Tanzania Schools & Community Project cost breakdown

£700- Project Contribution
Short term costs:

• Food
• Accommodation, beds, pillows, lighting
• Swahili lessons
• All on the ground transport
• Project Materials for all project activities such as cement, sand, materials for the community centre and school projects
• Local skilled staff wages for all project work
• Local wages for lady to provide cooking, cleaning
• Local wages for trained night-watchmen
• Communications- mobile phones and internet costs

Medium term support:

• Funds for long term training of teachers and sponsorship of children in the Babati region

Long term commitment:

• Donation to the Livingstone Tanzania Trust for ongoing work such as the secondary school development and staff costs.

£130 Weekend activities and orientation in Africa

• In-country orientation and training days on arrival in Tanzania
• Food on weekends off
• Accommodation on weekends off
• Learning to play local African drums - Tanzanian style!
• Learning how to wear a kanga
• Climbing Mount Hanang
• Days off to experience some local town life
• Weekend 4x4 safari to Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara or the Ngorogoro Crater

£865 - Quest

• Pre-departure training course and preparation
• Pre-departure information website
• Project Leader wages, flights, recce costs and on the ground expenses
• Project Leader selection and training
• Safety equipment and first aid kit, emergency contingency planning, continual risk assessments.
• Repatriation assistance and emergency back-up funds
• Quest UK staff costs – pre-departure support and 24 hour back-up from the UK, including 24 hour communication availability with leaders
• Quest expedition doctor – 24-hour medical advice and support when you are overseas.
• Negotiating with flight companies and insurers to provide the best deal for you
• Your Quest T-shirt
• Year round planning and development of project- including assessing aims and objectives for the project in the short, medium and long term
• Recces by Operations Manager to assess validity of project aims, maintain quality of project site and continually check conditions for volunteers
• Selection costs associated with volunteers (Interview/Open Afternoon, support when signing up)
• Marketing and administration costs
• Office rental and costs

NB. An emergency reserve fund is also kept aside to cover costs incurred in any unforeseen circumstances, which would not be covered by personal travel insurance. Where this is not utilised, the funds are fed back into the company to develop future expeditions.