Customer Reviews

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  Grace

  · June 21st, 2025
  GIVE's Tanzania program is a fantastic two-week trip where you learn about the culture and wildlife from a local community. I signed up for the trip because of all of the recommendations from my past guides and fellow volunteers and it defied my expectations! On the first day and throughout the trip, we learned about the history of Zanzibar and had opportunities to learn about Kairo and the people who live there. We spent 8 days in Kairo on Zanzibar, getting to know the locals, eating delicious food cooked by Chef Anaur, teaching English, and doing construction. There was an adventure day between each two days of education and construction, and the trip ended with two days of safari in mainland Tanzania. I'm especially grateful for Kasha, Smile, Taala, BigHead, Amore, MC, and Baboi for being excellent guides and staff who taught me about the culture and supported me throughout the trip!
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  Trip date: May 2025
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  TATUM

  · September 4th, 2024
  I can’t even put my trip to Tanzania into words. It was the most inspiring and incredible trip I have ever done. I have never traveled outside the states and this by far the best choice I have ever made. Waking up in the village of Kairo with not only amazing volunteers, but the kindest staff and locals was rewarding enough. I highly recommend this trip and traveling with a purpose. Nothing was better than teaching the local women English, having dance parties, swimming in the Indian Ocean, exploring the island of Zanzibar, and of course traveling on the mainland on a boat and jeep safari. If your looking for a sign to be spontaneous and travel without knowing anyone, take this as your sign! I can’t wait for my next GIVE trip!!!!
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  Trip date: June 2023
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  Ahna

  · August 29th, 2024
  Truly an unforgettable trip! I can not even put the words together to justify how amazing this opportunity was. I went into it without very many expectations and I was blown away. I learned so much about the company, such a wonderful organization truly working out of kindness with only the best intentions for the people and communities they are serving. I was able to see firsthand how the company works to provide not only service but also jobs and knowledge to the communities they work with. The guides are amazing people inside and out and I could see how much of a community is built by the long relationships between give, the volunteers, and the local community members. I will definitely be taking another trip with Give!
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  Trip date: August 2024
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  Ahna Kammer

  · August 29th, 2024
  Truly an unforgettable trip! I can not even put the words together to justify how amazing this opportunity was. I went into it without very many expectations and I was blown away. I learned so much about the company, such a wonderful organization truly working out of kindness with only the best intentions for the people and communities they are serving. I was able to see firsthand how the company works to provide not only service but also jobs and knowledge to the communities they work with. The guides are amazing people inside and out and I could see how much of a community is built by the long relationships between give, the volunteers, and the local community members. I will definitely be taking another trip with give!
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  Trip date: July 2024
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  Adalyce

  · August 14th, 2024
  Habari Marafiki! 🇹🇿 A year ago, I encountered a bright green flier with the words “GIVE” in bold while sitting in my math class at Illinois State University. Feeling reverse culture shock after a transformative first semester of college living in Costa Rica, I can’t explain the happiness I felt when I saw this bright green opportunity in front of me. I now realize these moments we encounter, when our heart beats, our smile grows, and our minds turn their gears, are signs of a manifestation awaiting our presence. ✨ “If you have YOUR WILL, you’ll find YOUR WAY”. 🗺 This summer, I was blessed to travel to Africa, the motherland, for the first time, volunteer as an English teacher to a hardworking Masai tribe, sweat with the construction crew as we built cement pavements for the Yakairo GIVE primary school in Zanzibar, Tanzania, and go on insightful excursions: safari, swimming with dolphins, visiting the original slave market and museum in Stone town. Last week we ascended 5,895 meters to the world’s tallest freestanding mountain, Mt.Kilimanjaro! I couldn't have made it to the roof of Africa if it wasn't for every hand who helped make this experience possible for me, including the best guides, porters, chefs at Green Paw Adventures and supportive GIVE Volunteers in Tanzania! 🇹🇿 Congratulations to everyone pushing their limits and conquering new heights for themselves! 🏆 “Travel is not a place outside of reality, but into reality”. - Professor Kent, Suny Cortland, Ecotourism Course 🌏 Thank you GIVE (Growth International Volunteer Excursions) and the family of Kairo for touching me deeply with your smiles, your laughter, your dreams, your pole pole “slowly slowly” and hakuna matata “no worries” lifestyle. Above all, thank you for sharing your abundant love and care, without hesitation of giving me the shoes off your feet or a warm meal inside of your home. Thank you GIVE guides, volunteers, teachers, chefs, and the many helping hands that continue to help build our community up from its roots. 🌳 “Thank you again for supporting my beautiful village of Kario, it misses you all very much”. - Baboi, GIVE Tanzania Guide ❤️
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  Trip date: July 2024
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  Olivia

  · August 13th, 2024
  My trip to Tanzania impacted me more than I could have ever imagined. Each day was filled with so much joy, so much passion, and most of all a bigger purpose. Each day was a new gift, engaging and getting to know each of our students and in return getting to learn about their cultures in an immersed way. By the end of this trip each of the locals truly left an imprint on my heart, Kairo is a place with the most beautiful souls and the most love to give.
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  Trip date: June 2024
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  Georgia

  · August 13th, 2024
  This was the experience of a lifetime with GIVE. The guides are so amazing, literally giving the volunteers the shoes off their feet and the shirts of their back. GIVE staff put their full effort into truly making this experience the best it possibly can for volunteers and the locals. Would go again!!!
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  GIVE Volunteers commented on this review

  Georgia, this is so lovely to hear! It's true; our guides are nothing short of spectacular! We are so grateful to have had you travel with us to Kairo village :) We hope to see you again!
  Trip date: August 2024
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  Naylah

  · August 9th, 2024
  My experience on this volunteer trip was nothing like I expected in the best way possible. It was fun, interesting, exciting, in an amazing welcoming community getting to do things I would have never dreamed of and being able to help others while I did. I would recommend this trip to anyone I know who’s ready to work hard and learn something new!
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  Trip date: July 2024
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  Orianne

  · August 9th, 2024
  I had the most amazing time with give, from connecting deeply to locals to having experiences I never expected to have. I’ve made lifelong friends, changed the way I look at life and feel like I have genuinely helped a community. Everything was organised so smoothly for us so we could all just enjoy the experience.
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  Trip date: August 2024
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  McKenna

  · July 29th, 2024
  I loved every minute of this trip and really felt like I was immersed in the culture. So many things were learnt about the way of life in Zanzibar and was an experience I will never forget!!!
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  Trip date: July 2024