Simoonga Orphanage Home

Volunteers should choose Simoonga Orphanage Home for the following reasons;
> we are friendly
>we need education
> we need influence

We are a Charity entity that needs whatever assistance we can get from the volunteers to help us feed the children, clothe them, as well as sustain the daily operations. We do not discriminate, we welcome people of all races.

The orphanage Home also runs a football academy that helps children by getting them to get involved in creative time. The move to keep children preoccupied helps them desist from uncharacteristic and unsocial behaviors like drug abuse.

We aim to nature and mentor youth through sport and recreation. As an idle mind is the devil's advocate, we aim at keeping youth recreationally attached so that they desist from substance abuse, early marriage, and unwanted pregnancies, and boy and girl child labor.
Soccer in this modern day is a high-paying profession and we believe and want to see some of our children and youth attain through soccer. We run both boys and girls football teams that comprise of participating footballers from the local community. These projects are aimed at character and moral development and we believe that through proper mentorship and a sustainable support system, these children will ultimately be identified by big teams.

The Orphanage, though financially challenged helps the team financially through winning allowance. We have enrolled quite a number of these children back to school and we have also introduced a free feeding scheme for them given that they all come from needy and poor backgrounds. We appeal to the world to help us finance this project and actualize the youth goals. We also appeal for volunteers to come on board to help coach and breed the teams. We need necessary coaching skills, we need support in every area of the sporting academy.

Everybody is welcome to volunteer either in the Opharnage Home or in the Sporting Academy.


HELP US TO HELP THEM, WHATEVER LITTLE WILL GO A LONG WAY.

I am Astone, a very friendly man to children and to volunteers. I am 40 of age and at the Orphanage, there are 6 staff; 1 security guard 1 Orphanage Manager 2 Orphanage mothers and 2 cooks

All experiences

Be a volunteer in an orphanage in Zambia and make a huge difference!

Child Care

Livingstone, Zambia

Reviews

4.5
(17 reviews)17

Staff & Host

4.5

Hours & Tasks

4.5

Hostel

4.0

Learning & Fun

4.5

Ecuador

5

There are not enough words to describe what this experience was for me. They were the most beautiful days I have ever had in my life. All the people there are very friendly and make you feel like family! Astone is always willing to help you with whatever you need and Caroline is an admirable best, it is literally like having a mother far from home, she always takes care of you and is attentive to everything you need. And the children are the cutest children in the world, they infect you with their happiness and such a joyful way of living life. Without a doubt, I recommend this to everyone

4 months ago

United Kingdom

2

The host was very rarely there, but when he was he accused the locals of begging me and another volunteer for money. When I first arrived I asked what tasks I am able to do and he said to ask the other volunteers. The volunteers said they tend to go to the school and then just spend time with the children in the morning and afternoon, however when I did this for three weeks, he told me I wasn't doing enough, however he only told me this two days before I was leaving. There was a very big pressure to spend a lot of money on the orphanage like previous volunteers.

10 months ago

Brazil

5

Being at Simoonga Orphanage was a amazing and deep experience. I was certainly helped more than I actually helped and then and from this experience my worldview changed completely.

10 months ago

South Africa

4

We were welcomed by the orphanage and looked after really well!
Interacting with the kids, getting to know them, and sharing a living environment with them was truly wholesome and a great
learning experience.
There are multiple projects that need funding, and I think the orphanage should focus on finishing one at a time.
The agreement was to exchange childcare for a bed and meals, yet we also felt pressured to raise funds and pay for things like groceries.
The orphanage needs money, they should make this program a paid program and not a free program.
Overall it was a good experience✨

about 1 year ago

Astone replied

Thank you for the feedback, things are bad in the country, so it will nice for the volunteers to pay something when visit the orphanage this year. Some they do think on their own that how are these people managing feed us do where do they get funds.it will great to host the volunteers who can help.

South Africa

4

I mostly spend my time playing with the children and sometimes helping with cooking meals.There were no specific hours or tasks that needed to be done during the day , so its pretty much up to you on what to do with your time as there were no rules .I think if there was a proper schedule put in place , everyone would feel better.The hosts are very welcoming and kind but they treated us like royalty which I found was unnecessary, especially because they fed us so much food while the kids barely got anything.but at the end of the day I did what I could for the children and we had a goodtime


about 1 year ago

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