About the Impendle Ecotourism Programme
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Jun 20, 2011
Category: General
Posted by: administrator
Impendle Eco-Schools, the hosts for our Voluntourism projects, are all planning their projects for the second half of the year.
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Mar 11, 2011
Category: General
Posted by: administrator
The programme recently hosted the sixth group of American university students studying community health in South Africa through the School for International Training.
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Jan 10, 2011
Category: General
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We have an exciting year planned on the eco-tourism front. So far this year, Impendle hosted three skilled international volunteers who stayed in Gomani and helped at the local school garden.
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Nov 10, 2010
Category: General
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The Impendle Eco-tourism programme has teamed up with Impendle Eco-Schools to provide a voluntourism experience.
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Nov 3, 2009
Category: General
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The School for International Training's Community Health programme, an American varsity study abroad programme based in Durban, sent 29 students to live in Impendle for four days to experience rural Zulu living and learn about community health issues.
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Aug 5, 2009
Category: General
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Isipho volunteers Tom, Miranda & Sheri will be coming from Atlanta, Georgia in the U.S. to live and work in Nzinga on 7 food security gardens for two weeks in August.
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This programme offers visitors the chance to experience life, culture, and the warm hospitality of the rural Zulu community of Impendle that overlooks beautiful landscape and the Drakensburg Mountains.
The Voluntourism aspect allows visitors to contribute to community upliftment projects—mainly with the Eco-Schools programme. Visitors and Impendle residents benefit from the authentic intercultural exchange while the community benefits from the hands-on assistance and fresh ideas of the visitors.
Week-long voluntour packages are available
for groups (or individuals who would like to join
a group). See the Voluntourism tab for more info.
Vision:
A thriving community-driven ecotourism programme that provides for local economic development as
well as cultural exchanges, community upliftment, environmental awareness and conservation, improved health and nutrition, and generally
an improved quality of life for many within the
community of Impendle.
Mission:
To provide a wide range of cultural, environmental, and community-based experiences, goods, and services within an integrated programme to tourists, volunteers, and students while adding capacity and value to existing people and projects within the community of Impendle.