Centre for International Voluntary Service
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................................ 4
CIVS/MLTV-01/20: AHERO RESOURCE CENTRE .............................................................................. 6
CIVS/MLTV-02/20: ST. MICHAEL DAY CARE AND RESCUE CENTRE ................................................ 8
CIVS/MLTV-03/20: MAKONGENI YOUTH GROUP ......................................................................... 10
CIVS/MLTV-04/20: KYALE SMALL HOME ...................................................................................... 12
CIVS/MLTV-05/20: GOOD SAMARITAN CHILDREN’S CENTRE ....................................................... 14
CIVS/MLTV-06/20: KIERENI SECONDARY SCHOOL........................................................................ 16
CIVS/MLTV-07/20: AHERO PEEK PERFOMERS .............................................................................. 18
CIVS/MLTV-08/20: NEW BIRTH INSTITUTE NYAHURURU ............................................................. 20
CIVS/MLTV-09/20: CIVS COMMUNITY SERVICE ........................................................................... 22
CIVS/MLTV-10/20: MARIANNE CENTER FOUNDATION ................................................................ 24
CIVS/MLTV-11/20: DESTINY CHILDREN’S HOME .......................................................................... 26
CIVS/MLTV-12/20: BROWNHILL SECONDARY SCHOOL ................................................................ 28
CIVS/MLTV-13/20: MARA OSERO CONSERVATION PROJECT ....................................................... 30
CIVS/MLTV-14/20: KAIMOSI SPECIAL SCHOOL ............................................................................. 33
CIVS/MLTV-15/20: PRECIOUS VIRGINIA HOME .................................................................. 35
CIVS/MLTV-16/20: VISION CENTER KHALABA ..................................................................... 37
CIVS/MLTV-17/20: STAR OF HOPE COMMUNITY CENTER NYERI .................................... 39
CIVS/MLTV-18/20: FORTUNE LEARNERS’ CENTER ........................................................................ 41
CIVS/MLTV-19/20: PHANERO SCHOOL MBALE............................................................................. 43
CIVS/MLTV-20/20: TOTO ANGEL CENTER ..................................................................................... 45
CIVS/MLTV-21/20: BADILISHA ECO-VILLAGE ................................................................................ 47
CIVS/MLTV-22/20: MSICHANA EMPOWERMENT KURIA ................................................... 49
CIVS/MLTV-29/19: HOPE FOR CHILDREN KENYA .......................................................................... 51
CIVS/MLTV-24/20: HOLY FAMILY ORIANG HEALTH CENTRE ........................................................ 53
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CIVS/MLTV-30/19: TUMAINI FUND FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL .............. 55
CIVS/MLTV-26/20: ST. VIANEEY EDUCATION CENTER .................................................................. 57
CIVS/MLTV-27/20: ST. CHARLES LWANGA HIGH SCHOOL ............................................................ 59
CIVS/MLTV-28/20: AJELIGWA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP ............................ 61
CIVS/MLTV-29/20: RUAI COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER .................................................. 63
CIVS/MLTV-30/20: KINNA CATHOLIC DISPENSARY ............................................................ 65
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GENERAL INFORMATION
WHO IS CIVS?
CIVS Kenya is a community development agency operating especially in the marginalized
and poverty-stricken rural areas of Kenya. We pursue an integrated socio-economic and
cultural development approach in the fight against poverty and social exclusion of Kenyan
communities under the maxim “DEVELOPMENT BY PEOPLE”. We believe that people
should retain the responsibility for their own development while CIVS supports, guides and
mentors their efforts with innovative and customized high quality services. CIVS achieves
this aims through its two program areas: International Voluntary Service (IVS) and
Community Development.
The INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTARY SERVICE is designed for people who want the chance to
make a real difference in the fight against poverty, fostering development by the people as
well as developing harmonious relations among people of different backgrounds and
cultures. We organize short term, medium and long term and weltwärts project
attachments throughout the year both in cities and rural areas for volunteers to offer their
services as they learn, gain exposure and experience.
Our COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT activities focus on the areas of Food Security, Water &
Sanitation, Vulnerable Children & HIV/AIDS, Good Governance and Emergency Relief in
order to mitigate the effects of hunger, environmental degradation, diseases and
mismanagement of public resources.
VISA AND AIRPORT ENTRY
When you are booking your flight, please make sure that your arrival is at Jomo Kenyatta
International Airport in Nairobi. Please also include your terminal of arrival so that you can
easily be identified upon arrival.
You can get your visa at the Airport in Nairobi upon you arrival. It is also possible for you to
apply for an e-Visa before your arrival via a dedicated portal at ecitizen.go.ke
It is important to confirm the duration of your visa upon issuance at the airport’s
immigration section. Tourist Visa stamps are valid for 3 months (90 days) while others are
for 1 month, be aware of the exact dates of extension since extension after expiry may
attract penalties. You can renew it for another three months at the Immigration Offices in
Nairobi, Mombasa or Kisumu. You can use the CIVS address as your address while in Kenya.
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ORIENTATION
There will be an orientation seminar for new volunteers lasting three days including Nairobi
city introduction and project placement. Our monthly orientation seminar starts on the first
Monday every month. It would be good if the volunteers can arrive at least one day before
the orientation starts.
PARTICIPATION FEES
CIVS solely depends on volunteer contributions to support its activities.
VOLUNTEERING PERIOD FEES
Up to 1 month 250 Euro
2 months and longer 200 Euro per month
The fee is non-refundable and has to be paid upfront or upon arrival in full. The fee paid
covers the following services:
▪ Airport transfers
▪ 3-day orientation seminar
▪ Introduction to the city
▪ Accommodation and food during orientation and during placement duration
▪ Coordination and office support
The following costs are NOT included:
▪ Cost of drinks like soda, beer, mineral water etc
▪ Cost of sightseeing
▪ Visa costs
▪ Direct donations to the project
▪ Local travelling
TOURS & SAFARI
CIVS Kenya organizes tours and safaris to spectacular sites of interest in Kenya. Volunteers,
who wish to participate, should let us know as soon as possible in order to enable us to
make proper arrangements. The fee charged is all-inclusive of meals, transport, park entry
fees, accommodation and tour guiding. The cost of a 3 days safari to Maasai Mara National
Reserve is 330 Euro.
WHAT TO BRING
Sleeping bag, sleeping mat and mosquito net are necessary. You can also bring photos of
your country, clothes, books, pens, toys etc.
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CIVS/MLTV-01/20: AHERO RESOURCE CENTRE
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located close to Ahero town, Kisumu County.
PROJECT DETAILS
The Ahero Resource Centre is located in Ahero, about 25km east of Kisumu town. The
Centre serves as a One-Stop-Shop, offering a variety of services to the local community. The
centre is equipped with a training facility to provide capacity building on Drought Resilient
Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, Early childhood Education and Information Computer
Technology (ICT) & work preparedness skills. The in-class training is complemented by
practical learning on the adjacent Farmer Field School (Model Farm) which also
encompasses a Greenhouse, Tree Nursery and Poultry Farm, fish pond that provide practical
examples of modern farming practices as well as a source of nutrition and income for the
Orphan Feeding Program.
Computer and work preparedness training is complemented with an equipped computer
center. The kindergarten has 2 teachers and 75 children who are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS.
The Ahero Resource Centre is also equipped with a comprehensive rainwater-harvesting
infrastructure to fully utilize the short and heavy rains in the region. Additionally a borehole
provides a reliable and affordable source of safe water for the community. From time to
time, depending on the availability of funds, 150 school-going Orphans and Vulnerable
Children get a free lunch at the centre in order to improve their concentration and school
performance. The centre’s facilities have been modified to accommodate physically disabled
participants hence its doors are open to such people.
Volunteers engaging children
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Working in the Model Farm of the center and helping to improve the agricultural
methods, crops, etc.
▪ Assisting in taking care of the Poultry
▪ Assisting in training computer and work preparedness to the youth
▪ General maintenance like construction, painting
▪ Tree planting and maintenance
▪ Supporting promotion of the Ahero resource Center and its activities
▪ Assisting in the preparation and Serving of meals to the children
▪ Assisting in general care giving services for the children
▪ Developing age appropriate games and playing with the children to promote the
health of the children.
▪ Assisting in teaching children basics of language, speaking, writing, etc.
▪ Assisting in cleaning of the facilities used by the children e.g. the classes
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will stay in a volunteers’ house in the project site. There will be a cook
throughout to prepare the local meals.
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CIVS/MLTV-02/20: ST. MICHAEL DAY CARE AND RESCUE CENTRE
PROJECT LOCATION
This project is located in Ukunda District, Kwale County
PROJECT DETAILS
Established in 2013, St. Michaels Day Care and Rescue Centre is an institution for the
preschool aged children and young girls who have been rescued from streets of Ukunda.
Many of the parents find themselves away from their homes the entire day in the quest for
food, water and work and are not able to afford to pay house helps to take care of their
children while they are at their work places. The centre takes care of about 15 children
whose parents have low-income jobs or are unemployed mostly of whom have semi-
permanent jobs. The centre also supports 8 young girls who have been left homeless and
abandoned by their families. While they are away searching for semi-permanent jobs, the
project provides a safe place for their small children by providing meals and basic education.
Since the target group is quite poor and due to the scarcity of foodstuffs, many of the
children at the center find their only meal of the day there.
Children having fun at the project
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Assisting in the preparation of meals and feeding of the children
▪ Developing age appropriate sports activities to promote the physical health of the
children
▪ Developing in and out-door extra-curricular activities to develop creativity of the
children
▪ Assisting in teaching children basics of language, speaking, writing, etc
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will stay in a host family within the project site. The host family will provide
meals.
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CIVS/MLTV-03/20: MAKONGENI YOUTH GROUP
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located in Makongeni Vilage, Kwale County of Kenya.
PROJECT DETAILS
The Makongeni youth group is a non-political and religious registered as a self-help group
under the social service department in 2010 found in Kwale County, Msambweni Sub-
county Kinondo Ward. The group’s main goal is to empower and engage youth from the
community to participate in community development and give them opportunity to
participate in a process of improving their ability to express their interest, participate in
capacity building activities and improve their wellbeing.
Since its inception the group has been involved in community projects such as the creation
and maintenance of a computer learning centre and a free studying room, strengthening the
confidence of the youth and their work, developing general skills, building character and
promoting citizenship, volunteerism and patriotism as well as promoting healthy lifestyle of
the youth and community members. The group has a Poultry unit for rearing of chicken
specifically to solve income related problems affecting families and the youth of the area in
general. The group is also involved in environmental conservation activities in close
coordination with other environmental conservation groups: i.e. Kaya Kinondo Sacred
Forest, Baraka Conservation Group and Mikoko Pamoja project. Furthermore the group is
also involved in permaculture at Makongeni School where they provide training on the
techniques of permaculture which are later applied to small farms and organic gardens.
Garbage collection at Kaya Kinondo Forest
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Environmental conservation which include tree planting and village clean ups
▪ Bee keeping
▪ Preparation of tree nurseries
▪ Beads and bracelets making and introducing the idea to the kids at the local schools
as stewardship of the project in future.
▪ Conservation of mangrove trees in the Kaya Kinondo Forest
▪ Permaculture/sustainable farming, gardening and food security
▪ General maintenance of the areas around the project
Assisting in care giving services to children
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will live with a host family in the project site. The host family will provide
breakfast lunch and dinner.
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CIVS/MLTV-04/20: KYALE SMALL HOME
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located at Nunguni, Makueni County
PROJECT DETAILS
Volunteer in the Eastern region of Kenya and work with physically handicapped children in
Kyale Small Home. This is a school and a home that was established in 1994. A primary
school and Catholic Church surround this home, which currently houses 21 children. These
kids are boys and girls aged between 10 to 19 years. These children have suffered accidents,
handicaps from or during birth, snakebites, and polio among other disabilities.
This home was established to cater for the challenged children within the local community.
Every child is entitled to better care and upbringing. In most Kenyan societies, the physically
challenged children get stigmatization from other members of the community making them
feel less than human. Most people speak Kikamba as a native language. Farming is widely
practiced for a living e.g. livestock poultry, small-scale farming of maize, beans, coffee,
sweet potatoes, bananas, and vegetables. Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, May
be seen from the home.
Volunteers assisting in construction of a toilet at the project
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Working in the home's kitchen and vegetable garden
▪ Helping children study and organizing of extra-curricular activities such as indoor
games
▪ Assisting the children with wheel chair mobility
▪ Helping with arrangement and preparation of the beds
▪ Assisting with preparation and serving of meals
▪ Training the kids in creativity through games and doing handicraft work as well as
assisting them with their homework
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteers will be accommodated at the project site where all meals shall be provided.
There are pit latrines, bath shelters and a kitchen at the project available for use by the
volunteers.
