Mkombozi Chanzu Ingidi Friends Secondary School is a school initiated by the Friends Church to promote the literacy levels in the local community and thus promote and improve the competitive nature of the youth especially from the local community with other youths across the country.
The school offers the secondary education following the Kenyan education system 0of 8-4-4. This stage is where the students are prepared for the choice of their career lines and it is a point where the students after the four years in school graduate institutions of higher learning or tertiary institutions where they are able to pursue and develop their skills and talents.
The school was established in February 2009 to offer educational support community children who had just finished primary school education. At the moment the school has 44 students of which 25 are girls and 19 are boys. It stands on a 21/2 acreage of land and in order to pave way for its establishment 4800 tea bushes were removed for construction of more school building and indication of how the community members have valued the education of their children. The construction is ongoing which is aimed at providing a better learning atmosphere to the students. The school has four teachers at the moment.
Project activities:
Educational development of the students; sports and career development; guidance and counseling.
Volunteer tasks:
Teaching; career development; sports and clubs management; community awareness programs on emerging community issues; institutional development.
Minimum stay:
3 months
Maximum stay:
12 months
Financial contribution:
Participation fees is Euro 200 per month paid upfront on arrival to cover the entire duration of placement at the project and monthly payment of participation fees is not allowed for conventional purposes.
What is included in the participation fee? •Airport transfers •Accommodation and food while in the project (breakfast and dinner will be provided in project) •Orientation and evaluation including board •Transport to and from the project
What is not included in the participation fee? •Cost of drinks like soda, bear, mineral water etc. •Cost of sight seeing •Visa costs •Local traveling
Credo Children Centre is a community base organization that was established as a rescue centre and place of safety for OVC’s from the local community. The influx is largely attributed to the breakdown of social norms, high poverty rate and HIV/ AIDS scourge that has affected the family structures in most communities not only in this area but also across the country. The Institution has the sole responsibility of taking care of children in need of care and protection in their formative age. Credo Children Centre aims at creating a society where children become responsible citizens through fulfillment of their prescribed rights and welfare. Hence it safeguards the rights and welfare of all children in the local community through implementation of relevant policies, coordination, supervision and delivery of services.
Project activities:
Programs provided in the home include:
Child guidance and counseling; Food, shelter and clothing; healthcare services for the children; Home tracing & family re-integration; Networking with other institutions involved in similar activities; Education for the younger children through a nursery school.
Volunteer tasks:
Child guidance and counseling; Food, shelter and clothing; Networking with other centers; Education for the younger children through a nursery school. In addition volunteers will be involved in capacity building and resource mobilization to support the activities of the home. At times volunteers will be called upon to be involved in awareness programs especially with regards to children rights. To ensure that the children in the center utilize their talents volunteers will also be involve in career development activities while placed in the home.
Minimum stay:
3 months
Maximum stay:
12 months
Financial contribution:
Participation fees is Euro 200 per month paid upfront on arrival to cover the entire duration of placement at the project and monthly payment of participation fees is not allowed for conventional purposes.
What is included in the participation fee? •Airport transfers •Accommodation and food while in the project (breakfast and dinner will be provided in project) •Orientation and evaluation including board •Transport to and from the project
What is not included in the participation fee? •Cost of drinks like soda, bear, mineral water etc. •Cost of sight seeing •Visa costs •Local traveling
Vigina Secondary School is a learning institution that offers secondary school education that was established as a result of community’s initiative to promote the literacy levels in the community as well as promote the educational levels of the girls in the local community. The initiation of Vigina Secondary School came in handy with the many challenges that affect the community especially since most of the graduates from primary schools could not walk long distances to attend schools in other parts as a results most of the girls ended up getting married at an early age while the young men were involved in activities that had a negative impact on their lives such as drug use and abuse and alcoholism. This school is a turning point where parents are advised to give their children especially the girls an opportunity to pursue their academic dream that is aimed at enabling them to fully participate in the productive development of the community structures and thus making life better for the generations to come. Since the initiation of the school many community members especially the youths have been able to achieve and develop their talents that have made them become better members of the society who have and are contributing positively to the development process of the local community structures of sustainability. Most members of the community are small scale farmers most of home only produce food stuffs that are not even enough to support the wellbeing of their families.
Project activities:
Educational development of the students; sports and career development; guidance and counseling.
Volunteer tasks:
Teaching; career development; sports and clubs management; community awareness programs on emerging community issues; institutional development.
Minimum stay:
3 months
Maximum stay:
12 months
Financial contribution:
Participation fees is Euro 200 per month paid upfront on arrival to cover the entire duration of placement at the project and monthly payment of participation fees is not allowed for conventional purposes.
