fws loves hearing from those who wish to lend a hand both here in Australia or in our project country.
If interested in any of the roles, read our Volunteer Rights & Reponsibilities document and fill out our Volunteer Placement Form.
Email the Volunteer Placement Form to osvolunteer@foodwatershelter.org.au if you're interested in an overseas-based volunteer role, or to ausvolunteer@foodwatershelter.org.au if you're keen on an Aussie-based role.
australia-based volunteer roles
Volunteering with fws in an Australia-based role can be a lot of fun. You'll get to use your excellent time-management skills - as you'll suddenly be juggling your day job with your fws job!
As we grow, we've been recruiting volunteers that have these work-life balance skills down-pat. As a result, we are creating a committed team of fws members that manage to kick goals for fws and also with family and friends at weekend barbies. If you think you can commit to fws without letting us down, and without letting down your friends and family, then we'd like to hear from you.
Currently, we are specifically looking for a...
tanzania-based volunteer roles
Research has that the international world of volunteering is experiencing a huge boom. Apparently, every person and their backpack are jetting to far-off destinations to enjoy a luxury sight-seeing holiday backed up with a bit of volunteering at a local NGO before heading home. Such is the boom, that countless tour operators are offering these "voluntouring" packages to clients. The deal is, you pay a princely sum and you are guaranteed some sensational sightseeing and some contact with a philanthropic cause on your way home.
We think this is a great trend - a terrific way to introduce volunteering to some travellers who might not have stumbled across it themselves.
We do, however, just want to advise that this is not what fws is about. While our volunteers will naturally be able to enjoy Tanzania's sights, safaris and local delights, we do not charge volunteers for their time here and consequently do not promise to deliver an array of specially-tailored "voluntour" experiences. We are simply looking for volunteers whose focus is our project. fws is in Tanzania to create the world's most awesome children's village for the local community of Sinon. We are after volunteers who see this as their primary reason for travelling to Tanzania to help out fws. If you're keen to help establish Kesho Leo children's village - and then worry about safaris and sightseeing as a secondary mission, then you sound like just the person we need in Tanzania.
Currently, we've these vacancies...
Short-term (less than 12 months).
- Short-term roles ( Teacher, tutors, IT experts, admin helpers, handyman, plumber, carpenter, sparky)
Long-term (12 months or more). Some positions free now!
meet our volunteers
Check out our awesome volunteers working for fws in Australia, and our wonderful Kesho Krew working on the ground in Tanzania. You might soon be one of them!
learn the lingo
Kick start your volunteer experience by getting to know the language of Kesho Leo, with our fws beginners guide to Kiswahili.