Volunteer Role
The Kenya Community Outreach project has a goal: To target approximately 500 families in eight project areas over the next three years to provide vital assistance, particularly to the child-headed households and meet the immediate nutritional and living standards and conditions of these families.
Child-headed households are increasing dramatically, due to HIV and AIDS leaving children aged from 0-16 without parents to take care of them or their families of up to eight brothers and sisters. Many of these children are also ostracised and excluded from the local community due to the stigma associated with HIV and AIDS. Living conditions will thus deteriorate, as will their health, leaving behind malnourished and neglected children with no support or chance of a future.
By volunteering, you will help children, disadvanatged communities and marginalised groups of individuals, such as widows and street children build a better life and support themselves.
Some of the volunteer work you may be involved with:
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Vocational training: You can help the youngsters by teaching them skills such as computer training, maths and English
- Sexual Health Education: Take part in discussions and forums about western lifestyle, sexual health, AIDS awareness and other such topics
- Mobile clinic: Attend to the sick, the elderly, orphans and other community members, or if you prefer you can undertake clerical duties relating to their care
- Food security: You may provide support to impoverished families, demonstrating sustainable agricultural practices and improving food production and diet
- Relief programme: Involves reaching out to poor families with food rations and clothing
- Construction: There are all kinds of jobs to do depending on your skills, ranging from carrying building materials to hands-on building work
- Counselling programme: You can visit people with AIDS, talk with them and offer them care and support.
- Orphan Care: You will be providing vital love and support to these children and helping them to develop their education and be giving them the chance to experience a happier childhood.
A new vocational centre in town has just been built, which acts as a central base for volunteer activities and is just a few minutes walk from the accommodation. Volunteer work here includes; educating the students in IT, clothes making, building, agriculture and other vocational skills that are useful in the local area.
What’s Included in the Programme
- Project Fee: This entails financing that goes directly back into the project that you are involved with, to pay for vital materials such as clothes, food and shelters
- All airport transfers upon your arrival into Kitale Airport
- Arrival orientation briefing in Kitale
- All accommodation during your stay
- All meals during your placement
- All vehicle transfers during your work placement
- Laundry on a weekly basis
- Support and assistance from your co-ordinator throughout your time on your placement
What’s Not Included in the Programme
- Personal travel insurance for the duration of your placement, which should include cover for repatriation
- All flights
- All items of a personal nature, such as curios, gifts, clothing (work and other)
- E-mail/Internet and telephone calls
- Soft drinks, wines and spirits
- Visa for entry into Kenya
- Any excursions
Prices and Durations
Kenya Community Outreach and Orphanage - 2 weeks $1,279
Kenya Community Outreach and Orphanage - 3 weeks $1,519
Kenya Community Outreach and Orphanage - 4 weeks $1,759
Kenya Community Outreach and Orphanage - 6 weeks $2,239
Kenya Community Outreach and Orphanage - 8 weeks $2,719
Kenya Community Outreach and Orphanage - 10 weeks $3,199
Kenya Community Outreach and Orphanage - 12 weeks $3,679
