Geli Community Academy
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About the project
Geli Community Academy
📝 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
The volunteers will be involved in; community activities, environmental clean-ups and education, landscaping, intercultural exchange activities, construction work, brick making, farming, fencing, tree planting, HIV /AIDS awareness creation and education.
The work involves landscaping, making bricks, the construction of classes at Geli Community Academy Education Centre, foreign language training, fencing, water tanks installation and piping, gate construction, green houses construction.
To ensure that all children get quality education food protection
To produce better leaders in the community
To change life of all orphanage
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be living in the school compound, pit latrines and local bathrooms will be used, no electricity and no internet.
📍 About the location
Geli Community Academy orphans project was started in the year 2015.We started by donating clothes, food and uniforms to poor orphans in Kisumu Mowlem Community.
🎒 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 a local market, play soccer and participate in other community activities. They will be an opportunity to visit the vast and most beautiful Kakamega forest with different species of birds and collobus monkeys. Also other touristic places like Maasai mara,crying stone, lake Victoria for bird watching, hippo search boat ride and eat Tilapia Fish Alongside the lake
⚠️ Requirements
Volunteers must be over 18.
🤝 Meeting point
ARRIVAL TERMINAL – Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
ℹ️ Additional information
Orientation will begin in the morning of the 31st March 2022 at the offices of the organization and you will be picked up from accommodation and taken to the orientation will be conducted by the staff in Nairobi and cover everything you need to know about your project placement. Introduction to Kenya and Luhya land, Luhya customs, 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 for weekend travel and socializing.
PROJECT 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 04/1
01/04/2022 → 21/04/2022
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
Nairobi Rd, Kisumu, 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: 21:16 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken