Teaching Program
Volunteers on the teaching program have the opportunity to assist with the
teaching of different subjects in Kenyan elementary and high.
Volunteer teachers can teach mathematics, science, geography,
social sciences, history, business education, English, art and music.
Volunteers are not required to have teaching experience, but need to be
confident in the above subjects, and preferably a high school graduate.
Children Orphanage Program
The orphanage program cares for children who have lost their parents
to HIV/AIDS and for children who have been abused by their parents.
Volunteers will assist with the daily running of the orphanages; cleaning,
bathing children, cooking etc. The evenings are spent playing with the children
and helping them with their homework.
Volunteers also take on a role as a sibling
to the children - a relationship that is often taken for granted,
but that these children are without. In the orphanages that have their own
schools volunteers will teach the children their lessons.
Medical/Health Program
The medical program is located in hospitals in Kisumu, Migori, and to our parents
in South Africa. Volunteers on this program need to be registered medical doctors
or nurses.
Volunteers work with local doctors to assist with the daily medical
routine - applying dressings, prescribing minor medication, recording patient
history, patient consultations, minor surgeries, and counseling patients.
Volunteers can work in the areas of maternal health, surgery, laboratories,
dental clinics, counseling, and testing.
HIV/AIDS Program
Kenya has been hit hard by the HIV epidemic with approximately 1.25
million adults and over 100,000 children infected. Volunteers are
urgently required to work in the community, orphanage and neighboring
schools, educating and counseling students (at school) and community
members about the disease.
This program also encourages volunteers
to learn and share their knowledge with other volunteers during
the training period.
Maasail/Kuria Program
The Maasai have largely managed to remain separate from mainstream
African culture and maintain their traditional ways, although this
becomes more challenging each year. For this reason Maasai are increasingly
seeking opportunities African society has to offer. With little government
support Maasai struggle to find teachers and medical professionals to work
in their schools and hospitals.
Teaching Program: Less than half of all Maasai children attend schools, teaching
volunteers are urgently needed to reverse this trend. Volunteers have the
opportunity to educate children at primary and secondary school level. Subjects
taught include English, maths, science and health.
Medical Program: Medically trained volunteers are needed to work in a
community clinic to increase access to basic healthcare and promote
health education in the local community.
The Kuria community also faces the same problem and are boarding ethnic group.
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