Volunteer Teacher
Creative Education Foundation Zanzibar (CEFZ)
📅Minimum 4 weeks 🕐Working school hours 💬English speaking ✈ International placement
About the Role
As a Volunteer EAL Teacher at CEFZ in Zanzibar, you will work alongside experienced local teachers to support English language learning for primary and secondary school pupils. English is the medium of academic instruction at CEFZ, so confident spoken and written English is transformative for students’ educational progress and future employment prospects.
CEFZ caps all classes at 20 students, meaning your teaching will be genuinely attentive and relationship-led. You will co-plan and co-teach lessons, support small reading and writing groups, and help students build vocabulary and conversational confidence. Where your skills allow, you may also be invited to assist with other subjects.
The role is collaborative; you will work under the guidance of CEFZ’s permanent teaching staff, who are trained Steiner Waldorf educators with long-term relationships with their students. You are there to complement their work, not to replace it. No prior formal teaching qualification is required, though commitment, patience, and sensitivity to the students’ backgrounds are essential.
About CEFZ
The Creative Education Foundation Zanzibar (CEFZ) is a registered charitable NGO established in 2011. It was founded to provide quality education to Zanzibar’s orphaned and most underprivileged children; students who, without intervention, would face lives defined by poverty and unemployment.
CEFZ is far more than a school. Students receive comprehensive daily nutrition (from breakfast through to a piece of fruit and an egg to take home), full medical care, and a rich Steiner Waldorf education designed to develop creativity, critical thinking, and community conscience alongside academic skills. Attendance runs at over 90%, this is a direct result of the nutrition programme and the trust CEFZ has built with families.
CEFZ enrols 70% girls and 30% boys, reflecting a deliberate commitment to female empowerment in a community where girls face additional barriers to education. The school’s student selection process prioritises children without one or both parents; those at greatest risk of poverty, malnutrition, and poor educational outcomes.
CEFZ is a grassroots organisation with minimal overheads, even the Executive Director volunteers. It receives no government funding. Every volunteer who joins the team contributes directly to the lives of children who have no other access to this quality of education and care.
Key Documents
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Role Description
In-depth information about the role. Including what you can expect to do during you time volunteering.
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Partner Information Pack
Information on the partner organisation. Including cultural guidelines and placement information.
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Tanzania Country Guide
A guide for volunteers supporting charitable organisation in Tanzania with Muslim Charity.
Frequently Asked Questions
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CEFZ advises budgeting approximately £200–£400 per month. We can help to coordinate suitable accommodation before you start volunteering.
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During you time volunteering, you will be provided with a daytime meal at school. For evening meals each day, you will need approximately 2000 Kenyan shillings, this is equal to about £11. Rent, visas and insurance will be paid in advance.
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As you’ll be working with children, you will require an Enhanced DBS check that is no older than 2 years old. We can provide this for you if needed.
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Travel insurance is vital, it’s important to make sure that you ensure that it covers volunteering.
Zanzibar also requires a specific kind of health insurance for all visitors. See the country guide for more information.