I would like to take this opportunity to introduce ourselves to you. My name is Marnie Heim-Stafford and I am the owner of Voluntours. I run Voluntours - our life -passion -with the help of my husband, Jeremy Stafford. We personally run and oversee all our projects with a personal touch from Midrand, South Africa. As South African's we love what we do and are able to make a difference in our own country with your help.

I have been involved in tourism since I started working. Through my career I have gained in-bound, out-bound, retail and wholesale travel experience. However it was with my involvement with Tourism Johannesburg that I found my love in developmental tourism through my work in Soweto and Alexandria townships.

Jeremy's background is Human Resource Management and through his work he set up a food security project in Malawi under the sponsorship of the European Union. He then went on to work for an international Non-profit Organisation. He developed his passion for development during his many trips into Africa. It was a natural progression to combine our visions and we formed Voluntours.

It is important for us that our volunteers are provided a responsible volunteer and travel product. In line with this our projects are hand-chosen because they offer our volunteers a way of giving back to the communities economically, socially and environmentally.

Voluntours is a professional Volunteer Project Management Organisation (VPMO) and Tour Brokerage that provides responsible short - medium term volunteering programmes, operating from Midrand, South Africa.

In a nut-shell, our core business is placing international volunteers on various community and environmental volunteer projects. Self-funding volunteers are carefully selected whereby their unique skills and interests are matched with our volunteer projects' needs. The volunteers, projects and suppliers we use must meet the core values and ethos of Voluntours.

As part of your package we will also help organise the rest of your trip - whether its leopard tracking in the bush, bungee jumping over a raging river or rewarding yourself sipping cocktails at a lodge that shares our values of responsible travel.

Voluntours is managed by Mamncane Projects cc, a registered close corporation in South Africa (Reg. No 2002/103415/23). The close corporation is 100% women owned. Which has been providing tours, project and event management, marketing and training since establishment in 2002. Voluntours have extensive Travel, Human Resources and NGO / Community Development experience.

Mamncane is an indigenous Xhosa/Zulu term of respect meaning "Little Aunty" or "Little Mama"