Goodwill
Globetrotting

Daktari educates and inspires underprivileged children to care for their environment through the medium of a wildlife orphanage. Every Monday they welcome a new group of 8-10 local underprivileged children for a week and give them the opportunity to discover, learn and become passionate about wildlife, conservation and their heritage. Daktari also supplements the children's school curriculum in English, maths, sciences, geography, life skills and social issues. Their goal is to enable today's local underprivileged children to eventually be able to secure good employment in one of the countless nature reserves all over South Africa, as well as teaching them the value of their environment and the importance of keeping it clean.

Many of the children come from very large classes where one to one teacher interaction is near impossible. The personal interaction of the international volunteers helps bring out the passion to learn and the knowledge passed on can often be seen quite drastically by the end of the week. There are always things aroung the camp that need fixing/building, and our vehicles are old and temperamental and need the attention of a gifted mechanic. We often have projects where enclosures etc need to be built from scratch but these are as and when we receive funding.

From HOEDSPRUIT: Take the road to Lydenburg, approx 25km from Hoedspruit there is the R36 to Tzaneen on your right. Turn right and travel approx 10km until you reach a dirt road on the right going to Gravelotte labeled D202. Follow this road for 10km until you see the signs for Daktari on your right and follow the signs.