Location: Cape Town
Departures: Departures can be arranged at anytime to suit you
Price: From £1695 - £2695 (4-12 weeks) excluding flights. £595 for each additional month. Price includes meals, accommodation, transfers and insurance. [currency converter]
Volunteers on a law project in South Africa could find themselves working with the Legal Aid Board, or a number of other smaller non-profit legal organisations. The collective mission of these organisations is to provide good quality, independent legal representation to the poor and vulnerable, ensuring effective access to justice for all South Africans, especially the Black and Cape Coloured communities so appallingly mistreated during apartheid. With its brutal history of apartheid and colonialism, there can be few better places than South Africa to get involved in campaigning for human rights. Our Human Rights projects in Cape Town offer volunteers the unique opportunity to get involved at grass roots level, raising awareness of human rights in a variety of marginalised communities or at risk groups such as prisoners, children, women, or those in rural communities throughout the Western Cape.
All of our Law and Human Rights projects are located in the heart of the central business district in Cape Town City Bowl. This area has numerous coffee shops, snack bars and lots of street traders, together with infamous Cape Town landmarks such as the Dutch East India Trading Company’s famous botanical gardens and the Victoria and Albert Waterfront. In the same area dancers, drummers, choirs and painters add a certain buzz to the magnificent view of Table Mountain standing constant guard in the background.
A voluntary placement in Cape Town could be a valuable addition to your CV in this notoriously competitive profession, and might just secure you that lucrative first job once you graduate.
In South Africa you can choose to work on a criminal law project, or a human rights project. Some of our law placements and human rights placements are open to all, while others require you to commit to at least three months on the placement, have some law experience, and provide additional references in support of your application. Please contact our staff if you would like further information on which placements you qualify for.
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