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CIVS/MLTV-05/20: GOOD SAMARITAN CHILDREN’S CENTRE
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located in Kayole-Soweto Slums, Eastern Nairobi region.
PROJECT DETAILS
Good Samaritan Children’s Centre is a community-based organization that was established
in the year 2004 in response to the needs of the orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in
Soweto Slum. The Centre started with two children who were abandoned by their parents,
rescued by the area district officials, and brought to the founder’s house. It is hosts around
63 children both boys and girls. These are either orphans or abandoned children.
The children have been orphaned for various reasons, although majority are due to the HIV
epidemic, poverty and unwanted pregnancies. The children’s circumstances and histories
are as different as their personalities, but now they have the optimism and opportunity for a
more positive future. The dedicated caregivers at the project are working hard to provide
the basics of life such as shelter, security and food. However, they are acutely aware that it
is education, which can break the cycle of poverty.
Kenya has over one million orphans and vulnerable children living in children’s homes,
which are predominantly privately funded and operated, there is little government
assistance. From time to time, they receive donations of food items and clothing from
people in the local community and other well-wishers.
The caregivers at the orphanage are dedicated and loving, doing the best they can with the
little resources they have. At the very least, they are providing these children with a stable
family environment. They also have a primary school section running from preschool to
standard six. The children are between the ages of 6 months to 18 years and are all
attending formal education.
Past volunteer donated books to the children
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Assisting in feeding of children and serving of meals.
▪ Assisting with teaching of subjects such as English, Mathematics, Creative Arts, Science
and Social Studies subjects
▪ Providing of guidance and counseling services to the children
▪ Playing with the children and organizing of dance events during school holidays
▪ Helping the children with homework
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will live in a host family about 10 minutes’ drive to the project site. Breakfast
and dinner will be provided by the host family and volunteers will get lunch at the project.
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CIVS/MLTV-06/20: KIERENI SECONDARY SCHOOL
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located in Chuka, Tharaka-Nithi County
PROJECT DETAILS
Kiereni Secondary School is a learning institution for secondary students comprising of 520
students, both boys and girls. The school has 12 classes and was established in 1987 by the
PCEA church. The institution has both teaching staff as well as non-teaching staff, who have
the responsibility to lead the students to become responsible people in society. It offers
educational services that are relevant to the growth of the local community. The school
offers boarding facilities to the students.
The school offers the Ministry of Education recommended curriculum with the Kenya
Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE) as the final examination at the end of 4th year.
Co-curricular activities include games and sports, drama, music, scouting, girl guides,
Science Congress and debating
Teachers and students at the project
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Assisting in teaching of physics, biology, chemistry, English and Mathematics subjects
▪ Organizing, coordinating and participating in extracurricular activities like athletics,
football and coordination of clubs in the school like scouting, drama, music etc.
▪ Supporting and developing the environmental conservation and farm work of the
school
▪ Assisting in giving guidance on health and general life for the students
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will be accommodated within the project site. Breakfast and dinner will be
provided at the host family and volunteers will get lunch in the school.
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CIVS/MLTV-07/20: AHERO PEEK PERFOMERS
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located in Ahero town, Kisumu County.
PROJECT DETAILS
PROJECT DETAILS
Ahero Peek Performers is a fitness and lifestyle project that was established in April 2019 to
offer fitness and nutritional help to the local people. The project is designed to help
members in achieving respective health and fitness goals, where they pay a small fee to run
the project. The group is made up of about 6 young people who engage the locals in health
and fitness activities that are effective, timely and regular and tailored to individual’s unique
needs. The project has a gym and aerobics facility with equipment and is engaged in
activities like Fitness training, weight loss, nutrition counselling, school outreach to recruit
young talented children, offering health education to schools and community on health
living and avoiding non-communicable diseases. In few occasions, the project also offers
physiotherapy sessions to patients. To do this the trainer record individual health related
information like blood pressure, weight and BMI. On average, 20 people most of whom are
female attend the sessions daily. The project would like to have volunteers who either are
experts in fitness and nutrition or just motivated in engaging the people in body workouts.
Trainers engaging students in a fitness activity
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Assisting in training sessions for physical fitness at a gym facility
▪ Assisting in offering physical exercise to students in schools and identifying talents
▪ Assisting in offering general health education on nutrition and non-communicable
diseases
▪ Capacity building and community outreach
▪ Promotion of project activities on online platforms
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will be accommodated in a host family closer to the project. Three meals will
be provided in a day. The Capacity building and community outreach activity will sometimes
require traveling other places by public bus and the volunteer will require to cover his/her
own fares.
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CIVS/MLTV-08/20: NEW BIRTH INSTITUTE NYAHURURU
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located in Nyahururu Town, Laikipia County.
PROJECT DETAILS
New Birth Institute is a vocational training institute that was established in the year 2017
with a mandate to impact youths with employment and entrepreneurship skills and
supporting their linkages to employment and business start-up opportunities. The program
runs under the Kenyan context of high youth unemployment and targets vulnerable youth
between the ages of 18-35 years. This would mean those youths that in one way or another
faced difficulties in continuing with their tertiary education after high school. The main
activities of the project include mobilization of potential students, induction, classroom
training in computer skills, entrepreneurship and hospitality and organizing internship
placements for students. The institution has so far managed to train 300 young people, out
of which 140 are running small businesses. The project is interested to have volunteers who
have skills and knowledge in experience in Hotel / hospitality management, computer
training entrepreneurship. The project has computers, oven, cutleries, plates, full setups.
A training session in progress
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Assisting in training of computer classes
▪ Assisting in training hospitality and hotel management
▪ Assisting in offering entrepreneurship knowledge and skills
▪ Providing links to institutions abroad that can offer any kind of support to students
and the project
▪ Promotion of project activities
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will be accommodated in a hostel room in the project where meals will be
provided.
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CIVS/MLTV-09/20: CIVS COMMUNITY SERVICE
LOCATION
The project is located in Buruburu estate, Nairobi east region of Kenya.
