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The Mighty Roar We provide volunteers the chance to make a positive impact in the conservation, research and protect

The Mighty Roar provide structured, safe and affordable volunteer abroad programmes to make a positive impact in the conservation, research and protection of some of the worlds amazing animals along with helping in the local communities. So if you want to do something special and different next time you go abroad, why not get in touch and find out what you could be doing!

03/02/2025

🇹🇿"How can I sum up my volunteering in 3 words - absolutely life changing!
I booked my volunteering through TMR because when I was researching different volunteering companies, TMR were the most approachable and friendly and even arranged a video call to discuss my many questions I had, which made the whole process stress-free and exciting.

I was volunteering in Tanzania doing the Childcare programme and as a solo traveller I must admit I was a little nervous but as soon as I arrived I was made to feel like part of the Tanzanian family. Everyone was so welcoming and friendly and helped me really embrace their culture.

Despite my frizzy hair and mosquito bites, I enjoyed my time there so much that I even extended my stay. The kids at childcare made it an easy decision to stay that little bit longer, they all stole my heart with their daily hugs, singing and dancing and smiles.

Going to childcare every day did not feel like work, I actually missed going at the weekends. When you arrive the whole school are in a big circle singing songs and dances which I ended up learning with them. Seeing how the children and their families all live in such poor conditions, yet they are a big community filled with joy and happiness. This was something that really humbled me, that even 1 small little marshmallow can brighten up a child's day; realising how extremely privileged we are back home. If I could put a smile on the kids faces and help make their day that little bit better, then I know I done what I came out here to do.

I got so close to one of the little boys and tried to support him and his family the best I can. Bringing the family out for dinner was the most heartwarming and wholesome experience, and was even gifted a chicken by his grandmother saying she has nothing to give me so gives me something valuable to them, this, I will remember forever.

Not only did I make truly lifelong friends with other volunteers, I feel I made great friends with staff and other locals too, people I know I will always stay in touch with. From everyone coming together for quiz nights and all the activities TMR arrange to being given advice on how to best spend my fundraising money, I have always felt the love and support during my whole experience.

The Comfy hostel was amazing - the beds were comfortable, the food was great, we had a huge communal area for everyone to be together and the staff always went out of their way to help you. Being in a gated accommodation and having our own drivers made me feel incredibly safe and I will be forever grateful for all the start here. TMR really did well with choosing an amazing team here.

For anyone thinking of volunteering, I cannot recommend TMR enough. I would say just go for it, you won't regret it.
Words from Daniel who became a good friend to me in Tanzania - My blood is Irish but my heart is African."

📸: Katie, 33
📍Tanzania childcare programme

31/01/2025

🇱🇰 "I would recommend this programme to anyone and everyone. I felt safe my entire trip, the food and accommodation were great, and it was a lovely group of people.

I volunteered in Sri Lanka for 3 weeks where I had the opportunity to work on the Sea turtle project. Before I arrived in Sri Lanka the team were helpful in answering any questions, providing loads of info and getting all volunteers in contact with each other.

The transfer to and from the airport was easy and I had no trouble finding the group once I landed which is something I was nervous about. By the time we arrived at the accommodation I had already started making friends and settling in. I made friends quickly with the other girls in my room, and during the induction made other friends too. Going in, I was worried about making friends, but everyone was in the same boat and it was a great environment. In the end, I made some good close friends that I still speak to now.

My volunteering days involved beach patrols, hatchery guarding and beach cleaning; we looked out for any turtles hatching on the beach and in the hatchery during the evenings, and every morning made sure the beach had been cleared of any litter. We then made eco bricks with anything we collected.

In our free time, we enjoyed sitting on the beach each afternoon before dinner, and going into the local town Hikkaduwa which was only a 10 minute tuk tuk ride away. There was also various sports and different activities organised every week , such as kayaking and karaoke.

The Maldives trip was a highlight of my trip, I swam with sharks, snorkelled with turtles and string rays and enjoyed time in the hotel.

My favourite moments were watching the turtles being released in the evenings and spending time all together in the evenings."

Read the full travel story at themightyroar.com

📸: Grace, 17
📍Sri Lanka sea turtle conservation programme

29/01/2025

We are excited to announce a new medical elective location, in the bustling city of Hanoi! 🇻🇳🚑

Join us in Vietnam's capital city where you will spend your days volunteering alongside qualified professionals in a busy government hospital. Expand your medical knowledge by learning about different illnesses, treatments and procedures in a healthcare setting that is very different to the UK.

Outside of volunteering there are many adventures to be had - from wandering the streets of the magical Old Quarter, visiting the famous Train Street or heading to the beautiful Ha Long Bay - this is the perfect place to explore with your new found friends! ✨

Visit themightyroar.com or get in touch for more information!

