

Volunteers Needed:
Volunteers Needed:
Daktari always needs volunteers to interact with children and animals. There are no fees or special qualifications needed and length of volunteer time is flexible. Contact Daktari for more details.
Mechanic Needed:
Daktari currently needs a gifted mechanic and car parts as 2 of their 3 vehicles are old and generally don't work!! Contact Daktari for more details.
Daktari
Bush School & Wildlife Orphanage
Hoedspruit, South Africa
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- Who to contact:
- Email:
- Telephone:
- Address:
- Website:
- Michele Merrifield
- office@daktaribushschool.org
- +27 826562969
- PO BOX 1599
- Hoedspruit 1380, South Africa
- www.daktaribushschool.org
About the Organization
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.
Why They Need Your Help
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.
How To Find Them
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.
Donation Points
Any items from Daktari's wish list can be delivered directly to the Wildlife Orphanage or you can contact them for other possible donation points.
Additional Info
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Wish List
- Car Parts
- School Supplies
- Batteries
- Insect Repellent
- Mosquito Nets
- Cheap Toys
- Cleaning Supplies
- Small Kids' Prizes
- Washing Powder
- Laptop
- A4 Colored Paper
- A4 Printer Paper
- Band-aids
- Name Tags
- Towels
- Educational Games
- Calculator
- Easy Puzzles
- Card Games
- Sweets
- Cheap Watches
- Caps/Hats
- Toothpaste & Brush
- Pens & Pencils
- Stickers
- Brooms
- Dust Pan
- Perfume Samples
- Cosmetic Bags
- Cosmetics














