Tenteleni

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Tenteleni is a charity that recruits volunteers from UK universities to work as teaching assistants in sub-Saharan Africa during the summer vacation. It runs a variety of projects in South Africa, Kenya, Zanzibar Swaziland and Malawi, with the aim of promoting cultural exchange within the classroom. Volunteers are also encouraged to work with local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to increase awareness of HIV/AIDS within the community.

The word ‘Tenteleni’ means “Do It Yourself” in Zulu.

1 History
2 York volunteers
3 Contact Details
4 External Links

[edit] History

Tenteleni was founded in September 1998 by Sarah Copas, a first year student at the University of Durham. She had spent her gap year teaching at Tenteleni Primary School in South Africa and had been inspired by the realisation that, even at 19, she was able to help build the confidence and improve the spoken English of many young, Zulu pupils. On returning to Durham, she set up Tenteleni as a registered charity and enlisted a few other students who all travelled to South Africa together the following year. The charity continued to grow, year by year, expanding into other unviersities and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

[edit] York volunteers

In the past few years, there have been more volunteers from York than from any other university. The York team of recruits for 2007 are headed by ex-volunteers Mike Sherry (South Africa), Jo Shelley (Kenya) and Becky Mundy (South Africa).