28/01/2025

Making friends and having the adventure of a lifetime in Ghana ✨ 🇬🇭

Our volunteer, Cassie, spent three weeks helping on our childcare and medical programme in Busua.

Thank you for sharing these special photos

24/01/2025

🇿🇦 "TMR made the process leading up to the trip so smooth and I would recommend them to anyone looking for an experience similar to mine.

In August I volunteered on the South Africa Amakhala Big 5 Conservation. I chose this programme out of the many volunteer programmes TMR have to offer because it offers the chance to work in both animal conservation and in the local community.

I joined the South Africa group on Facebook around 5 months prior to departure. The page consists of many people who had already volunteered on this programme offering tips and things to remember to pack which was so helpful! I was also able to chat to others volunteering at the same time as me which was great.

Whilst waiting in arrivals at Port Elizabeth airport, I noticed a girl who I had spoke with on the page. We made friends instantly and still chat every week despite living on opposite sides of the UK. We were greeted by our driver and off we went with four others, to the volunteer house which was around an hour from the airport, in Paterson.

My favourite part of the experience was when we got to camp on the reserve. This was during the super moon when the risk of Rhino poaching was at its highest. We learnt so much about the Rhinos, the anti-poaching unit, and even managed to spot a calf. During our time camping we had a traditional braai, we went on a night drive and saw a porky pine family which is really rare, and we went on a guided bush walk where we learnt about animal tracking.

I had the best experience on the Amakhala game reserve and would love to return in the future. TMR made the process leading up to the trip so smooth and I would recommend them to anyone looking for an experience similar to mine."

📸: Jasmine, 23
📍South Africa Amahala big five conservation

22/01/2025

Reminder that if you book that trip this is how you could be spending your weekends in a few months time... 🌴 🐠 ✨

Discover the paradise of Zanzibar on our w3 day weekend trip - available to all volunteer in Tanzania or Kenya!

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20/01/2025

NEW TRIP - South Africa Garden Route Adventure 🐘🌳🌊🍇

Join us on a 7 day trip along the famed Garden Route. Experience the highlights of South Africa, including surfing at some of the best beaches in the world, spotting The Big Five on safari and zip lining through lush national parks!

This fully organised group trip is available to anyone volunteering in South Africa, Namibia or Zimbabwe.

More information can be found here: https://themightyroar.com/destinations/countries/south-africa/tmr-weekend-trips-south-africa

17/01/2025

Exciting news from Zimbabwe as the local team have welcomed a new baby White rhino! 🦏
A few days before Christmas, one the White Rhinos at the sanctuary, Ella, gave birth to a baby boy, who the team have named Madaya. The arrival of Madaya brings the total number of rhinos at the conservancy to an incredible 24!

Ella, along with her two older female calves and an adult male White rhino, Bear, was rescued from a poaching incident and relocated from another conservancy in Zimbabwe in August 2023. Their arrival has been a valuable addition to the White rhino population, playing a key role in boosting genetic diversity both within the conservancy and across Zimbabwe.

16/01/2025

🇿🇦 "My names Erika and I travelled to South Africa to volunteer in Cape Town for 3 weeks...it was the best experience of my life, I am itching to go back!

The team were absolutely fantastic at communicating with me and my family over any questions. I caught my flight and when I landed followed the signs to the exit. Upon exit, I got lost and ended up calling one of the managers Kevin to help me and he did so quickly! I was very frightened but the team were amazing and calming me down and telling me where to go.

When I first arrived in the transport to the hostel, the views were just stunning, I could not take it in how beautiful Cape Town was. An African Los Angeles. I met the manger of the hostel and he became my South African dad and helped me form loads of friendships.

On the programme we started at 8:30 and finished at 12:30 Monday to Friday. It would start by helping feeding the children, playing with toys, reading, and then learning with their teachers. There was so much free time in the afternoons, evenings and weekends.

I did everything I could possibly do in Cape Town and recommend them all! I went shark swimming, elephant walking, safari swim, bungy jump, wine tasting, rugby watching, kayaking, surfing, karaoke and more. Thankfully, most of these activities I got to share with all my amazing friends in the hostel. There were up to 20 of us all from different countries and it was so insightful to learn new cultures and languages.

My favourite memory out in Cape Town was celebrating my 21st birthday. The team surprised me with a birthday party, cake, presents and we went to beer pong, karaoke and a trip to camps bay beach.

I cannot wait for the opportunity to go again and cannot thank The Mighty Roar enough!"

