AFRICA SERVICE ATTACHMENTS CHECK LIST

 Mandatory Documents to keep with you on the Plane:

Passport (valid for 6 months): Important! Keep a copy of passport at home
• 2 photographs
• Parental Authorization: with parental and school approval
• International Vaccination card or Yellow certificat international de vaccination with up-to-date TB, hepatitis A&B and rabies immunisation
• Do you know your blood group and your number? Please keep data in your wallet.
• Make sure that you keep the following important items on the plane with you at all times: passport, air ticket, money, plasters, camera, sun glasses, hat,  medicines against: diarrhoea, headache, and fever.

Items strongly recommended:

Clothes:

• Working clothes for building, together with good gym shoes
• Shorts & T-shirts; Skirts for ladies.
• Sturdy socks
• Sweater (at least one: evenings may be cool)
• Swimsuit
• Hat (broad-rimmed)

 Extras: 

• Flip-flops
• Towel, facecloth, soap, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, personal hygiene products
• Pyjamas, preferably with long shirt sleeves and long legs
• Sleeping bag and mosquito repellent
• Padlock (for baggage)
• Torch/Headlamp

 Gifts:  Pens, Pencils, Stationery, and Old clothes in good condition you no longer need.

Other Comments:

Baggage allowance on flights is usually 20-23Kg in the hold, and one piece of carry-on luggage max. 10kg, containing no sharp objects or liquids or gels >75mL.

Visas are available on arrival, upon payment of US$ 30-50.

Malaria prophylaxis is advised (malarone or doxycycline, not mefloquine or chloroquine)

Credit cards are of limited use; you are advised to bring US$ cash (especially with a supply of small denomination notes).

A mobile telephone network is readily available in the city, but not in the rural areas.

Water supplied is safe to drink.

Wild animals and snakes are very rarely encountered outside game parks.

The mid-day sun is strong: sunglasses and a broad hat are advised.

Insurance is the student’s own responsibility.

Rural folk are conservative in matters of dress: you are asked to respect their dress-code.

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