PROJECT DETAILS
CIVS Kenya is a community development agency operating especially in the marginalized
and poverty-stricken rural areas of Kenya. We pursue an integrated socio-economic and
cultural development approach in the fight against poverty and social exclusion of Kenyan
communities under the maxim “DEVELOPMENT BY PEOPLE”. We believe that people
should retain the responsibility for their own development while CIVS supports, guides and
mentors their efforts with innovative and customized high quality services. We are looking
for volunteers to support our head office in Nairobi. Depending on your skills and area of
interest, you can help us to improve our online appearance, specifically in two areas:
1. Website design (improving/ redesigning the CIVS Kenya website)
2. Social Media Management (CIVS activities on Facebook, Twitter, CIVS website)
Volunteers and facilitators during an orientation seminar
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
1. Website Design:
▪ Analyzing the current CIVS Kenya website for areas of improvement & benchmarking
it with competitor
▪ Making suggestions on website improvement
▪ Implement agree website improvements
▪ Assisting in orientation of new volunteers
2. Social Media Marketing:
▪ Monitoring & analyzing the current activities of CIVS Kenya on social media
platforms and bench marking them with main competitors
▪ Making suggestions for improvements for social media appearance & interactions
▪ Implement on agreed improvements
▪ Setting up a photo database for all project/activities
3. Assisting in prospecting of new partner organizations abroad
4. Assisting in identifying areas of improvement and suggesting strategic solutions to such areas.
5. Assisting with general office and field tasks
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will live in a host family near the office where they will get breakfast and
dinner. Travelling to projects and field work will require use of a public bus and the
volunteer will require to cover his/her own fares.
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CIVS/MLTV-10/20: MARIANNE CENTER FOUNDATION
LOCATION
The project is located in Mutarakwa, Limuru, Kiambu County.
PROJECT DETAILS
Marianne Center Foundation began in 2010 to help individuals with disabilities aged 16 to
50 years. Marianne is a vocational training center that offers support for these individuals
and their families. There are around 40 Kenyans enrolled in this center who have different
disabilities including Autism and Down syndrome. The students are divided and grouped
into classes depending on their abilities so that they are trained on important vocational
skills such as beadwork, baking, farming, activities of daily living (ADL) among others.
The mission of this organization is to make a difference in the life of young adults with
special needs and disabilities in order to be self-reliant and easily integrated into
mainstream life without fear of stigmatization.
Fun time with the disabled people
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Assisting in teaching of various subjects such as Mathematics, Language, writing and
computer lessons
▪ Promoting core activities such as such as drawing, sewing, bead-work and gardening
▪ Running activities of daily living such as cleaning, personal hygiene etc
▪ Organizing extra-curricular activities such as sports and nature walks
▪ Provision of guiding and counseling services to the students
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteers will be accommodated at the project site where they will have their own
rooms and will get basic meals i.e. breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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CIVS/MLTV-11/20: DESTINY CHILDREN’S HOME
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located in Nasra Estate, Kayole Nairobi County.
PROJECT DETAILS
Destiny Children's Home was started in year 2000 as a street boys feeding program and
registered as a community-based organization. The main goal for establishment was to
givine the orphaned children a home, education, emotional and spiritual guidance, medical
help and to improve the lives of the children in totality. It serves 31 vulnerable children from
ages 3 months to 17years. Most of the children are orphans; for others, their parents have
mental problems, other children have been abandoned. There are also Maasai girls that
have been rescued from early marriage and Female Genital Mutilation. The project has
managed to educate the children in neighboring schools and after they are educated, the
children are reunited back with their societies through an exit program. It also offers
shelter, food, clothing, medical care, rehabilitation, clothing, sports, and counseling for the
children.
Children and the coordinator posing for a picture
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Taking care of the younger children as well as playing with them
▪ Assisting in preparation and serving of meals
▪ Assisting in general cleaning of the centre
▪ Training the children in music and poems
▪ Feeding the young children
▪ Taking care of the abandoned babies
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
Depending on the availability of space, the volunteer will stay in a host family, which is
about 10 minutes’ walk to the project or in Buruburu host family which is 20 minutes’ drive
to the project. Volunteers staying in Buruburu will commute daily to the project by public
bus. The host family will provide both breakfast and dinner to the volunteers.
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CIVS/MLTV-12/20: BROWNHILL SECONDARY SCHOOL
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located in Kayole Estate, Nairobi East region.
PROJECT DETAILS
Brown Hill Group is a registered community based organization, established in the year 2013
to offer community services to the residents of Embakasi. After its registration, the group
immediately embarked on running an education facility that best suits the interest of its
community members.
The group undertook the setting up of a secondary school that would enhance quality of
education offered in Kayole estate, and improve the transition rate of students joining
public universities. The project started in 2012 with only 4 students. Since then, the
institution has grown with total admissions reaching over 80 students after only a year in
operation.
In addition to academic objective, the school aims at nurturing of talents to some former
school dropout teenagers. As a result, the school football team became Embakasi District
champions and proceeded to Nairobi County games. The students are aged between 15 to
18 years.
Students having meals at school
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Teaching a combination of subjects i.e. Mathematics, English, Chemistry and Sciences
▪ Counseling sessions on issues relating to drug and substance abuse
▪ Visiting and helping orphans and vulnerable children in the nearby slums
▪ Playing and organizing of games and sports within the neighboring schools
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will stay in a host family near the project site or in Buruburu host family,
which is 30 minutes’ drive to the project. Volunteers staying in Buruburu will commute daily
to the project by public bus. The host family will provide both breakfast and dinner to the
volunteers while lunch will be served at the project.
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CIVS/MLTV-13/20: MARA OSERO CONSERVATION PROJECT
LOCATION
The project is located in Kimintet, Kilgoris District, Narok County of Kenya
PROJECT DETAILS
Mara Osero Project situated on the western part of Mara North Conservancy is wildlife
conservation project and also a campsite people visiting the great Maasai Mara Park. The
project was established in 2015 with the main mission of providing a sustainable correlation
between human beings and wildlife. The project exists to conserve wildlife, preserve
culture, minimize human-wildlife conflict, and engage in climate control practices. It is
located within the Maasai community, which is a unique and popular tribe due to their long
preserved culture of their traditional way of life, making them a symbol of Kenyan culture.
Maasai's distinctive culture, dress style and strategic territory along the game parks of
Kenya and Tanzania have made them one of East Africa's most internationally famous
tourist attractions.
The project offers volunteers an opportunity to interact with wildlife, engage in
conservation, explore, learn and interact with the Maasai community and their culture. The
Mara conservation gives them a platform to serve, interact and also live like the Maasai
people. Above all, the conservancy is managed according to a model that protects the
delicate eco-system and benefits the landowners who are the Maasai people.
The wildlife at the conservancy comprises of the big cats, antelopes, elephants, zebras,
wildebeests among others. There are wooded acacia and bushes within savannah plains,
undulating hills which provide a varied habitat for browsing and grazing ungulates, as well as
hideout thickets for the predators.
