restaurant and bar, garden hangouts and a cosy indoor movie room.
It’s also the heart of Academy life – morning yoga in the garden, workshops and cultural afternoons around the house, lazy hours soaking up the African sun, movie and games nights, dinners and drinks at the bar, music, parties and plenty of spontaneous nights with your Academy crew.
You'll work alongside the Tanzanian team at a holistic women’s refuge and rehabilitation centre in Arusha.
Depending on current needs and your experience, activities may include entrepreneurship, English, life skills, childcare, teacher training, digital literacy or community workshops.
No. The role is about being a positive and consistent presence through appropriate activities, relationships and support. It is not counselling or therapy.
No. The project develops collaboratively after you have had time to understand the organisation and identify a locally relevant priority.
Possible examples include digital-literacy resources, financial-literacy materials, employment-readiness tools, childcare packs or educational resources.
Wake up to the peaceful sound of water the shore. Lakeside Safari Tent. Wake up.
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