Types of Placements
Africa Sabbatical offers exciting projects to student and career gappers in teaching, care & medical, law, journalism, hospitality, volunteering and much more.
Our policy is to tell us of a project you want to do, and we'll try and find it for you. We have a number of projects available - click on the projects below for full details.
Gap Year Placement
The Gap year placement is suitable for school leavers and university students taking a year out. On this placement you will meet like-minded people embarking on a placement with a common aim. If you are interested in undertaking a project teaching in local schools, working in a bank, a hospitals or teaching extracurricular activities like sports, music, fitness etc this is the package for you. Equally if you want to learn local African skills like cloth weaving, dancing, hunting, trekking etc this is the placement for you.
Sabbatical Placement
This placement is for the more matured individual who wants to take a break from his or her profession to do something different. Our partnership with local institutions will ensure we can guarantee your placement in almost all kinds of professional and vocational fields. Professionals who would rather continue with what they do in local industries will be catered for on this scheme.
