Programs During the School Year: Term 3 in Tanzania and Zanzibar
Term 3
Tanzania and Zanzibar:Images and Issues
9:1 Student to Staff Ratio
Up to $2,500 in Scholarships Available
Open
Why Take this Program?
What People Are Saying
You’re in for the journey of a lifetime. Teaching in Tanzania was the most rewarding experience of my career. Around every corner, we were brought face to face with the rich culture and geographic diversity of one of the world’s most undervalued treasures. From never-ending plains to mountains and beaches, this adventure has it all—unbridled wilderness where each day offers a new adventure, perspective, and opportunity to engage with some of the most genuine people on Earth. Tanzania offers the perfect location to analyse key issues surrounding our current global reality while putting us in touch with how to understand human patterns of development, globalization, and our fragile relationship with nature.
Jamie Jackson
Teacher, Expedition to Tanzania, 2016
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Program Itinerary
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Program Preparation
Foundation Work
Days 1–10: Our online session is designed to connect students with their teachers and classmates, and to help prepare students for their term abroad. Students have access to the course website, where reading lists will be posted and are required to complete all prep work prior to departure to ensure they are ready to hit the ground running overseas.
Departure
Day 11–13: Our academic adventure in Tanzania commences in Toronto, where teachers and students get to know each other and settle into the rhythm of the program. There, we conduct activities and complete foundational course material before setting off for Tanzania. All of our preparation allows us to hit the ground running and dive straight into the adventure that awaits.
The Foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro
Days 13–30: Residing on the lower slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, students take to the hills to explore the region’s diversity of landscapes. This is an ideal location to appraise the study of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, re-evaluate the effectiveness of GDP as a measurement of prosperity, and consider issues of sustainability and equity. Here, students explore village life to get a better sense of their participation in consumer culture while investigating the effects of foreign aid and the international involvement of NGOs.
Safari in the Serengeti
Days 30–33: On Safari, students have the opportunity to explore an astonishing variety of landscapes and abundant concentrations of diverse wildlife, while camping on the open plains of the Serengeti. Students engage with local leaders to gain a firsthand perspective of the issues of big game poaching and tribal land disputes that face the region.
Pare Mountains
Days 33–35: From the Serengeti, students travel to the majestic Pare Mountains. For three days, students climb these legendary mountains with their impressive views of Mount Kilimanjaro and the sweeping Tanzanian plains. Lectures, debates and discussions break up hiking expeditions, where students are also able to spot animals in the wild, such as giraffe, elephants and antelopes. In the evenings, students have the opportunity to take Swahili lessons and test their new skills with locals.
In-Service work: Kirua
Days 35–42: Our in-service learning component takes us camping in Kirua. Here, students have the chance to experience Tanzania at its most basic and most welcoming as we work with the village’s youth centre.
Pangani
Days 42–49: The next leg of this African journey takes students to the banks of the Pangani river, an ideal location for students to decompress and prepare for their summative tasks. Students also have the opportunity to go on snorkelling and fishing expeditions, as they reflect on their experiences from Kilimanjaro, to the Serengeti, to The Pare Mountains.
Zanzibar
Days 49–55: The final destination of our journey takes students to the island of Zanzibar. There, they learn about East Africa’s unique position as a historic trade centre, with a broad range of cultural influences. Students also engage in Individual Study Unit interviews with teachers, write final exams and prepare for their journey home. Students have a chance to relax along Zanzibar’s white beaches looking out over turquoise waters, and to celebrate with a feast of biryani, maandazi, and coconut curry.
Departure from Zanzibar Airport Day 60
Foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro
Serengeti
Pare Mountains
Kirua
Pangani
Zanzibar
What’s Included
Fee Breakdown
Program Costs
- Ministry-approved credit(s) upon successful completion of the course(s)
- Custom course pack
- Student Login
- MEI journal
- MEI T-Shirt
- Digital yearbook
Travel Costs
- Hotels and accommodations
- Breakfast and dinner daily
- Entrance fees to all course-specific sites
- Return airfare from Toronto’s Pearson International Airport
- Approximate airline departure taxes, surcharges and fees
- Airfare between countries
- Transportation between hotel locations via private coach
- Transportation for all listed program excursions
Program Fee Does Not Include
- Lunches
- Insurances
- Gratuities
- Local Transportation
- Course texts
- Medical Insurance and Cancellation Protection†
- Non-refundable $95 Registration Fee
†All students travelling with MEI Academy are required to purchase Medical Insurance.
**Program cost does not include non-refundable $95 registration fee or any airline taxes or fees.
Please note the possibility of increases in airfares and land costs prior to departure. Any increase must be borne by the individual participant.
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