Gain real-world community development experience in Tanzania, working alongside our local organisation supporting women affected by human trafficking, exploitation and gender-based violence while earning an accredited Global Citizenship Diploma.
Work alongside a Tanzanian organisation supporting women affected by human trafficking, exploitation, gender-based violence and other forms of vulnerability as they work towards safety, independence and a more secure future.
Your internship gives you the opportunity to understand women’s empowerment from a much deeper perspective. Depending on current needs and your background, you may support education, life skills, employability, small-business development, English, workshops and community initiatives, while learning from the local professionals who lead this work every day.
But sustainable empowerment goes beyond responding to immediate circumstances. Throughout your placement and Global Citizenship learning, you’ll explore some of the wider factors that can increase vulnerability to trafficking and exploitation, including poverty, economic dependence, gender inequality, limited educational opportunities and access to employment.
You’ll work alongside the local team rather than taking over specialist roles, with safeguarding, confidentiality and appropriate boundaries central to the experience. Through your Legacy Project, you’ll also collaborate on something identified as genuinely useful by the organisation — creating a longer-term contribution based around local priorities rather than short-term intervention.
Combined with your Global Citizenship Diploma, cultural learning and Academy experience, this is an opportunity to explore human trafficking, women’s empowerment and community development in a real-world East African context while developing a much deeper understanding of what responsible international engagement actually looks like.
We’ve designed the Academy to bring together everything you need for an unforgettable volunteering and gap year experience in Tanzania. Your program fee includes accommodation, meals, your internship, dedicated volunteer training, Global Citizenship and personal development workshops, and a certificate of completion. You’ll also enjoy organised safaris, a Zanzibar island adventure, cultural experiences, weekly activities, local transport and ongoing support — all thoughtfully arranged so you can focus on learning, exploring, making lifelong friendships and creating memories without constantly organising and paying for extras.
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.
Your 10 weeks are designed as a journey — from settling into life in Tanzania and
building real relationships at your internship, to developing a partner-led Legacy Project
and putting your learning into action. Along the way, two signature overland journeys
take you across some of Tanzania’s most extraordinary landscapes, making travel,
culture and adventure part of the learning itself.
Settle into Academy life in Arusha, meet your placement team and begin building genuine relationships. Through your internship, Global Citizenship workshops and cultural experiences, you'll start understanding the people, places and communities behind your work while connecting with your fellow Academy students.
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 adventure! Journey from Arusha into the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater, across the wildlife-rich plains of the Serengeti and west to Mwanza on the shores of Lake Victoria. Six unforgettable days of safari, wildlife, cultural discovery and adventure with your Academy crew..
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.
Set off on your second epic overland adventure! Journey from Arusha through the beautiful Usambara Mountains to historic Bagamoyo and Dar es Salaam before crossing the Indian Ocean to Zanzibar. Discover Swahili culture, explore tropical beaches and enjoy unforgettable island adventures with your Academy crew.
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.
Our 6-Week Academy brings together your internship, Global Citizenship Diploma, Legacy Project, cultural immersion and one signature overland adventure in a more intensive format. You’ll move from learning to action faster, while still having time to build relationships, contribute meaningfully and
experience Tanzania beyond your placement.
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.
Become more involved in your internship, develop practical skills and explore the challenges facing local communities. Alongside your placement, enjoy an unforgettable two-day safari through Tarangire National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater, discovering Tanzania's incredible wildlife and landscapes.
Swap the mountains of Arusha for the turquoise waters of Zanzibar! Fly to the island for five unforgettable days exploring historic Stone Town, discovering Swahili culture, enjoying a Safari Blue ocean adventure and relaxing on tropical beaches with your Academy crew.
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.
Working alongside women affected by human trafficking, exploitation and gender-based violence requires more than wanting to help. Through your placement and Academy learning, you’ll explore the wider factors that can contribute to vulnerability — including gender inequality, poverty, education, economic dependence and access to opportunity.
You’ll learn about safeguarding, ethical volunteering, cultural context, appropriate boundaries and community-led development, while working alongside the Tanzanian professionals who understand these issues firsthand. The goal isn’t to arrive with solutions. It’s to listen, learn, contribute your skills where they’re useful and strengthen work already being led locally.
Work towards a Certificate in Global Citizenship & Ethical Volunteering connecting your placement experience with structured learning, reflection and ethical international engagement.
Gain real-world experience alongside a Tanzanian women’s empowerment organisation, supporting locally led work around trafficking, recovery, education, skills and pathways towards greater independence.
Develop communication, cultural awareness, leadership, adaptability and responsible professional practice while learning how to work appropriately within complex and sensitive community settings.
Explore the factors surrounding human trafficking, exploitation and vulnerability, and how education, economic opportunity, gender, culture and community development can influence long-term change.
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.
No. You don’t need previous professional experience to join. Your responsibilities will be matched to your background, skills and confidence, with guidance from the local team. Students and professionals from areas such as social work, psychology, education, international development, business and related fields may also be able to contribute skills relevant to their studies or experience.
You’ll work alongside our team supporting women affected by human trafficking, exploitation, gender-based violence and other vulnerabilities. Depending on current needs and your skills, activities may include education, English, life skills, employability, business development, workshops, practical activities and other initiatives supporting greater independence. Even make it fun! Games, beauty classes and activities, events, etc.
Your Legacy Project is developed collaboratively around something the local organisation identifies as genuinely useful. Depending on current priorities, this might involve educational resources, employability or business tools, awareness initiatives, workshops or another capacity-building project. The aim is to leave something useful behind rather than creating a project simply for the participant experience.
You'll learn about safeguarding, confidentiality, appropriate boundaries and cultural sensitivity before becoming more involved in the placement.
You’ll live at our staffed Academy home in Arusha and receive local orientation, ongoing support and guidance around transport, cultural expectations, nightlife and everyday safety. Outside your placement and Academy schedule, there’s time to enjoy cafés, restaurants, social life and the city with your cohort, while organised adventures take you beyond Arusha to experience more of Tanzania.
Ethical volunteering is about more than simply arriving and wanting to help. Gender rights and Global Development are complex, culturally sensitive and involve vulnerable people. That’s why your placement is combined with Global Citizenship training exploring ethics, culture, power, sustainability and capacity building.
We believe ethical volunteering is 50% the project and 50% how you approach it. You’ll learn alongside local professionals rather than replacing them, understand the limits of your role and develop the cultural awareness needed to participate responsibly.
This project is directed by our team with a focus on capacity building & supporting education and awareness, we are able to make a culturally relevant and sustainable long term impact - rather than short term fixes.
Live, learn, intern and travel in Tanzania through immersive 6 and 12-week Academy experiences in Arusha and Zanzibar.
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