Jenracy Children's Home
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About the project
Jenracy Children's Home
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
CIVS Kenya is a community development agency operating especially in the marginalized and poverty-stricken rural areas of Kenya. We pursue an integrated socio-economic and cultural development approach in the fight against poverty and social exclusion of Kenyan communities under the maxim “DEVELOPMENT BY PEOPLE”. We believe that people should retain the responsibility for their own development while CIVS supports, guides and mentors their efforts with innovative and customized high quality services. CIVS achieves this aims through its two program areas: International Voluntary Service (IVS) and Community Development. The INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTARY SERVICE is designed for people who want the chance to make a real difference in the fight against poverty, fostering development by the people as well as developing harmonious relations among people of different backgrounds and cultures. We organize short term, medium and long term and weltwärts project attachments throughout the year both in cities and rural areas for volunteers to offer their services as they learn, gain exposure and experience. Our COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT activities focus on the areas of Food Security, Water & Sanitation, Vulnerable Children & HIV/AIDS, Good Governance and Emergency Relief in order to mitigate the effects of hunger, environmental degradation, diseases and mismanagement of public resources.
💼 What the programme involves
Jenracy Children's Home was established in 2009 with a lady who realised that there were many orphaned children within the neighborood who came from poor families and majority of the parents were either infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. The main objective of the project is to support the oprhans and vulnerable children through provision of basic needs such as food, shelter, clothing, education and health care. The home has managed to support over 100 children of whom some of them are working and some are in colleges. They currently have over 40 pupils who have managed to be educated at Modern Care School, a private school that has offered subsided school fees rates to enable children continue with primary education. Since its formation, the project has purchased land and is planning to construct a permanent school and a home tu support the OVCs.
The volunteers's activities will be:
- empowering the minors to be self reliant through provision of skills lessons
- helping with preparation and serving meals
- assisting local volunteers with provision of basic needs to the children such as cooking, cleaning, ...
- assisting in teaching English, Mathematics, Sociual Sciences, Healt&Hygiene and creative arts
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will stay in a host family, which is about 15 minutes drive from the project. The host family will provide both breakfast and dinner to the volunteers.
📍 About the location
The project is located in Sinai Slums in Donholm along Jogoo Road, Nairobi County
🎒 Leisure activities
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.
⚠️ Requirements
Sleeping bag, sleeping mat and mosquito net are necessary. You can also bring photos of your country, clothes, books, pens, toys etc.
🤝 Meeting point
When you are booking your flight, please make sure that your arrival is at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi.
There will be an orientation seminar for new volunteers lasting three days including Nairobi city introduction. Our monthly orientation seminar starts on the first Monday every month. It would be good if the volunteers can arrive at least one day before the orientation starts.
ℹ️ Additional information
There will be an orientation seminar for new volunteers lasting three days including Nairobi city introduction and project placement.
The project will be available throughout the year.
The participation fees are 200€/month (staying of 2 months and longer), or 250€ for 1 month only.
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
CIVS/MLTV-12/18
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2018
CIVS/MLTV-12/18
09/02/2018 → 08/02/2019
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
250.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Donholm, 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: 22:01 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🗣️ Languages spoken