Team Rwanda

The deadline for Team Member roles has been extended until 9am on Wednesday, 6 March. Final year students who meet the criteria are now also eligible to apply. 

As part of the University’s commitment to providing meaningful volunteering opportunities and promoting social responsibility overseas, in summer 2020 we launched Team Rwanda, our international volunteering project exclusively for students at The University of Manchester.

This is a partnership project between the University and Azizi Life, a social enterprise based in Rwanda. Azizi Life runs a number of community projects including supporting local artisans to build more sustainable practices and reach wider markets, and supporting adult literacy in the local community. Due to the pandemic, the project ran remotely for the first two years, so summer 2022 was our first in-person project, and we were back again for summer 2024!

This year we are looking for 15 student volunteers, including a Team Leader, from The University of Manchester to volunteer in Rwanda from mid-July to mid-August 2024. The team will volunteer alongside Rwandan volunteers and will be supported by staff from Azizi Life. You can read all about the last project on the blog.

Volunteers will work on three main projects:

• Storytelling through media
• Data gathering
• Enterprise development

Find out more about Azizi Life, the projects, the Team Leader role, eligibility for the project, key dates and how to apply.

Team Rwanda is the successor to Team Uganda, which ran with the support of a generous donor between 2015 and 2019, and has delivered environmental, IT, community research and social enterprise projects and holiday camps to benefit children living on the street. The projects were in partnership with S.A.L.V.E. International, who have now become a Trusted Partner. They have been a great success and continue to make a real impact enriching the work of S.A.L.V.E. International.

To find out more about our previous project, Team Uganda, please visit the Team Uganda Blog or read the impact report including what skills you could gain.