EDUCATION, ORPHANAGE CARE SUPPORT
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About the project
EDUCATION, ORPHANAGE CARE SUPPORT
📝 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
Home of Hope Children’s Centre is under the umbrella of Hope Self Help Project (HSHP) which is duly registered with the ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development. The Project was founded by Madam Sophia HSHP functional Mission and Vision is to reach out, rescue, rehabilitate, protect, and care for the less fortunate and vulnerable children in the community. Each Year Home of Hope Children’s Centre becomes a home and hope to street children, orphans, abandoned, abused, HIV & AIDS affected and infected, desperate and neglected children regardless of their religion, sex, colour or tribe, who have nowhere to call home and no one to care for them.
HOME OF HOPE CHILDREN’S CENTRE was founded in 2008 by Madam Sophia. HHCC is a non-profit making, non-political, non-governmental, Christian rehabilitation organization, a charity designed to help and educate disabled, orphans, vulnerable, abandoned, abused, desperate and neglected children regardless of their religion, sex, colour or tribe, who have nowhere to call home and no one to care for them. HHCC seeks out, rescues and rehabilitates these children for behaviour formation and transformation and provides a family environment where they can reform and get the necessary skills in order to be independent and valuable contributors to the communities and largely the country’s economic development.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
During the project, the volunteers will be involved in various educational activities with the children, such as teaching English, singing, drawing and making crafts, helping them with their homework, counseling. The volunteers will receive guidance from the teachers., Organizing games, drawing, singing, dancing, and other creative education and extracurricular activities like taking kids on Playgrounds, Helping kids to do homework, monitor academic progress, and make sure kids complete their homework, Sanitation (helping kids in brushing teeth, shower, and personal hygiene),Child care services for orphans who cannot go to school Help kids to dress up and reach school safely Help with administration, running errands and other activities or programs designed for kids.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation is with 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 tap water 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
Malindi, near Mombasa.
⚠️ 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. However, specialized skills and expertise (such as early childhood education, teaching math, English, sciences, tutoring) will be used accordingly. Volunteers are expected to love kids and be motivated to spend time with them.
🤝 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
200 Euros per month or 600 Euros per 3 months.
One to six months.
Orientation meeting will take place in Nairobi before proceeding to the project.
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
GVDAMLTV09AUTO-EXTAUTO-EXTAUTO-EXT
31/12/2025 at 00:00 → 30/12/2026 at 00:00
GVDAMLTV09AUTO-EXT
01/01/2024 at 00:00 → 30/12/2024 at 00:00
GVDAMLTV09
01/01/2022 → 31/12/2022
GVDAMLTV09
01/01/2023 at 00:00 → 31/12/2023 at 00:00
GVDAMLTV09AUTO-EXTAUTO-EXT
31/12/2024 at 00:00 → 30/12/2025 at 00:00
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
Malindi, 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