AGRICULTURE FOOD SECURITY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

Name: AGRICULTURE FOOD SECURITY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
Start: 2022-01-01
End: 2026-12-30
Location: Kitale, Kenya

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Kenya Farming Environment Farming Environment Permanent

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

GVDA is a leading International non-profit making organization established in Kenya in 1997 to build partnership by empowering young leaders to advance community development and strengthen multicultural understanding, increase cooperation between Kenyan communities and people living in developed world through a range of development programs;

GVDA seeks to improve international and cross-cultural understanding by providing opportunities for international volunteers to live alongside, learn from and share skills with Kenya communities.

GVDA programmes combines, short group, mid , internship long term International volunteer positions, community immersion, cross-cultural learning, ecotourism, community tourism, adventure and community services of people of all ages.

💼 What the programme involves

Manor House Agricultural Centre (MHAC) is a Nonprofit Charitable Organization established in 1884 to promote Bio intensive Agriculture (BIA) for improving livelihoods among Kenyan communities. BIA for improving livelihoods among Kenyan communities. BIA is an ecological smallholder farming system which increases yields 2-4 times per unit land area more than in conventional methods. Manor House promotes the farming technology (BIA) through; training, research and extension.

– Seed bed preparation (manual with hand garden tools) - deep soil preparation (Double- digging)
– Manual compost making, making of liquid manure for small holder use.
– Agro-forestry and nursery management/ grafting, planting: close spacing in diagonal offset in rows by hand, practical non-chemical pest and disease management, identification, extraction and establishment of herbs for pest and disease management in crops, making a bee hive (langstroth and Kenya top bar hive)

🏠 Accommodation on site

At a host family. Please note that you will share the typical living conditions of a Kenyan family. There will be electricity, but no shower and pipe water/taps 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

Kitale Town is located in the rift valley part of Kenya, approximately 8 hours’ drive from Nairobi. Transport to the project will be by public transport. Post Office, Banks (ATMs), Internet and other social facilities are located in Kitale Town.

⚠️ Requirements

Special requirements: No particular expertise or skills required. Participants should have a positive attitude, be ready to adopt and enjoy simple living conditions, and be flexible and patient.

🤝 Meeting point

You will be met by our representative at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi from where you are transferred to the accommodations in Nairobi itself. Volunteers who will be already in Kenya or arriving overland would need to give us their contact details so that the pickup can be arranged from a specific location.

ℹ️ Additional information

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

200.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Kitale, Kenya

Kenya

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Kenyan Shilling (KES / KSh)

Exchange rate

1 KES = 0.006892 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

East Africa Time

Local time: 21:40 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Host family Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Swahili