Kenya Orphanage and Community Outreach

This programme provides you with the opportunity to get involved in an important community development scheme, where you will help young children at a rural orphanage and also take part in an outreach scheme for impoverished families.

Both orphaned children and widows in Kenya often severely struggle as a result of the death of a parent as the families resources have usually been used up treating HIV and AIDS.

Volunteer Role

The orphanage currently cares for around 30 orphans aged between 8 months and 16 years old. Most of the children require a lot of love, support and attention that currently they do not receive due to a lack of staff. This orphanage is in great need of volunteer assistance.

It is extremely basic, lacking vital resources and needs your help in interacting with the children, whilst also providing stimulating and exciting games and education programmes for them. The children all sleep at the orphanage and receive their education here, so you must be prepared to help in whichever area is most in need at the time.

Attached to the orphanage is also a small school, which currently welcomes approximately 60 vulnerable children aged between 3 years and 16 years old. With only four teachers here, the children receive little one-to-one education and extra tuition, you will be responsible for providing the extra help they need. During the day, you will be involved in some of the following activities:

Feeding the children
Getting them dressed or ready for bed each day
Playing games and having fun with the children
Teaching basic education to the younger children
Teaching English, Maths and Sciences to older children at the school
Teaching extra activities, such as sports or sexual education workshops
Providing lots of love and support to the orphans

The Community Outreach Project
There may also be the opportunity for you to get involved in the local and long-established Kenya Outreach programme for vulnerable families. This project involves the provision of relief supplies such as food rations, clothing & bedding to vulnerable families and works with children with special needs.

Location

Kitale Town, just 30 miles from Kimilili Town in Kenya.

Accommodation and Meals

The accommodation is a volunteer house shared with the other volunteers with access to a shared bathroom with a western style toilet and hot and cold shower. 3 meals a day on are provided by the cook.

Programme Overview

Duration & Price: 4 weeks £899, 6 weeks £1149, 8 weeks £1399,
10 weeks £1649, 12 weeks £1899

How to book & pay:
Secure booking with £195, balance is due 12 weeks prior to departure

What is included?
Project Fee
Airport transfers
Arrival orientation
Accommodation & meals
Laundry
Support and assistance
24 hour emergency contact

What is not included?
Travel insurance
Flights & visa
Overnight stay in Kisumu
(or private transfer cost)
Personal items
Email/Internet and calls
Soft drinks/alcohol
Additional excursions

Programme Summary:
This project is a fantastic community scheme with a variety of project areas for you to develop, working alongside young children, orphans and families form exceptionally difficult backgrounds.
Other Kenya volunteer work

Arrival dates: Starts on the first and third Wednesday of each month.
If you're unable to arrive/depart on the specified date, a private transfer cost of £35 per person each way, will be payable before departure.

Kenya Travel Advice:
Visit our Kenya Travel Advice page for useful travel information.

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