AGRICULTURE FOOD SECURITY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

Name: AGRICULTURE FOOD SECURITY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
Start: 2019-01-01
End: 2019-12-31
Location: Kitale, Kenya

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Kenya Farming Farming Permanent

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

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.

💼 What the programme involves

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 in BIA beds, companion planting and crop rotation, practical non-chemical pest and disease management, identification, extraction and establishment of herbs for pest and disease management in crops, the village seed selection and saving of open pollinated crops (indigenous vegetables), mix farming farms, the rural indigenous chicken rearing system (free range), 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 western 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

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 The program will run for a minimum of 1 month and a maximum of 6 months. The program is running throughout the year.

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📅 Available sessions

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01/01/2019 → 31/12/2019

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

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: 21:54 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Swahili