Voluntary work in Africa?

Question

I would love to do voluntary work in Africa, where i work with babies and families. I don't know where to start looking into what i i need to do to make that dream reality. I live in Scotland so i'd need to look into scottish charties but i don't know any :/. Would love to hear from peoplewho have been and done voluntary work in Africa. Thank-you

Answer 1

If you are under 25, have a look at latitude - http://www.lattitude.org.uk/

I went to Malawi with them and they are pretty good.  Unlike a lot of organisations, they are a registered charity who subsidise the cost of each placement.  There were several Scottish people in the country at the same time as me.

Malawi is an amazing placement and the project manager (Wendy) is lovely.  If you want to know more, email me :-) richard (at) richardgomer.co.uk