Child Regional Education Support Services (CRESS)

Name: Child Regional Education Support Services (CRESS)
Start: 2016-01-04
End: 2018-03-31
Location: Nairobi, Kenya

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Kenya Education Children Social work Education Children +1 Permanent

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Child Regional Education Support Services (CRESS) is a non-profit, Community based organization founded and registered in 2011. It operates in four slums in Eastern Nairobi, namely Korogocho, Kariobangi, Mathare and Gomongo. The organizations main objective is to make education accessible to the underprivileged children regardless of their religious, ethnic or racial backgrounds. CRESS also seeks to protect the children’s rights, build confidence in them, ensuring that the children grow into responsible adults who will bring positive change in the society. Furthermore CRESS empowers the community through various interventions such as providing educational support services, study desks, books and other basic learning materials to students, giving sanitary pads to girls, organizing environmental activities and holding awareness programs on HIV/AIDS in various slum schools.

💼 What the programme involves

- Assisting in teaching English, Mathematics, Social Sciences, Health & Hygiene and creative arts - Developing HIV/AIDS awareness activities for slum schools - Mentoring of youths - Playing with the children

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer will stay in a host family in Buruburu near the CIVS office. The host family will provide breakfast and dinner.

📍 About the location

The project is situated in Nairobi and volunteers can therefore easily visit the leisure sites of Nairobi, such as Nairobi National Park, Giraffe Center, Elephant Orphanage, National Museum, etc.

⚠️ Requirements

Sleeping bag, sleeping mat and mosquito net are necessary. You can also bring photos of your country, clothes, books, pens, toys etc.

ℹ️ Additional information

CIVS Kenya organizes tours and safaris to spectacular sites of interest in Kenya. Volunteers, who wish to participate, should let us know as soon as possible in order to enable us to make proper arrangements. The fee charged is all-inclusive of meals, transport, park entry fees, accommodation and tour guiding. The cost of a 3 days safari to Masai Mara National Reserve is 330 Euro.

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📅 Available sessions

CIVS/MLTV-17/17

31/03/2017 → 31/12/2017

Closed

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CIVS/MLTV-19/16

04/01/2016 → 31/12/2016

Closed

2 / 20

♂ 0/10 ♀ 2/10

CIVS/MLTV-17/17

01/01/2017 → 31/12/2017

Closed

0 / 10

♂ 0/5 ♀ 0/5

CIVS/MLTV-17/17

01/05/2017 → 31/03/2018

Closed

2 / 10

♂ 0/5 ♀ 2/5

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–100 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

Kariobangi, Nairobi, 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: 21:08 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Swahili