Volunteer Role
Through your passion for sport you will be able to help the disadvantaged people of Kimilili, Western Kenya.
Primarily working as a sports coach, you will teach the sport you are most interested or experienced in. This includes popular sports like football, rugby and cricket for the boys and netball, volleyball and badminton for the girls.
In the mornings, you will help to teach classes in your school, mainly English and IT; however, if you have teaching experience you can make an even greater impact and get involved with teaching in a number of other areas. You will shadow the local teachers for a number of lessons and mainly work as a teaching assistant. However, in some cases you may be required to run the whole class and even formulate your own lesson plans! The schoolteachers will give you all the assistance you need to do this and help you with teaching techniques and class standards.
Coaching Placement:
You will be placed in one of the 6 main schools in the Kimilili area, all depending on what sport(s) you wish to coach. Different schools have differing sporting needs, so your interests and skills will be matched to the school you are most suitable for. In Kenya, sports classes are done separately according to sex, with females only allowed to be taught by a female teacher and males only allowed to be taught by a male teacher. Your placement will obviously follow this pattern.
What’s Included in the Programme Price
- 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 Kisumu Airport
- Arrival orientation in Kisumu
- All accommodation during your stay
- All meals prepared for by the house cook
- All vehicle transfers during your work placement
- Support and assistance from your coordinator throughout your time on your placement
What’s Not Included in the Programme Price
- 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 Sports and Teaching Project - 4 weeks £999
Kenya Sports and Teaching Project - 8 weeks £1,539
Kenya Sports and Teaching Project - 12 weeks £1,999
