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Visas
You will need a visa to enter into Kenya: This costs between £30 – 35 and can be obtained when you arrive in Kenya with your passport. However, you may obtain it prior to leaving for Africa.
Equipment Donations
This sports volunteer project is like many other charitable organisations and therefore needs donations each year for sustainable development. Although your programme does include a donation to the project, all volunteers are encouraged to bring with them any further equipment that may benefit the programme.
This can include:
- Sports kits
- Sports balls
- Pumps and needles
- Whistles
- Boots/shoes
- Plastic cones
- Any other sporting accessory
This is not compulsory and your donation, if you make one, does not have to be brand new.
Orientation
Once you have been met and picked up from the airport, you will be taken to the project to settle in. Then, your coordinators will guide you through the project and help to answer any questions you may have in your orientation. Your orientation will cover:
- Local language and culture – social norms, traditions and culture
- Expected behaviour – dress code at project, school and house rules
- Safety – areas and places to avoid, what to do in an emergency
- Locations of important amenities – banks, hospitals, embassies
- Transportation and travel in Kenya – where to go, how to get there
- Volunteer placement – what your project involves, who you need to report to, other volunteers etc
School Holidays
There are a few national holidays celebrated throughout the year, however, the main school holidays are in the months of April, August and December. The programme will still operate during these hours, as a minimum of a quarter of the students will stay at school for extra tuition. This will provide sufficient numbers of students who will still require sports coaching and teaching.
Please Note: during the school holidays, the numbers of students requiring coaching may mean that you will do extra out-of-school coaching. The programme may be less structured during these months and require you to use more initiative.
Project Support
Mary and James are your programmes coordinators. They will provide you with competent field support and assistance, and help you with any questions or support you may need during your stay. The team are really friendly, and will be there for you to contact each day. However, with over 2,000 people to care for, they are often very busy, and so you must undertake this programme with a sense of initiative and independence, to work to your own motivation and ideas a lot of the time.
In addition, we will provide you with a 24 hour emergency contact number before you depart, so that you can contact one of our UK staff at any time should you need to.
PLEASE NOTE: Schools in Africa are not in any way the same as western standards. The structure is poor, and time is certainly not a priority. Caning is still a common practise, and many times it is the teachers who fail to turn up instead of the children.
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