📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The program is organized together with the Primary School in Kitui since 2007. The school offers formal education to primary school students of Kitui area. The school is under the District Education Board and it serves children of all races. Currently the school has 25 classes and a Special Unit for the Blind. We aim to encourage the students to value education, mentor them, and demonstrate the power of voluntary service.
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteers will have an orientation in the beginning of the program to understand the objectives and expectations. The volunteers will be supporting the teachers in the school by teaching English, Math, Social sciences, Physical education, also tutoring the students, as well as counseling them. Guidance will be given to the volunteers by the teachers.
The volunteers will work 5 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. Saturday and Sunday are free. Sometimes, depending on the nature of work, the time can be extended.
🏠 Accommodation on site
At a host family. Please note that there will be electricity, but no shower and running water at the accommodation. Volunteers will be using buckets for bathing. Water will be boiled for drinking purposes and those who prefer can buy bottled water.
📍 About the location
Kitui is located in the Eastern part of Kenya, approximately 2.5 hours drive from Nairobi. Public transport is available. The closest Hospital, Markets, Post Office, Banks (ATMs), Internet and other social facilities are located in Kitui, 2 kilometers from the project site. The terrain is flat. The area is dry and hot.
🎒 Leisure activities
Visiting “Nzambani” rocks and “Syomasango” resort during the weekends.
⚠️ Requirements
18 and over.
English.
🤝 Meeting point
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi
ℹ️ Additional information
900 Euro for six months and 600 Euros for 3 months
Duration of the project: This is a 3-month long program, running January-March, May-July and September-November because of the schedule of the public schools in Kenya. April, August and December are school holidays.