Read the full travel story at themightyroar.com

📸: Erika, 21
📍 South Africa childcare programme

14/01/2025

🇨🇷 🐢 Passionate about protecting sea turtles and exploring Central America? Join us on the beaches of Costa Rica to help in the conservation of endangered sea turtles and have a unique experience creating memories that will be sure to stay with you for life! ✨

Visit themightyroar.com for more information

10/01/2025

🇳🇦 "It was massive step out of my comfort zone to do this by myself but it has made me grow as a person and I would 100% return!

In September I went to the Wildlife sanctuary and reserve in Namibia. I’ve struggled with anxiety quite badly for the past few years, so this was massive step out of my comfort zone.

TMR were so helpful throughout the whole process, and I’d definitely book with them again, I scheduled a zoom call to ask more questions and they were more than happy to help me. When I first arrived in Namibia I got picked up from the airport and arrived at the sanctuary, there were baboons, meerkats, polecats and more on the sanctuary as soon as you arrive which made it an amazing warm welcome.

My two favourite activities I did throughout my time on the programme was the baboon walk, they’d jump on you and sit on your shoulders or on your hips. I also loved rhino rangers which is where you spend a night on the reserve in a tent and drive around to track rhinos, elephants etc and it’s so surreal when you see the animals so close to you! There were three female lions 20 metres away from us!

Some of the other activities include cleaning the animal’s enclosures out, feeding carnivores, feeding the baboons, cheetah walk and so many more fun activities!

On a Saturday the staff would organise a fun activity for everyone to take part in, or you could go to bush camp and chill out by the swimming pool and have lunch! On Sundays we signed up to go to the local town and we went to a craft market and the local shopping mall!

There were about 40-50 other volunteers there which they were all lovely, I made some amazing friends out there who I’m still in contact with now, you meet so many different people from around the world. The accommodation was much better than I expected, the beds were comfy, clean, and I felt safe the whole time during my stay there.

For anyone looking to help animals, meet new people and have an adventure then I would highly recommend Namibia."

Read the full travel story at themightyroar.com

📸: Hermione, 20
📍 Namibia wildlife sanctuary

07/01/2025

Hands up if you want your 2025 to look like this... 🙋 ✈️

Volunteer with TMR this year and experience an adventure like no other! Meet amazing communities, contribute to important conservation and make memories to last a lifetime 🌏 ✨

Visit themightyroar.com to get involved!

03/01/2025

🇬🇭 "I will 100% have to visit Busua again because the views, the food, and the people especially, hold a special place in my heart.

I had the privilege of spending three weeks volunteering in Ghana on the mental health/psychology programme. I met the most wonderful people during this unforgettable trip, receiving endless amounts of kindness and generosity from the local community, hospital staff, other volunteers and The Mighty Roar team in Busua. This opportunity offered me a collection of experiences and lessons that I will take with me for the rest of my life.

The pre-departure support from TMR was fantastic - communication with the team we have not even met yet were excellent as all our questions were answered almost immediately. Everything was well explained in the handbook as well and if you were unsure about anything at all, a quick WhatsApp message or even an email would get you speedy responses.

The mental health programme offers volunteers, like myself, to gain deeper insight as to how mental health is viewed in Ghana as well as how people struggling from mental health conditions are being supported. This was achieved through carrying out home-visits, shadowing mental health nurses, and directly reaching out to the wider community to educate people about mental health.

There were so many things to do in Busua, even after volunteering hours: we had the chance to learn how to surf; participate in cooking lessons and learnt how to cook Ghanaian dishes; play sports on the beach; sunbathe; explore the village; karaoke; hang out with the locals; attend mass (even if you do not believe, it is still worth visiting as the experience is unforgettable)! Not to mention the amazing weekend trips as well!

Overall, my experience in Ghana with TMR was unforgettable and I will never stop talking about how much fun I had visiting such a beautiful country with the most wonderful people.

Thank you TMR for an experience I will treasure forever."

Read the full travel story at themightyroar.com

📸: Joebelle, 24
📍Ghana mental health and psychology experience

30/12/2024

🎉 NEW YEAR COMPETITION - WIN YOUR REGISTRATION FEE BACK 🎉

To celebrate another great year with The Mighty Roar, we are offering you the chance to win your registration fee back!

We would like to see your best TMR memories or highlights from 2024 and any new memories that have been made in 2025 - whether that is seeing amazing wildlife up-close, a highlight from a weekend trip or just having fun with your new volunteer friends!

This competition is open to all 2024 volunteers and anyone who is volunteering with us at the start of 2025.

To be in with the chance to win simply:

➡️ Upload your best volunteering video to TikTok or Instagram (or both!)
➡️ Tag us
➡️ Use the Hashtag
➡️ Make sure you are following us on TikTok and Instagram

⚠️You must have volunteered during 2024 or be volunteering in January 2025 to enter⚠️

⌛Competition is now open and closes at midnight on 31st January 2025.

