Each volunteer will select a family to support on the trip by providing them clothing. Before leaving, participants will be given clothing sizes to collect for their family. We’ll deliver the clothes to each family and visit them in their humble homes. In the homes is where you will see true African culture and fall in love with the people you serve.

Chobe National Game Park is rated as one of the most impressive wildlife parks in all of Africa, boasting one of the largest elephant concentrations in the world. It’s the setting for numerous National Geographic documentaries. While nobody can guarantee wildlife, four of the “Big Five” animals can be found in this park.

As the economy of Zimbabwe continues to struggle the majority of the population remains unemployed and hungry. We will build and provide chicken coops, feed, and ten laying hens to many struggling families. An experienced chicken farmer will then instruct each family on how to property care for the birds and coops and teach how to make a profit from the eggs so each family can continue to better their situation, long after we have returned home.

Take a relaxing afternoon/evening boat cruise on the Chobe River, as we watch wildlife gather to drink the life-giving water. The Chobe is one of the most important rivers in Africa and flows from Angola through Zimbabwe over Vic Falls and out to the sea. We’ll see more elephants that we can count and come within feet of crocodiles and hippos. As the sun drops, it becomes apparent why many consider a Chobe River sunset among the most beautiful in the world.

In Zimbabwe the Yuda Bands students will put on a performance for us of native dancing and song. We’ll travel by boat to Namibia to spend an afternoon exploring nationally preserved cultural villages and villagers living daily life as they have for centuries. We’ll enjoy a traditional braai (bbq) in Botswana with a local family who will teach us about customs and cultures as we sample unique meats and the popular Mopane Worms.

You’ll love this once in a life time experience as you get up close and personal with the world’s most majestic land animals. Feed the elephants and take a selfie that nobody will believe is not Photoshopped on this amazing encounter at Antelope National Game Park reserve in Gweru, Zimbabwe. This is guaranteed to be one of the most memorable parts of the trip.