Tenteleni is a youth-driven, volunteer-run charity that supports the development of young people in the UK and Africa in collaboration with local partners. We provide young people with international volunteering placements in schools and local organisations in South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania with an emphasis on ethical and responsible volunteering. We work closely with long-standing in-country partners to meet the needs of the local community while developing our own young people. We are committed to developing the skills and employability of our own volunteers and the national volunteers we work alongside.
Thinking of volunteering overseas but concerned by myths heard through the volunteering grapevine? We are busting those myths and revealing the truth about the advantages of volunteering abroad!
Lekazi? Pienaar? Matsulu? No matter which Tenteleni project you've been on, you'll be able to identify with the following... See more images in our Facebook albums
2015 is here, and thousands upon thousands of us are looking for a way to make 2015 even better than 2014. From travelling, having more fun, deciding on a career to aim for, meeting people, going on adventures; people make all kinds of resolutions. We’d like to tell you why volunteering abroad in 2015 could cover some of your New Year aims and so much more!
Tenteleni is a volunteer-run charity. Our committee have jobs in a variety of sectors - and a lot of interview experience! With volunteer interviews coming up, we've asked our committee to share their top interview tips with you so you have the best chance of being selected to volunteer abroad with us next summer. Good luck!
Here at Tenteleni we are lucky enough to work with some incredible partners in South Africa, Kenya and Zanzibar. They make our projects what they are; sustainable and inspiring. Without these partnerships we would not have been able to run our projects year after year for the past 15 years. Meet 12 of these dedicated and inspiring people we work with every year.
At Tenteleni, we are passionate about supporting the development of our volunteers. After 15 years, we have a lot of successful career stories from our alumni and here are 14 of these stories. Read how the Tenteleni volunteer role has led to careers in teaching, international development, science diplomacy, social work, finance and so many other sectors!
Tenteleni volunteers have been all over Twitter and Facebook sharing their favourite project moments. With 15 years of volunteer projects under our belt, there was a lot to choose from... Here are just a few of the project moments our ex-volunteers picked. 2015 could be your opportunity to make your own Tenteleni project moments! We are recruiting now. Find out more