Imani Children’s Home
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About the project
Imani Children’s Home
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Imani Children’s home Orphanage was started in 1993 as a jigger program helping curb jiggers in children mostly, this was done until 2010 where the founder met a small girl called Eunice Amita who changed the whole idea of the project from only doing the jiggers programme to starting a children’s home that would carefully for neglected, abandoned and orphaned children. The project has grown over the years, currently having 25 children:12 boys and 13 girls; with this number of children Imani Children’s home started their own school where they could control the type of quality education offered to the kids and now the children can communicate fluently in English. The school is also opened to the community which helps the children be well integrated with the other children in the community.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will assist with projects that aim to encourage youth from disadvantaged communities to further their education and personal development. In addition to promoting the importance of education, individuals may be also be encouraged to undertake vocational training where they are able to gain key job skills. Volunteers may create social workshops or run specific skills-based workshops such as language classes, computing, sports, drama or music. Extra activities: helping the children with their homework, washing the kids, their clothes, helping in office work, Jiggers programme mostly field work and visiting school and children affected, cooking and giving food to small kids.
Volunteers will help to organize and facilitate activities, set-up/ clean up, meals and snack preparation and help in serving support in teaching English and other subjects in orphanages.
Provide practical help such as gardening, and baby –sitting or painting and decorating. Involve in the care, safety, security and overall well - being of children who range in age from infancy to teen, feed them, wash them take them to class and play with the kids.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay in the hostel inside the orphanage home. Meals will be prepared by house parents with the help of volunteers.
🎒 Leisure activities
Most of the 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 the Indian Ocean for sunrise, sunset, sun bathing and do a safari drive at the Tsavo East and West National Park.
🤝 Meeting point
ARRIVAL TERMINAL
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Orientation will begin in the morning of the 3rd March 2022 at KVSO offices and volunteers will be picked up from accommodation and taken to the orientation which will be conducted by KVSO staff or coordinator. The orientation will cover everything they need to know about the project placement with an introduction to Kenya and Swahili land, Swahili customs, and expectations, safety, travel opportunities in Kenya. The orientation will also give them a chance to meet other volunteers and swap contact details for weekend travel and socializing.
ℹ️ Additional information
300€ 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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📅 Available sessions
KVSO 03/01
04/03/2023 at 00:00 → 26/03/2023 at 00:00
KVSO 03/01
04/03/2022 → 26/03/2022
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, 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