If you have any questions, just let us know.

Good luck 🤞

27/12/2024

🇹🇿 "I recently travelled to Tanzania to help at the local childcare centre and it was the most life changing experience of my life. Throughout my whole time spent in Moshi, a day didn’t go by where I felt unwelcome or unsafe.

The hostel feels like a home and everyone from the workers to the children to the people of Tanzania made my experience unforgettable. Going above and beyond to make your experience the best.

The childcare project was the most uplifting and inspiring environment and I’m forever grateful to have been part of it, the children are so loving and hardworking. Despite everything they all greet you every day with huge smiles on their faces.

Everyone part of the Maasai village welcomed us with open arms and appreciated everything you were doing. Me and my friend also managed to raise some money in order to buy the children a slide at the childcare and to see the smiles and enjoyment they got was the most heartwarming thing.

I cannot express how amazing my experience was in Tanzania and I will cherish everything I learnt and people I met for a life time. I met the most amazing people while out there and had the most incredible time i’ll be returning in January to revisit the most beautiful community"

25/12/2024

A very merry Christmas from The Mighty Roar Team! 🎄🌎

Wishing all our volunteers, communities and local teams a joyful day, however you choose to celebrate! 💚

23/12/2024

🇿🇼"The pre departure support was amazing and I couldn’t have asked for anymore. Chris was a life saver in many situations and always replied promptly. I had different experiences in the 3 different places I visited, but all of them were very smooth and very easy to navigate through. It was also perfectly explained in the pre departure pack sent via TMR.

I quite literally had the time of my life in my 9 weeks volunteering. I firstly volunteered in a game Reserve in Port Elizabeth in South Africa. I then took a short flight to Cape Town where I was a volunteer on the Teaching Programme for 4 weeks. My last leg of the trip was over to Zimbabwe where I was a volunteer at the elephant and rhino Sanctuary for 2 weeks. This trip was the most amazing, life changing experience for me and I can’t stop talking about it!

During my two weeks I did a wide range of activities, my favourite being the time we spent with the elephants and the rhinos. The back story behind the sanctuary is truly inspiring and the people there really make the place a home. I also visited the Numwa Woman’s Centre. The ladies there make sanitary supplies for women and young girls and we spent our time with them helping them produce their materials so they can continue making their products. I also had the chance to visit the local community where we got to see the native dances.

We built rhino bomas (feeding areas) out of large rocks which involves all the volunteers as well as cutting down dropper trees to fix the boundary fences. It is a very physical programme, but it makes it so worth it when you get to see the result of your work. In between the physical elements to the programme, we also had down time where we got to feed the elephants, rhinos and giraffes. The highlight was definitely the day you get to have breakfast with the elephants. It’s such a surreal experience that you genuinely can’t believe you’re living in.

The accommodation is to die for. It’s absolutely gorgeous. It’s so clean and looked after and the food is some of the best I've ever had.

Thinking back, what I remember the most is the experience I had with the elephants. It was a once in a lifetime experience which I will never ever forget and I couldn’t recommend it enough booking through TMR."

📸: Ella, 19
📍Zimbabwe elephant and rhino sanctuary

Read the full travel story at themightyroar.com

20/12/2024

🇮🇩 "After graduating uni, my friend and I decided to spend a month teaching English in Bali – and I am so glad we went with The Mighty Roar. I was naturally a little apprehensive, but The Mighty Roar team was fantastic. Prior to departure, my friend and I booked onto multiple zoom calls, fired off every question we could think of, and received clear, informed answers to all of them. It really helped put me at ease that the team was always at hand, and always very well-organised.

The helpfulness and friendliness of the local team was consistently exceptional throughout the programme; they always went out of their way to ensure volunteers were well cared for and had the best experience.

It was really nice that every volunteer was assigned their own class, so you got to know and bond with your students. I honestly enjoyed the volunteering so much more than I expected, as the staff and students were touchingly appreciative of the volunteers, and it was a fun challenge coming up with and delivering creative lessons.

Outside of volunteering, I loved the evenings spent with the other volunteers. These evenings gave us a lot of time to make friends with the other volunteers (as well as get in some all-important dancing and cheap drinks!)

I also adored the Exploring Bali trip which The Mighty Roar organised, and couldn’t recommend it more highly. Some of my other highlights were undoubtedly travelling in and around Bali, so use your long weekends to cram in as much as you can!

So, if you’re thinking about doing the teaching volunteering programme in Bali with The Mighty Roar, you should absolutely take the plunge – even if it seems out of your comfort zone. It is one of the best things I’ve ever done, and has really given me the travel bug!"

Read the full travel story at themightyroar.com

📸: Amy, 22
📍Bali teaching programme

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