EHRA ELEPHANT VOLUNTEER PROJECT: CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
It is with great excitement that we are able to share the following updates with you!
Namibia’s borders are officially open since October 2020.
Requirements needed for tourists to enter Namibia:
- Negative PCR test (Covid-19) – no older than 72 hours on the day and time of arrival in Namibia
- Itinerary and details of accommodation booked in Namibia (supplied by EHRA)
- Completed health form from the Namibian Ministry of Health (supplied by EHRA)
There are no quarantine requirements upon arrival.
We have bookings on all of the projects for 2022 so each date will go ahead. EHRA’s project area is very remote and there is little-to-no interaction with the local community.
Here are some of the measures we have taken to prevent the spread of Covid-19:
- Most volunteers choose to sleep outside, without a tent, on a large tarpaulin sheet. We will have individual tents available for all volunteers should they prefer to sleep separate from others.
- All our team members have received Covid-19 training by a professional company and we have appointed a Covid-19 Champion within the volunteering team to ensure all precautions are in place.
- Volunteers will have their temperature taken on a daily basis, volunteers will be required to sanitize their hands regularly and must wear masks whenever in a closed environment.
*Please review our official coronavirus policy for our full policy.
Some common questions we want to answer should they come up:
What happens if a volunteer shows symptoms for Covid-19 and/or their local test result reflects positive?
Should a volunteer show symptoms, we will isolate them from the rest of the group and take them for testing at a local clinic. Thereafter, one of our team members will remain with them and take them back to EHRA’s Base Camp, where they will remain in isolation, until the test results come back.
Should the test come back negative and feel healthy, they will be allowed to reconnect with the rest of the group.
If the test result comes back positive, they will be taken to the isolation facilities identified by the Ministry of Health and Social Services and treated at their own cost. We will also re-test the rest of the volunteers and follow the same protocol.
Because the project area is extremely remote, isolation will be easy to manage and the risk of community transmission is very slim.
How close is the project area to the nearest health / coronavirus testing facility?
The closest testing facility to Base Camp is in Khorixas which is approx 70km away.
