About World Unite!

Our main website is: http://www.world-unite.de.

World Unite! arranges volunteering, internships, voluntourism trips and “World Learner” options in Tanzania, Morocco, Israel, India, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Mexico. It is a network of currently 8 local tour operators and partners who are directly handling visitors in the destinations where you will be travelling as a World Unite! participant. They share the common idea of promoting and conducting socially and environmentally sustainable tourism. They have many years of experience with travellers from Europe, North America and Australia and at the same time perfectly understand the life and needs of their home countries. All of these tour companies are small to mid-sized and offer personal and warm-hearted service.

On this page you will get to know the people you will be dealing with when travelling with World Unite!

Communiations and planning your stay for all countries

Chris, 35 from Freiburg/Germany has started World Unite! in Tanzania in 2006. He came to Tanzania first in 2005 as part of his master studies in Tourism Management at the University of Brighton/England. Today the focus of his work lies in the development of World Unite!, which means he is in constant touch with many NGOs, participants, staff and further individuals and organisations which are involved. Further, Chris is working in quality control and quality improvement, and in the implementation of our World Unite! development projects.

Mona and Kristina, both former World Unite! participants, are today communicating with and consulting our participants.

Chris, Mona and Kristina

Team Tanzania:

Adelina is our main coordinator for Tanzania. She has studied international finance. Before joining World Unite!, she worked with ZARA Tours, Tanzania’s largest tour operator. All participants love Adelina, who is also giving support in Moshi/Kilimanjaro. Themi is also giving support to our participants in Moshi/Kilimanjaro and he is project leader for our project “Environmentally-friendly cooking and promotion of Jatropha”. Themi holds a master’s degree in Community Development.

Adelina and Themi

Freddy is our main support person in Zanzibar. Originally from Dar-es-Salaam, he studied accounting and worked at a hotel in Dar before joining World Unite! in 2010. Aliy is a biologist. He is not only assisting Freddy with the provision of support to our participants in Zanzibar, but he is also project leader for anything we arrange in Uzi Island, where Aliy is from. He has studied biology at the Mweka Wildlife College at Kilimanjaro, and has worked several years at the Ministry of Forestry Zanzibar and ReCoMap (Regional Coastal Management Plan). Aliy is currently directing our environmental and marine turtle conservation project in Uzi. The picture shows Aliy with his wife and our volunteer Celine in Aliy’s home village on Uzi Island.

Freddy and Aliy

Tim from England holds a BA (Hons) degree in environmental management and geography and is currently completing his MSc in conservation and protected areas management. In Tanzania, he is in charge of all World Unite! projects related to environmental aspects, biology, geography etc. Most of the time Tim is staying in Zanzibar, directing together with Aliy our conservation project on Uzi Island. Andrea from Lucerne/Switzerland is working on the expansion of our programs in the Lake Victoria region, and in general operations management.

Tim and Andrea

Madaha, who as an accountant is naturally well organised, is providing support to our participants in Dar-es-Salaam. Gabriel Shoo assists with the expansion of our programs in the Kilimanjaro region. He is married and has 5 children. He is running a charitable NGO in Moshi which has the goal to improve the life conditions in Tanzania in cooperation with many homes for orphans and street children, medical institutions and schools. He is in constant touch to these organizations and exactly knows their needs.

Salim is 45 years old, married and has 5 children. Salim is from the island of Pemba and he’s the managing director of Zenith Tours which is providing all the infrastructure for our World Unite! participants. The Zenith team is handling more than 4000 tourists every year as an incoming agent for several renowned tour companies from Europe and the US such as Chamäleon Reisen, Diamir Erlebnisreisen, Wikinger Reisen etc from Germany, Andersons Africa Adventures from Sweden, Afrika Safari Denmark, Borton Overseas USA, Viajes Tourag Spain, Let’s go Tours Switzerland and others. They can assist you at any time and place if you need help. Salim knows hundreds if not thousands of people in Tanzania and this will make sure everything will be smooth during your stay.

Salim and Zenith Tours staff

Team India:

In Mumbai, support to our participants is provided by Sudipta. Sudipta, who is an arts teacher, is married and has two sons. You can see her introducing herself in our video about Navi Mumbai. In Jodhpur, Govind Singh Ratore is giving support to our participants. He is also the founder and director of the women empowerment NGO “Sambhali Trust”, and he has a lot of experience with foreign volunteers.

Sudipta with two participants and Govind with children of Sambhali Trust

In Fort Cochin/Kerala, Antonio is providing support services to our participants; he is also running a homestay where our participants are usually staying. In the Himalaya, Vikas of Chrysalid Outdoor Camp is our main person. Vikas is a professional mountaineer, graduating from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi and is working as an operations manager with our partner Seasons & Vacations.

Antonio with his child in Kerala, Vikas at the Himalaya

Team Morocco:

Fatima Haddad has been the social commissioner for the city of Tangier for more than 30 years. She has retired in 2009, but is still active in social organisations of Tangier region, and she is now arranging volunteering and internship options for World Unite!. Her daughter Fenna, 35, is in charge of providing support to our participants. She is a doctor of psychology.

Fatima and Fenna

Team Israel:

In Israel there are strong regulations concerning volunteering. For this reason we are legally cooperating with Neve Shalom, the “Oasis of Peace”, Israel’s most famous Kibbutz.

Aisha is providing support services in Tamra. She is an arts teacher.

Team Nicaragua:

Ninoska of Vapues Tours is coordinator for volunteers in Nicaragua. Besides her job as the operations manager for Vapues, she is also actively involved in the social and environmntal organization „Do you care?“ With her, the whole team of drivers, guides and office staff of Vapues will be assisting you on your stay in Nicaragua.

Team Bolivia:

Zuleika is half Swiss, half Bolivian. She completed her BA degree in International Cooperation in Switzerland in 2012 and since then has been working as the main coordinator for Bolivia for World Unite!. She is also giving support to our participants in Cochabamba. Zuleika was a World Unite! participant herself in Zanzibar in 2011 and was so convinced about the concept that she offered herself to develop World Unite! programs in her home country Bolivia with Chris. Sandra is providing support to our participants in La Paz.

Zuleika (with a gentleman of an indigenous community and a lama at Oruro carnival) and Sandra

Team Mexico:

Sebastian from Germany who, as several other of our staff, has been a World Unite! participant before, is now working with our partner EcoColors in Cancún, Mexico as our main coordinator for Mexico.