The Mara River runs alongside the conservancy. There is a large number of giraffe and
resident buffalo that live close to the Olerai boundary along the Mara River. Elephants
frequent the conservancy and there is a pride of lion based on the edge of oloisukut. There
are many hippos and crocodiles in the section of the river that borders the conservancy and
the riverine forests, which provide an area popular with leopards.
The project has so far been able to assist The Kenya Wildlife Service to recue animals by
providing timely reports and preventing human-wildlife conflicts.
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A section of the project
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Conservation of the vegetation, which involves planting of trees in the conservancy, schools, and within the project
▪ Environmental cleanup exercises involving collection of plastics and wire traps that could harm animals
▪ Assisting the rangers to monitor the animals through walks and eco-camping to spot injured and sick animals and reporting.
▪ Assisting the rangers to Identify animal footprints to establish how far the animals are from human residences to help control conflicts
▪ Assisting the rangers to identify animal populations by recording new births and deaths
▪ General maintenance of the center including cleaning and land-scaping ▪ Assisting in taking care of few domestic animals within the center ▪ Making of Maasai beads for selling to visitors to generate income ▪ Visiting homes and schools and assisting in teaching
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ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will be accommodated in one of the house at the project where meals will be
provided.
SECURITY AND SAFETY
Since the project is located in a Park with wild animals, it’s important to pay attention to the
information that you will be given by CIVS and the project during orientation. The project
has a protection fence though at times wild animals sneak in the compound. You will be
expected to be at the project by 6pm latest every day.
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CIVS/MLTV-14/20: KAIMOSI SPECIAL SCHOOL
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located in Kaimosi, Hamisi Constituency, Vihiga County, Western Kenya.
PROJECT DETAILS
Kaimosi Special School was founded by missionaries from Quakers Friends church in the
year 1987 with an aim of empowering the disabled people (both mentally and physically)
from the communities. The project also was to give them basic education and hope for
future life as well as to make them be self-reliant and integrate them into the society.
Currently the School hosts about 104 disabled people who are children and young adults
whose ages range from 6 years to about 32 years and they are from different communities.
Most of the beneficiaries have autistism, Down syndrome, other mental challenges, multiple
handicapped and epileptic and therefore they are engaged to different classes according to
their disabilities and their level of understanding. The school offer skills to them in different
classes such as Autism class, Foundation class, and intermediate class, prevocational and
vocational class. The school is now a full boarding national school which is supported by the
government of Kenya and the friend’s Quaker church.
Children making a prayer at the school
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Helping in preparation of meals, serving and feeding the children
▪ Helping in nursing services such as taking care of the sick and giving them medicine
▪ Engaging in dressmaking and tailoring
▪ Training children vocational skills such as agriculture, weaving, tailoring, carpentry and
bead work
▪ Playing together with children through extracurricular activities such a sports and dance
▪ Assisting with physiotherapy
▪ Assisting in mobility
▪ Organizing and Giving guiding and counseling sessions
▪ Taking them to events outside the school such as music and sports.
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteers will be accommodated in a host family, which is 15 minutes walk from the
project. Breakfast and dinner shall be provided at the host family while lunch shall be served
at the project. There are toilets, bath shelters and a kitchen at the project
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CIVS/MLTV-15/20: PRECIOUS VIRGINIA HOME
LOCATION
The project is located in Koyonzo, Mumias Subcounty Kakamega County.
PROJECT DETAILS
Precious Virginia Home is a center for disabled children that was established by a former
volunteer teacher in a disability center found in South Korea. During her time as a
volunteer, she assisted the disabled children and started visualizing on starting a similar
project in Kenya. In November 2008, the coordinator mobilized the disabled children from
Kakamega and started a program where she got children with club feet and cleft palates to
undergo correctional surgeries at a Kenyan hospital. In 2016, she lost her daughter, Precious
hence strongly compelled to start a home for children with the severely cerebral palsy and
hydrocephalus. This was to give them care and love hence the establishment of Precious
Virginia Home. The home operated under the following objectives:
▪ To gather persons living with severe cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus in a
center/home where they can be easily assisted.
▪ To create a support group of parents/guardians where they can share experiences
and generate resources to boost their economic and social status.
▪ To re-unite families which are ailing or broken due to the presence of a severely
disabled member of the same family.
The project has 16 children with severe cerebral palsy/hydrocephalus who live at the
project. The project is not operating in the months or April, August, November and
December since there are months for school holidays in Kenya therefore the children are in
their homes.
Children at the project
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Assisting in offering care giving and mobility services
▪ Assisting in Preparation and serving of meals
▪ Assisting in offering physiotherapy sessions
▪ Laundry and general cleaning at the project
▪ Farm work
▪ Maintenance and construction at the center
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will live in a host family at project site where meals will be provided.
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CIVS/MLTV-16/20: VISION CENTER KHALABA
LOCATION
The project is located in khalaba location, Mumias Subcounty Kakamega County.
PROJECT DETAILS
Vision centre was established in the year 2007 to support the needy families and orphaned
children in the community. The initiators of this project had the dream to provide education
and resources so that the children, women and families could find new ways to generate
their own income. The project is involved with the following activities:
▪ Supporting the Orphan children with basic needs, education and spiritual training
▪ Dairy Goat farming where milk from the goats is sold to generate income.
▪ Brick Making for construction of houses
▪ Dairy Cow Project for commercial milk and training members on domestication.
▪ Crop farming for maize and beans
▪ Water borehole
So far 60 orphaned children have been assisted with school uniforms and school fees and
100 youths has recently completed tailoring and dressmaking
A section of the project
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Working on the project’s farm
▪ Assisting in taking care of the dairy goats
▪ Giving nutrition and medical knowledge to the women
▪ Assisting in brick making
▪ Visiting orphans to give them counseling and support
▪ Cleaning of the center
▪ Promotion of project activities online
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will live in a volunteers house at the project. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will
be provided.
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CIVS/MLTV-17/20: STAR OF HOPE COMMUNITY CENTER NYERI
LOCATION
The project is located in Embaringo location, Gataragwa Subcounty, Nyeri County.
PROJECT DETAILS
Star of hope community centre was established in the year 2013 with a mission of assisting children
from poor families. The organization had noticed majority of the school-going children from rural
areas lacked basic needs such as school uniforms, food, sanitary towels for girls and class
stationeries. The project has been able to ensure that 115 children have access to education. 42
children of age 4-9 years attend a kindergarten at the project while 73 children go to nearby public
schools. The project also runs a sustainable farming program for women where they have 7 goats,
poultry and farm crops. The farm produce are used in the feeding program.
