English Bridge or Bust!
We are excited to announce that Access 2 Tanzania, in partnership with Project Zawadi, will host its annual Donor Trip this November 2025. As before, there will be two travel options: Safari & Service or Service ONLY.
Safari & Service (1 week of English Bridge volunteering) – Nov 8-22
Service ONLY (2 weeks of English Bridge volunteering) – Nov 8-22
Note: The trip dates will avoid overlapping with US Thanksgiving.
Safari & Service: This journey will start with a wildlife safari through Tanzania’s greatest wildlife parks including Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater. To the west of the Serengeti lies Project Zawadi’s partner community of Nyamuswa. It is in this rural community that you will support the English Bridge Program for one week.
Service Only: This option has volunteers arrive at the same time as the “Safari & Service” group but instead of going on safari to get to Nyamuswa, you will fly to Mwanza and be transported to the village. This option allows you to support the English Bridge Program for two weeks instead of just one week. At the end, you will fly back to Arusha with the rest of the travel group.
Each year, Project Zawadi offers the English Bridge Program for students in the Nyamuswa area who are transitioning from primary school (where instruction is in Swahili) to secondary school (where instruction is in English). This six-week intensive course is held at four local schools with English teachers leading lessons designed to prepare students for English-language instruction in secondary school.
A specialized English Bridge curriculum has been developed with our staff and volunteers. Travelers on the Project Zawadi Donor Trip will have the opportunity to support the program by participating in daily conversational English sessions. Our staff and volunteers will have specific lessons prepared for members of this travel group.
- Dates of Trip: November 8-22, 2025
- Safari & Service Itinerary & Pricing
- Service ONLY Itinerary & Pricing
- Registration Deadline: June 1, 2025
- Space is limited to 12 participants for the safari and 8 participants for the service only option*
- Access 2 Tanzania will donate all proceeds from this trip to Project Zawadi.
- Want to learn more? Join us for a Zoom Info Session on Wednesday, April 9 at 7 pm Central. Click here to register for the Zoom session.
- CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE (Google Form). A $500 non-refundable deposit will guarantee your slot.
For general information on travel in Tanzania, please visit the Access 2 Tanzania website and explore the Planning Tools section of the website for common questions. You can also reach out to Brian Singer (bsinger@projectzawadi.org) to learn more about the trip and the volunteer experience.
*If the November 8-22 set of dates fills up, we may consider opening up a second session.
“We absolutely loved our experiences with Access 2 Tanzania. We booked our trip to Tanzania only a month before departure and were very happy to find out that November was the low season and that the lodging was still available. Karen was very responsive in getting the dates and bookings to us for review and took the time to talk to us over the phone a couple of times to ensure that we understood the details of our trip. The other highlight of our trip was the guides at Access 2 Tanzania. All of the guides that we had were great. However, our primary guide, Raymond, was the best guide that we have ever had on a trip anywhere and we have traveled a lot around the world. We felt incredibly safe while we were with Raymond. He was also very knowledgeable about Tanzania and the wildlife. He knew exactly where to take us to see the most wildlife and had an incredible eye for spotting the wildlife. He was able to spot wildlife that we could not see with binoculars using his own eyes.”