Bright Star Junior School
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About the project
Bright Star Junior School
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
💼 What the programme involves
Project Description
Bright Star Junior School offers academic development to children in the poorest areas of Diani, who are unable to join the available schools in the area due to a number of social challenges. Bright Star has been in the forefront of trying to get more children to go to school by convincing their parents, who at times are ignorant on the importance of education, by charging a very low monthly school fee or sometimes no contribution at all. Some of the children join school very late and struggle to catch up with the curriculum. By maintaining high quality education, given by qualified and experienced teachers, the school has been able to achieve very good results, especially when taking the background of the children into account.
Project Activities
• Teaching i.e. Mathematics, English and Social Work.
• Helping with the preparation and serving of meals during the feeding program.
• Engagement in co-curricular activities i.e. Sports, drama and music.
• Renovation works within the school
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will be accommodated at a house near the project institution where all meals shall be provided. There are toilets, bath shelters and a kitchen at the project available for use by the volunteers.
📍 About the location
Sites of Interest
Bright star Junior School is located aproximately 50 minutes from Mombasa City and volunteers can visit the old town, Fort Jesus and the Wasini island aproximately one hours drive by bus for expedition purposes. Other than that the School is just a few kilometres shy away from Diani beach and volunteers can go there to swim and unwind during there free afternoons.
⚠️ Requirements
🤝 Meeting point
Travel arrangements
Volunteers will travel to the project site by train to Mombasa there after take a car to the project site. The journey would take approximately 7 hours to get to the Project.
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
VACK/MLTV-03/2022
01/01/2022 → 01/11/2023
VACK/MLTV-03/2022AUTO-EXTAUTO-EXT
02/09/2025 at 00:00 → 03/07/2027 at 00:00
VACK2018MLTV06
08/11/2017 → 31/12/2018
VACK/MLTV-03/2022AUTO-EXT
02/11/2023 at 00:00 → 01/09/2025 at 00:00
VACK/MLTV/06
11/03/2016 → 31/03/2017
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
Diani Beach, 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: 21:05 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken