AHERO MEDICAL CENTRE
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About the project
AHERO MEDICAL CENTRE
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Our partner is a community development organization fighting poverty through various Volunteering and Community Development programs in Kenya. It is a non-profit and non-governmental organization established in 2013 in Kenya to promote peace, global citizenship and community development and cultural exchange through international volunteering programs by empowering young people to advance community development, strengthen multicultural understanding and increase cooperation between Kenyan communities and people living in developed world through a range of development programs. Their mission is to build the spirit of volunteerism which provide integral sustainable and human development and encouraging partnership in caring of environment by inspiring voluntarism and enabling nations and people to improve their quality of life without compromising the future generations.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteer will attend to outpatient and also help in the wards, improving the access to long acting methods of family planning at the facility among other reproductive health services, guiding and cancelling, HIV& AIDs sensitization.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay in the host family. Accommodations are very simple, there is running water, electricity. Beds and Mattresses will be provided.
🍲 Food
Meals will be prepared by volunteers.
📍 About the location
Ahero Medical Centre is a privately owned medical clinic located in Kakamie sub location, (Situated along Ahero/Kisii highway, 200m from the junction) Onjiko location, Nyando division, Nyando Constituency in Kisumu County. The medical clinic has 26 beds, opens on weekends, and operates 24 Hours a day, no special services currently listed under this facility. The facility was operational as of October 2015.
🎒 Leisure activities
Most of our free time will be spent sharing culture and friendship with local community members and the other volunteers on the project. There will be an opportunity to visit a local market, visit Kisumu for boat ride, at the lake side, hippo search, kit mikai Dunga hill camp crying stone.
⚠️ Requirements
Volunteers must be over 18.
ℹ️ Additional information
Orientation will begin in the morning of the 3rd December 2022 at ACoH offices and you will be Picked up from accommodation and taken to the orientation will be conducted by ACoH staff in Nairobi and cover everything you need to know about your project placement. Introduction to Kenya and luo land, luo customs, language and expectations, safety, travel opportunities in Kenya, introduction to your project and placement. The orientation will also give you a chance to meet other volunteers and swap contact details.
EXTRA FEE
300 EUROS which includes project work, housing, all Meals, transport from the airport and to the project site, and 24 hours on side staff support.
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
ACoH 012/03
04/12/2022 → 25/12/2022
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
300.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Ahero, 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: 21:07 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken