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SOULINTHECITY Durban will last for 13 nights from arrival on Wednesday 8th July 09 and until departure on Tuesday 21st July 2009.



If you are over 16 then you can apply to come as long as you have a designated over 18 that your parents/guardian have consented to be responsible for you. If you are over 18 then you are welcome to apply alone. References will be taken up for everyone who applies, so your application is also dependent on this.




Soul Survivor will organise all aspects of your stay from 8th- 21st July once you arrive in Durban. This will cost £599 (excluding flights, which you will book yourself). Once your application is accepted you will need to pay:

£125 as a deposit to secure your place
£225 by 28th February 09
All final fees (another £249) are due by 30th April 09

If you cancel you will forfeit all the fees you have paid up to that date and claims for refunds must go through the insurance policy you’ll be given.



Soul Survivor will cover everything you need from when you arrive in Durban on 8th July until when you leave on the 21st July.
This includes travel to the hotel from Durban airport, a hotel (with breakfast, a packed lunch and dinner provided), all travel to and from the projects, insurance, entry to evening meetings and travel/admission to a ‘day off’ activity (such as a game reserve).There will also be the option to sample other activities in the Durban area during your free time for which a small additional charge may apply.





You’ll be put up in a beachfront hotel in Durban and you’ll share a room with up to four other people of the same sex (you’ll have single beds and a bathroom too). The hotel will provide all meals including a nice packed lunch!



Soul Survivor will organise all your travel and we’ll make sure you get to the projects, evening meetings or other areas safely whenever you are scheduled to leave the hotel.




There will be space for up to 350 people to come out to Durban to serve with us.



Although this trip will be a great way to meet new people if you are coming on your own, we’d also love to see a few different youth groups come as we reckon SOULINTHECITY Durban will be an amazing way for people to bond together.

If you wish to come as a group please be aware that we will have to allocate spaces on a first come first served basis, so get your group to commit early and all apply together.

Unfortunately we cannot guarantee that big groups will all be able to serve on the same project team (it may be necessary to split big groups up between several projects).




Durban is a beautiful place, but isn’t the safest city on earth either. Crime is an issue, and SOULINTHECITY Durban will mean you will be serving in some of the poorer areas of the city. However, you will also be working with well-established, well-respected projects that are known by the areas, people and communities that they serve.

Safety will be of paramount importance and we’ll ensure that each small team has two designated leaders who will be responsible for making sure everyone is looked after and cared for appropriately. We will ask each person at SOULINTHECITY Durban to abide by certain simple guidelines to keep safe and in booking to come to SOULINTHECITY Durban you will be agreeing to stick to these rules.

Soul Survivor mister man, Mike Pilavachi will fulfil his lifelong ambition to be a tour guide and host the whole trip… but practically he’s unlikely to know much about health and safety or risk assessments. So, each project team will have several Small Team Leaders who will be responsible for liasing with the project and church hosts, ensuring the safety of each group whilst in the projects and checking the quality of work that is being done.




Part of the cost you pay to Key Travel will include a personal insurance policy that will cover you whilst you are in the care of Soul Survivor (so the 13 nights you will be staying with us). This policy will also cover you for up to 31 days, so if you choose to come early or extend your stay then you will have personal insurance for that period too. Even if you don’t choose to book your flight through Key Travel, the insurance package that we take out will cover you if your flights are cancelled.

DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE INSURANCE POLICY AS A PDF FILE...




Soul Survivor will organise an orientation event in Watford to be held in the spring of 09. At this event you will meet everyone else who is going, learn about the projects, find out a bit more about Durban and be given some key practical advice on health and safety and preparing for your placement. Dates for this will be confirmed nearer the time.

Soul Survivor is a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales (No. 03991111)
Soul Survivor is also a registered charity (No. 1080720)
Address: Soul Survivor, Unit 2, Paramount Industrial Estate, Sandown Road, Watford, WD24 7XF
Email: info@soulsurvivor.com | Phone: 0303 333 1 333