Children at the project
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Assisting in teaching basic English and math, drawing and making patterns
▪ Taking care of the younger children as well as playing with them
▪ Assisting in preparation and serving of meals
▪ Assisting in general cleaning of the centre
▪ Training the children in music and poems
▪ Feeding the young children
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will live in a room designated to volunteers at the project. Meals will be
provided
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CIVS/MLTV-18/20: FORTUNE LEARNERS’ CENTER
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located in Kayole estate, East of Nairobi.
PROJECT DETAILS
Fortune Learners Centre is a project that was founded in year 2013 as a charity organization
by 10 social workers from Kayole and Soweto slums who were working in various schools as
untrained teachers. Their motivation was drawn by watching their former schools sending
away vulnerable children from school due to lack of school fees. They thought how they
could better the lives of these poor children who had resorted to begging in the streets. The
females resorted to child prostitution. After the closure of schools in the last term of the
year in 2012. The untrained teachers agreed to start a community centre to provide
education, economic empowerment and HIV/AIDS education including psychological
support to the orphans, vulnerable children and their caregivers. Fortune’s core areas are
education, orphan support and protection, economic empowerment for older orphans and
caregivers, volunteer/Internships, educational trips, sports HIV/AIDS and gender based
violence awareness. The school hosts nearly 100 children from extremely poor backgrounds,
aged between 3 and 12 years. The children attend classes from class 1 to 8. The school has
seven teachers.
Children at the centre
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PROJECT ACTIVITIES
▪ Assisting in teaching English, Mathematics, Social Sciences and creative arts subjects
▪ Supporting early childhood development through age appropriate games & activities
▪ Helping in preparation and serving of food
▪ Assisting with administrative work of the school
▪ Providing HIV/AIDS awareness lessons to the pupils
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will stay in a host family in Buruburu near the CIVS office, and will commute
to the project daily by a public bus. The host family will provide breakfast and dinner while
lunch will be provided at the project.
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CIVS/MLTV-19/20: PHANERO SCHOOL MBALE
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located in Mbale town, Vihiga County of Kenya.
PROJECT DETAILS
Phanero School is a community development initiative that was initiated by a University
Professor with the main purpose of bringing together orphans and vulnerable children and
integrates them other children so that they can be provided with quality education and life
skills. The school currently has 100 children from the age of 2years to 10 years. The centre
also runs a counselling unit whose main objective is to empower families and individuals
battling with marriage challenges, poverty, juvenile delinquency, HIV/AIDS and other
problems that leverage with the problem of drugs and alcohol addiction with a holistic
treatment and care for the family. The school provides education, meals and engages the
children in extra-curricular activities like playing games, singing and dancing.
Children at the school
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Helping in preparation of meals, serving and feeding the children
▪ Training children how to read and write as well as assisting them with their homework
▪ Engaging in beadwork and craft work
▪ Teaching of subjects such as English, mathematics, science and sign language
▪ Playing together with children through extracurricular activities such a sports and dance
▪ Doing community health outreach programs sometimes
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will be hosted in a host family that is 10 minutes’ walk from the project.
Breakfast and dinner will be provided at the host family while lunch will be provided at the
project.
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CIVS/MLTV-20/20: TOTO ANGEL CENTER
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located in Saika Estate, Nairobi County
PROJECT DETAILS
Toto Angel Center was founded in 2013. It is currently supporting 30 children between 3 –
12 years from a variety of backgrounds. The situation in Saika and Kayole where the children
come from is characterized by a high poverty rate, low education and marginalization of the
community. Many vulnerable children are neglected and abandoned by their caregivers.
Toto angel Center provides a safe place where children can spend the day, get a warm meal,
basic education and play. 22 children are currently enrolled in the centers pre-school group
and another 8 are supported in local primary schools with books, tuition and lunch. 11 of
the children are without a caretaker and live at the center. In order to change the situation
in the community the center has also started regular dialog & problem solving sessions as
well as a soccer club for adults.
The children at the centre
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Assisting in preparation and serving of meals
▪ Assisting in provision of basic education to the children (simple maths, English,
science)
▪ Using sports, dancing painting activities to develop creativity in the children
▪ Maintenance of the center
▪ Support community engagement activities
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will live with a host family in Buruburu and will commute daily with a public
bus to the project. The host family will provide breakfast and dinner while lunch will be
provided at the project.
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CIVS/MLTV-21/20: BADILISHA ECO-VILLAGE
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located on Rusinga Island, Homabay County of Kenya.
PROJECT DETAILS
Badilisha means “change” in Swahili. Badilisha Eco Village aims to bring change to the lives
of people on Rusinga Island, who face challenges such as food insecurity, HIV/AIDS, lack of
education among other pressing issues. It also seeks to inspire change in the general
paradigms of local population towards a more holistic and responsible way. Badilisha Eco
Village promotes permaculture farm design techniques and ethics: Earth care, people care
and share of surplus. It is a model farm, or epicentre, for both sustainable agriculture and
holistic community development. Badilisha successfully hosted a Permaculture
Development Course in March 2011 and aims to become an International Permaculture
Center. There is a primary school also within the project which was established with an
overall objective of providing education to the children around the community. The
project’s main aim is promote and demonstrate sustainable practices, in particular food
production and domestic issues, guided by the ethics and principles of permaculture.
Working time at the project
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Permaculture which generally involves farm work activities like digging, weeding,
slashing, mulching and clearing of bushes in the project’s farm
▪ Teaching of mathematics, English and creative arts subject in the school
▪ Assisting with general cleaning to the old and sick
▪ Weeding, slashing and clearing of bushes
▪ Soil conservation and planting of trees in the nearby schools.
▪ Beach cleanup exercises to improve sanitation and hygiene around the community
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteers will be accommodated at the project or in a host family by the project where
all meals shall be provided. There are pit latrines, bath shelters and a kitchen at the project
available for use by the volunteers.
SAFETY
Volunteers are advised to avoid swimming in the lake because incidence of parasite
infection for Bilharzia have been reported before
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CIVS/MLTV-22/20: MSICHANA EMPOWERMENT KURIA
LOCATION
The project is located in Kuria, Migori County of Kenya.