What is included in the participation fee? •Airport transfers •Accommodation and food while in the project (breakfast and dinner will be provided in project) •Orientation and evaluation including board •Transport to and from the project
What is not included in the participation fee? •Cost of drinks like soda, bear, mineral water etc. •Cost of sight seeing •Visa costs •Local traveling
Essumba Primary School was founded probably in mid-1900, by community members who valued education after being challenged by situations of underdevelopment in the local community. It is a one-streamed mixed primary school. It is thus an old educational institution which without doubt, has for decades positively contributed to the general development of the people of this community and beyond. It is a bridge of hope many have crossed to make the entire society to be what it looks like today and to that effect, we find it quite abnormal to just watch it go down to ruins as History and the future generations may judge us harshly in the name of justice.
The school offers primary education in the Kenyan educational system 8-4-4 to the children from the local community. This aimed at enabling the children to grow up in to better citizens who are able to contribute to the general development of the local community. The school also aims at instilling discipline in the lives of this children and also trying to deal with the issue of drug use and abuse in the wider community not forgetting the effects alcoholism to the stability of families which eventually affect the general growth of the children.
Project activities:
Educational development of the students; sports and career development; guidance and counseling.
Volunteer tasks:
Teaching; career development; sports and clubs management; community awareness programs on emerging community issues; institutional development.
Minimum stay:
3 months
Maximum stay:
12 months
Financial contribution:
Participation fees is Euro 200 per month paid upfront on arrival to cover the entire duration of placement at the project and monthly payment of participation fees is not allowed for conventional purposes.
What is included in the participation fee? •Airport transfers •Accommodation and food while in the project (breakfast and dinner will be provided in project) •Orientation and evaluation including board •Transport to and from the project
What is not included in the participation fee? •Cost of drinks like soda, bear, mineral water etc. •Cost of sight seeing •Visa costs •Local traveling
Star Rays Educational Center is a community based organization and an upcoming rural resource center that is aimed at enhancing the development of the community children educational development. The project was established in 2002. The project is non-profit making and most of its activities are supported by both beneficiaries and community members.
The project is located in a rural area which is ranked among the poorest despite being located in a high potential area with many underutilized resources. Poor health, high mortality rate among the community children, high illiteracy, lack of ICT know how, high rate of unemployment are some of the things that can be identified with the local community. These activities have led to undesirable social behaviors especially among the youths. Motto - Education is a lifetime gift. Vision - Change our living standards through education. Mission - Facilitate sustainable delivery of conditional education, health and development until we become self-reliant.
Project activities:
Early childhood development; Basic primary school education; Care and support orphans and vulnerable children and HIV/AIDS families; Community information (library) services; Enhancement of community empowerment trainings; ICT promotion and development in the local area.
Volunteer tasks:
Promotion of the education growth of the children both through classroom work and also practical work as well as sporting and club activities, involving the children in innovation and creativity activities that will also promoter the education growth of the children, career development. Community sanitation will also be an area of focus for the volunteer hence the involvement of community members in coming up with ways of enhancing this activities will go a long way in ensuring that the volunteer is able to achieve the laid down goals.
Minimum stay:
3 months
Maximum stay:
12 months
Financial contribution:
Participation fees is Euro 200 per month paid upfront on arrival to cover the entire duration of placement at the project and monthly payment of participation fees is not allowed for conventional purposes.
What is included in the participation fee? •Airport transfers •Accommodation and food while in the project (breakfast and dinner will be provided in project) •Orientation and evaluation including board •Transport to and from the project
What is not included in the participation fee? •Cost of drinks like soda, bear, mineral water etc. •Cost of sight seeing •Visa costs •Local traveling
Life Link Youth Group was established with the local youth to champion the needs of the youth and thus enable them to actively participate in community development initiatives. The group is aimed at developing a sustainable community using the available resources in the local community for social, economic and physical development skills to create employment opportunities. This thus is aimed at resulting into community development initiatives in the area thus reducing the social evil activities among the youth generation.
The group aims at erasing criminal offences among the youth; the utilization of locally available resources and talents in enhancing the development process. Through the activities of the project it is aimed that the literacy levels of community members especially the school children will be increases. The group also champions to ensure the realization of children rights and empowering the youth to participate in development activities that are able to up the living standards in the local community.
Project activities:
Educational development activities; environmental sustainability; awareness on HIV/AIDS; Talent development.
Volunteer tasks:
Landscaping and tree planting to enhance the environmental sustainability of the local community; Construction; Teaching at the local primary school by supporting the educational growth of the school children to enhance the interaction of volunteers with the children; Awareness creation performing arts/Women empowerment/HIV & AIDS/Drug abuse; Youth empowerment / Talent Development; Forums with Orphans and Street Children (feeding programs, games and performing arts).
