General Trip Information

*Internship Fee Schedule

Health/Safety

Work Trip Details

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 General Trip Information:

*Internship Fee Schedule:    

Taxes: Approximately US$41.00

These fares include round-trip airfare from Newark Airport, NJ to Gatwick Airport, London via Virgin Atlantic Airways, and from Gatwick Airport to Harare, Zimbabwe via Air Zimbabwe. Additionally, in appreciation of your willingness to contribute your time, expertise, and labor to help in Zimbabwe’s development effort, Air Zimbabwe has included free airfare from Harare to either Victoria Falls, or Kariba for the Zambezi River Canoe trip.

• ACA will accept partial payments provided all funds are received 6 weeks prior to departure.
• The participant must provide transportation to Newark.
• A stopover in London is allowed, but is at the participant’s own expense and must not detract from the minimum stay requirement of the field internship.
• Note: There are substantial cancellation penalties. Once funds are forwarded from ACA to Africa, that portion of the funds are non-returnable.

Protect Your Health and Safety:     

Participants are responsible for receiving the appropriate vaccinations and medications prior to travel. The following vaccinations are required:

• Yellow Fever (mandatory)
• Typhoid
• Cholera
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Meningococcal
• Tetanus
• Polio
• Malaria (mandatory)

Information on these and other vaccines are available from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. Please check with the CDC, as well as your doctor, for the latest information concerning your health while traveling.  ACA suggests that you contact a "travel clinic" affiliated with a major hospital in your area.  ACA has observed, however, that different travel clinics have suggested different immunization combinations for students traveling to the same place at the same time.  Your best bet is to remember that you are traveling to a part of the world where diseases normally not encountered in the US are common.  A polio booster is very important even though polio is rarely encountered is the US.  While the list provided above represents the immunizations you should absolutely not be without, you must check with the CDC, your physician, and a reputable travel clinic for information updates of new immunizations available and new epidemiological problems for which additional immunizations are required.   Keep in mind that some of these vaccinations require a series of shots spaced out over time, so begin your vaccinations as soon as possible!

 Work Trip Details:

Day 1: Depart from New York City for London (Night Flight).

Day 2: Day in London, Depart London for Harare Night Flight.

Day 3: Day in Harare. Tour balancing rock formations. Harare, like most of Africa, lies on a vast erosional surface, referred to as a peneplain. Huge boulders that resisted erosion sunk as the soil level decreased. As boulder came to rest on boulder, massive arrangements were formed. Visit Chapungu Sculpture Park, the leading promoter of Zimbabwean stone sculptures. Museum quality pieces from local artists are available for sale at a fraction of their cost outside of Zimbabwe. Harare has a wonderful selection of restaurants, some specializing in local game.

Day 4: Arrive in Chipinge. After a local tour, visit work site and villagers. Receive detailed description of project plan and objectives.

Days 5-16: Work on village project, with time out for local tours and day trips to Harare, the Great Zimbabwe Ruins, and a national park. Local tours while in Chipinge include tours of an ostrich farm, tea plantation, and large government plantations. At the Great Zimbabwe Ruins, explore the remnants of the former capital of the great Monomotapa Empire, which reached its climax from 1000AD to 1400AD. Also, visit a reconstruction of a nineteenth century Shona village. Observe a myriad of African wildlife in one of Zimbabwe's national parks.

Day 17: Travel to Harare, Depart for excursion (optional).

Day 18-20: Excursion (optional).

Day 21: Return to Harare, Depart Harare for London (night flight).

Day 22: Depart London for New York City (day flight).

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