PROJECT DETAILS
Msichana is Swahili word for girl. Msichana Empowerment Kuria project was initiated in
2013, with the main aim of ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and other harmful
cultural practices. It was also to support access to fundamental human rights of girls and
young women in the Kuria community in South Western Kenya. With the hope of
empowering girls and young women in accessing their fundamental human rights, the group
is involved in the following activities:
▪ Supporting an after school program for a Children’s Rights Based literacy story telling
program for children 8 to 14 years aimed at developing the knowledge, skills and
talents.
▪ Facilitating structured community dialogues for young men and girls.
▪ Organizing annual marches and community events.
▪ Providing the girls with an empowering experience with an emphasis on impact of
the harmful effects of Female Genital Mutilation
The girls during campaign at the project
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Engaging in capacity building programs on sexual health
▪ Developing age appropriate games for the children of different age groups
▪ Providing guidance and canceling to teenage girls
▪ Teaching children how to speak read and write
▪ Assisting in Writing reports and documentation for the project
▪ Participating in annual campaigns and community events
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will live in a host family close to the project site. Breakfast and dinner will all
be provided by the host family and volunteers will get lunch at the project.
QUALIFICATION AND MOTIVATION
The project welcomes all volunteers who are motivated to join, however volunteers with
qualifications in Monitoring and Evaluation, Finance, Programing are needed more by the
project.
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CIVS/MLTV-29/19: HOPE FOR CHILDREN KENYA
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located in Sosian estate, Kayole Nairobi County.
PROJECT DETAILS
Hope for Children was formed in2008 and registered as a community based organization in
2010 with a vision to address the social issues that affect the vulnerable children in the
society. The main goal of the project is to offer support, nurture and improve the lives of
orphans and vulnerable children that have been subjected to poverty and abuse by
providing them with basic needs such as food, shelter, health care and education.
The project has an environment that provides psychological, spiritual, emotional support
and nurturing and lots of tender love and care to the needy children in the society. The
project encourages and gives hope to every child and enable them know that they care and
love them. The project has 36 children whose age ranges from 4 months to 17 years. The
children go to nearby local school and stay at the orphanage with their Mother who takes
care of them. With the right help and committed support from well-wishers and other
stakeholders, these children turn their lives and prepare them to be reliable persons in the
society. The project believe that every child deserve the best start in life and a chance to
fulfill their potential and therefore support them, stand up for them and bring out the best
in each and every child.
Children at the Centre
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Playing and organizing of games and sports with the neighboring schools
▪ Assisting with preparation and serving of meals
▪ Assisting in the general cleaning of the centre
▪ Helping the children with their homework
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteers will be accommodated at a small room in the project or in a host family in
Buruburu. Breakfast and dinner will be provided at the host family while lunch will be served
at the project. Volunteers who will live in Buruburu will have to commute with a public bus
to the project.
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CIVS/MLTV-24/20: HOLY FAMILY ORIANG HEALTH CENTRE
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located in Oriang, Oyugis, Homabay County.
PROJECT DETAILS
Holy Family Oriang Health Centre is a non-profit health institution of the Catholic Diocese of
Homabay. Established in 1994 it has been providing quality, accessible and affordable health
care to the community in the area. The center offers health services like outpatient and
inpatient, deliveries, Maternal Child Health care (MCH), comprehensive care for HIV/AIDS
patients, community health education and laboratory services. The main goal of the centre
is to provide or facilitate the provision of quality, efficient and effective healthcare services
to the community.
The Centre has opened its doors to all HIV/AIDS patients in the area where they can get
access to medical services under a comprehensive Care Package. The patients receive free
testing, counseling and medicine. The staff also goes to the villages to reach to many people
who are unable to afford to reach the health centre for treatment. This is because most
people hardly afford to seek for healthcare services mainly due to stigma therefore leading
to high death rates.
Picture of the facility
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Assisting the medical staff in the dispensary
▪ Co-coordinating and taking care of the patients
▪ Taking patient samples, pulses, and temperature information
▪ Preparing and updating of records in the hospital
▪ Providing advice and emotional support to patients facing stigma for HIV/AIDS
▪ Community mobilization programs
▪ Assisting in taking care of disabled children at the project
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteers will be accommodated at the project institution where all meals shall be
provided. There are pit latrines, bath shelters and a kitchen at the project available for use
by the volunteers.
QUALIFICATION
Volunteers with a medical training and experience doctors, nurses, pharmacists etc are
needed for this project. It is necessary that you should have high motivation and lots of
initiative to implement the objectives of the project. You should be ready for any kind of
work.
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CIVS/MLTV-30/19: TUMAINI FUND FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located in Buruburu Phase 1 Estate, Nairobi County of Kenya.
PROJECT DETAILS
The Tumaini Fund for Economic Development International (TFEDI) is a Non-Governmental
Organization that aims at providing financial and technical advice to people in order to
reduce poverty and thus create income for the needy through micro-finance initiatives.
TFEDI started in February 2005. The project offers workshops and trainings for the
community to improve business management skills and enhance development at a micro
enterprise level. The organization has been able to generate funds from their members,
which they use to cater for the needs of the vulnerable members of the society by
supporting to acquire basic enterprenual skills in managing small scale businesses.
Micro-Finance clearly has a role to play in the fight against HIV/AIDS as it contributes to
strengthening a household safety net. Micro-Finance cannot by itself change the face of
HIV/AIDS. It can help ease the financial and other burdens of those living with HIV/AIDS and
can help to promote behavior change.
Members of the group
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Data entry and organization in the computer and expanding the project’s database
▪ Monitoring and evaluation of how loans disbursed is used by small scale businesses
within the local community
▪ Micro finance which includes looking for donors and funds to support the
organization
▪ Implementation of reports as profit and losses and the improvement the
administration processes by organizing a proper filing system
▪ Working activities outside the office as visiting small-scale business members all
around Nairobi suburbs
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteers will be accommodated in a host family which is 10 minutes’ walk from the
project. Breakfast and dinner will be provided at the host family while lunch will be served
at the project. The project accepts only volunteer are willing to be at the project for two
months or more.
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CIVS/MLTV-26/20: ST. VIANEEY EDUCATION CENTER
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located in Rodi, Homabay County of Kenya.
PROJECT DETAILS
Vianeey Academy and Children Centre provides education and feeding program to children
aged 3-14 years. The children are from low income families, orphans, from single parents
and others have disabilities and special needs. The Centre was established in 2016, this
came as a result of the founders great passion to help the needy children, love for the
children and selfless heart to help the needy. His mission is to go all over the country and
reach the needy children, work with the young women and youth to establish a community
college where they can learn skills to empower themselves and support their families. In his
mission he realized that, most children in Rodi area are orphans, other had dropped out of
school and others were left out as they dint conform to the set pass marks in various
schools, he was challenged by this and it geared him to establishing a Centre where these
children can get quality education to equip them for their future lives.