Minimum stay:
3 months
Maximum stay:
12 months
Financial contribution:
Participation fees is Euro 200 per month paid upfront on arrival to cover the entire duration of placement at the project and monthly payment of participation fees is not allowed for conventional purposes.
What is included in the participation fee? •Airport transfers •Accommodation and food while in the project (breakfast and dinner will be provided in project) •Orientation and evaluation including board •Transport to and from the project
What is not included in the participation fee? •Cost of drinks like soda, bear, mineral water etc. •Cost of sight seeing •Visa costs •Local traveling
The disabled children and youths in the community endure unbearable suffering because of the nature of the cultural practices and the attitude of community members. Mental retardation is stigmatized and any child with such handicap is either hidden at home or kept to look after their animals.
Poroko special school is the only such school in the larger Transmara region. It is located in the Maasai country side. The school was established to address the plight of the disabled among the Maasai community. The school thus will go a long way in addressing this crucial problem. The school at the moment has a total of 72 students and seven teachers and seven support staff. 50 students are in residence in the school. The main objective of the school is to equip the mentally challenged in the area of operation with life skills and get employed in other sectors with technical qualification to own their own small industries and hence create their own employment and be self-reliant Project activities.
Nurturing and developing the skills and talents of children with mental disability and making the community aware of their needs and how well they can be integrated into the development spectrum of the community.
Volunteer tasks:
Nurturing the talents of these children will be involved in the following activities together with other staff members:
support in educational development of the children especially in the following fields’ handcrafts, agriculture, home science and woodwork. Volunteers will also be involved in the awareness creation with the community to enlighten the local community on the needs of these children and enhance their acceptance in the community. Other activities will include awareness creation in the community on emerging issues especially HIV/AIDS; Resource mobilization to support the activities of the project; capacity building.
Minimum stay:
3 months
Maximum stay:
12 months
Financial contribution:
Participation fees is Euro 200 per month paid upfront on arrival to cover the entire duration of placement at the project and monthly payment of participation fees is not allowed for conventional purposes.
What is included in the participation fee? •Airport transfers •Accommodation and food while in the project (breakfast and dinner will be provided in project) •Orientation and evaluation including board •Transport to and from the project
What is not included in the participation fee? •Cost of drinks like soda, bear, mineral water etc. •Cost of sight seeing •Visa costs •Local traveling
St Augustine children learning center is an initiative that work closely with vulnerable children from the slummy Kihunguro & Gitambaya area of Ruiru Town. The initiative was started in the year 2003 by a registered self-help group by the Ministry of social services. The formation of the group was aimed at creating HIV awareness and social welfare where we assisted each other. Through our activities in different schools and social gathering we realized we were surrounded with many wanting children who happened to hail from families affected with HIV or who come from extremely poor families many belonging to single and young parents thus rendering the children more vulnerable . These children idled around, had no school uniforms and malnourished. Such children lacked proper support and psycho- social support was needed. St Augustine therefore aimed at breaking the trend of vulnerability through provision of education to such children and more to these, the psychosocial support in order to raise the self-esteem of such children; we focus on education, nutrition, talent development and self-esteem of such vulnerable children. St. Augustine Children Education Centre is therefore a driving force toward breaking the poverty cycle, a vehicle toward millennium development goals, HIV/Aids mitigation and networking through provision of quality and holistic education to vulnerable children in a participatory approach and also to lead us toward the Kenya vision 2030.
Project activities:
Educational development of school children
Volunteer tasks:
Promotion of Kenyan educational curriculum; co-curricular activities; guidance and personal development; child care; development of sponsorship program for needy children in the center.
Minimum stay:
3 months
Maximum stay:
12 months
Financial contribution:
Participation fees is Euro 200 per month paid upfront on arrival to cover the entire duration of placement at the project and monthly payment of participation fees is not allowed for conventional purposes.
What is included in the participation fee?
•Airport transfers •Accommodation and food while in the project (breakfast and dinner will be provided in project) •Orientation and evaluation including board •Transport to and from the project
What is not included in the participation fee?
•Cost of drinks like soda, bear, mineral water etc. •Cost of sight seeing •Visa costs •Local traveling
« I can say that the best things about the workcamp and this whole experience were the chance of making a real difference to the lives of very needy children. This is an extremely valuable project where volunteers can have a massive impact. Also the possibility of learning a huge amount about a country so different from our own. I learnt ten times as much by carrying out a workcamp than I would ever do backpacking. »
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