Product Details
As an orphan and teaching volunteer you will spend 4 of the five week days at one of our 7 schools.
During your four days at the school you will generally divide your day into teaching in the morning and practical and resource development work in the afternoon (the major development work in the schools is done over the school holiday months of April, August and December).
Every second Wednesday morning you will be assisting at the local Limuru feeding programme and in the afternoon you will head to a school on the outskirts of the rift valley where you will get involved in some practical development of the schools which boards children with varying levels of functional impairments.
Friday mornings you will take the long drive to the Nairoib Slums to enjoy sport and craft activities with the children at the 3 primary schools.
The highlights
- Assist in orphanages, pre-schools, primary and special education schools.
- Work with disadvantaged and vulnerable children.
- Assisting and working with the teachers and carers to enhance the learning environment
- Helping uplift the community through education.
- Gain teaching experience in a challenging environment which is under-resourced, understaffed and over-crowded.
- Work on school and orphanage refurbishment, development teaching aids and other building projects.
- Assist in the general running of the classroom by providing a extra pair of hands and supervision and input to the children , which is greatly appreciated by the already overwhelmed teachers.
- Get a glimpse of life in the slums of Nairobi and have the opportunity to make a difference in a poor and desperate community.
- Make friends for life
- A great platform to experience some of the finest safari destinations on the continent
What's included
- Project Fee: this entails financing that goes directly back into the project that you are involved with. This project fee facilitates funding for items such as building materials, equipment, supplies, foodstuffs, etc. Project fees are also used to buy vehicles and equipment as well as for developing new housing for volunteers to provide for the expansion of the project.
- All airport transfers from Nairobi Airport upon your arrival and departure
- Orientation program
- All daily transfers to and from your projects during your stay
- Full board and lodging which includes 3 meals a day at Brackenhurst Baptist International Centre, Limuru
- Weekly laundry service during your stay
- Assistance in your projects by various African Impact staff and volunteer coordinators. Full support from African Impact and your coordinator throughout your time on your Limuru placement
Where will I sleep?
You will be staying at the Brackenhurst International Centre, where you will be staying at our African Impact volunteer house. Brackenhurst provides secure accommodation with everything that you will need. Internet and phone services are readily available.
You will be sharing a room with other volunteers (maximum of four in one room). Your room is fully furnished. A cook will be provided to cook for you in the kitchen of one of the cottages. Included are laundry (twice a week) and house keeping services on a regular basis. The volunteer house also provides a great lounge area with a fireplace and satellite TV, which will be a wonderful social area for all volunteers.