The Centre has opened its doors to all children where they can get access to medical
facility , which is a challenge In Rodi as people hardly access a medical facility therefore
leading to high death rates and also high cost of attaining medication.
Vianeey academy and children Centre is a democratic Centre which aims at providing quality
education to the children through professional teaching and acquisition of books for the
children, provision of recreation activities where the children can discover their talents at a
tender age, provision feeding program as some of the families can barely afford meals in a
day.
Feeding program at the centre
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Assisting in preparation and serving of meals.
▪ Provision of nursing and health education services
▪ Assisting in provision of basic education to the children (simple mathematics,
English, science and computer studies)
▪ Training children in sports, music, poems and dancing
▪ Painting and drawing activities to help in development of creativity in the children
▪ Taking care of the younger children as well as playing with them.
▪ Taking care of domestic animals like cattle, chicken and pigs
▪ Offering guidance services to children
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will be accommodated in a house within the project and all meals will be
provided. There will be project staff at all times to offer assistance.
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CIVS/MLTV-27/20: ST. CHARLES LWANGA HIGH SCHOOL
PROJECT LOCATION
The project is located in Ruai, eastern part of Nairobi.
PROJECT DETAILS
St. Charles Lwanga Secondary School and Children’s Centre started as place where
orphaned, homeless and abandoned children were rescued and provided with shelter, food
and a place to call home. Brother John started by gathering children, rehabilitating and
relocating them into schools, but later realized it was becoming difficult in some cases as
existing schools didn’t want to integrate children from the street into their classrooms. This
necessitated, in part, starting the school, which in just four years he transformed the little
used residence, owned by the Order of St. Charles Lwanga, into classrooms, a dormitory,
dining hall .The students, all former street kids living a difficult life in crime-ridden
neighborhoods, now proudly wear their school’s uniform and call the Children’s Centre
“home”. The children were rescued from the dumps and slums of Nairobi and given a
chance to gain an education and end the cycle of poverty and homelessness. Today they are
provided with a safe place to live, a reliable source of nutritious food and the opportunity to
gain high school education with the possibility of post-secondary education. Brother John
hopes that with donations to the Centre, he and his team can build a bigger school with an
integrated approach to nurture children through academics to become responsible citizens
of the world.
The students studying
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Teaching a combination of subjects i.e. Mathematics, English, Chemistry and Sciences
▪ Counseling sessions on issues relating to drug and substance abuse
▪ Organizing a life skill sessions with students
▪ Playing and organizing of games and sports with the neighboring schools
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will be accommodated in a small room at the project site and all meals will be
provided. The room can sometimes be shared.
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CIVS/MLTV-28/20: AJELIGWA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP
LOCATION
The project is located in zululu village, Gambogi Vihiga County of Kenya
PROJECT DETAILS
Ajeligwa Community Development group that was established in the year 2009 to offer
personal development to the poor people in the community. The group is comprised of 6
members who are involved in small projects like poultry keeping, beadwork carried out by
by women, Early Childhood education for orphans and vulnerable children and small scale
agriculture. There are 50 chicken for income generation, the small kindergarten has
10children and two teachers, while the farm has vegetables and animal feeds. The group
also has a borehole for water selling. Life in this project is simple and in a local village with
little facilities due to low living standards and poverty. In the year 2011 the group received a
grant from National Aids Council to conduct testing and Counselling of patients. The reached
about 650 people who afterwards received help.
The chicken unit of the project
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Assisting in working on the project’s farm and in the community farms
▪ Assisting in teaching the kindergarten children
▪ Playing with the children
▪ Teaching the community something new
▪ Assisting in creation and maintenance of a website and promotion of project activities
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will be accommodated in a host family in the project. Three meals will be
provided in a day.
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CIVS/MLTV-29/20: RUAI COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
LOCATION
It is located in Ruai, Embakasi, Njiru Nairobi County.
PROJECT DETAILS
Ruai community health center is a medical facility that provides medical care to the Ruai
Community. The Health Center was established in 2000 but was not working due to lack of running
costs. It was however reopened in 2019 and its now in operation. The center is managed by St.
Charles Lwanga mixed secondary school administration. It provides consultation services, treatment,
laboratory tests and pharmacy services to the community who cannot afford the high cost of
medication involved in other hospitals. The health center works with the nurses and volunteers in
creating health awareness /education to the community. The clinic at delivering high quality medical
service to the patients, focusing on prevention of diseases by promoting health talks, offering care
and advice to patients, treating all patients and staff with dignity, independence, respect and
honesty in an environment which is accessible, safe and friendly.
The clinic’ building
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Assisting the medical staff in the dispensary
▪ Co-coordinating and taking care of the patients
▪ Taking patient samples, pulses, and temperature information
▪ Preparing and updating of records in the hospital
▪ Providing advice and emotional support to patients
▪ Offering health related knowledge to students
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will live in a small room at the project where meals will be provided. The
room will sometimes be shared
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CIVS/MLTV-30/20: KINNA CATHOLIC DISPENSARY
LOCATION
The project is located in Ndoleli Maua, Igembe North district, Meru county of Kenya.
PROJECT DETAILS
Kinna Catholic Dispensary was started in the year 2001 by the first Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of
Isiolo-Kenya. The dispensary is located in the arid region of the border between Meru and Isiolo
Counties of Kenya. The facility serves both Christians and Muslims from the two counties. The
dispensary was established to provide clinical support services to people in the poor people of the
local area. Most of the people served by the health facility are below poverty level and hence the
church has been the sanctuary, safe place and a shelter for them (both Christians and Muslims).
Most of the patents are from the Pastoral communities of Isiolo County. It serves with the main
objective of increasing patients’ follow up programs, offering school health programs and to helping
the inaccessible areas attain curative supportive and preventive services. The facility lacks sufficient
medical equipment and staff to reach out to more people.
The hospital staff visiting the community
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
▪ Assisting the medical staff in the dispensary
▪ Co-coordinating and taking care of the patients
▪ Taking patient samples, pulses, and temperature information
▪ Preparing and updating of records in the hospital
▪ Providing advice and emotional support to patients
▪ Community mobilization programs
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
The volunteer will live in a room at the project where meals will be provided.