Jiggers Project

Name: Jiggers Project
Start: 2024-06-01
End: 2027-01-01
Location: Kenya

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Kenya Social work Social work Permanent

About the project

Jiggers Project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Join our community volunteer program and make a meaningful impact in Kwale, Kenya. The Jiggers Project is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children, with additional efforts to empower teenage mothers, advocate against gender-based violence (GBV), and raise mental health awareness among women and girls in the community.

💼 What the programme involves

Project Activities:

• Jiggers Treatment and Prevention:

- Treat children in schools and villages who are vulnerable to jiggers, a parasitic infection.
- Provide medical care including anti-parasitic treatments and wound care.
- Educate children and community members on jigger infestation prevention techniques, such as proper hygiene and environmental management.
- Identify and support children who cannot access regular medical facilities, ensuring they receive necessary treatment.
- Conduct follow-up visits to monitor recovery and ensure sustained health benefits.

Volunteers' role :

• Conduct treatment sessions for children afflicted with jiggers ;
• Educate parents, teachers, and community members on jigger prevention and proper hygiene practices ;
• Work in collaboration with local health professionals and community leaders ;
• Document treatment processes and progress to track the impact of the project.

Additional possible activities of the volunteers :

• Organize health education sessions for community members to improve overall health literacy ;
• Participate in community beach clean-up projects to promote environmental health ;
• Assist in fundraising and donation drives to support ongoing medical and educational initiatives.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Les volontaires seront logés dans notre maison de volontaires à Diani, dans des chambres partagées avec d'autres volontaires.

🍲 Food

You will be provided with three meals a day for the duration of your placement at the volunteer house based on what is available in the local market.

🤝 Meeting point

Volunteers can either arrive through Nairobi Airport or Mombasa International Airport and our team members will be there to receive you and take you to the volunteer house.