KAIMOSI SPECIAL SCHOOL

Name: KAIMOSI SPECIAL SCHOOL
Start: 2020-07-18
End: 2020-08-04
Location: Kaimosi, Kenya

Kenya People with disabilities Farming People with disabilities Farming Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Kaimosi Special School was founded by missionaries from Quakers Friends church in the year 1987 with an aim of empowering the disabled people (both mentally and physically) from the communities. The project also was to give them basic education and hope for future life as well as to make them be self-reliant and integrate them into the society. Currently the School hosts about 104 disabled people who are children and young adults whose ages range from 6 years to about 32 years and they are from different communities. Most of the beneficiaries have autistism, down syndrome, other mental challenges, multiple handicapped and epileptic and therefore they are engaged to different classes according to their disabilities and their level of understanding. The school offer skills to them in different classes such as Autism class, Foundation class, and intermediate class, prevocational and vocational class. The school is now a full boarding national school which is supported by the government of Kenya and the friend’s Quaker church.

💼 What the programme involves

Working with disabled people/ Cultural heritage  The volunteers will be involved in the following areas:  Helping in preparation of meals, serving and feeding the children  Engaging in farm work activities of the school and general cleaning  Helping in nursing services such as taking care of the sick and giving them medicine  Engaging in dressmaking and tailoring  Training children vocational skills such as agriculture, weaving, tailoring, carpentry and bead work  Playing together with children through extracurricular activities such a sports and dance  Assisting with physiotherapy skills  Assisting in mobility  Organizing and Giving guiding and counseling sessions

🏠 Accommodation on site

ARRIVAL AT THE AIRPORT We will pick up all volunteers taking part in this workcamp from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. CIVS will arrange accommodation before and after the workcamp in a host family in the Buruburu area of Nairobi. ACCOMMODATION Accommodation will be at the project in this workcamp and it is important that you have your own sleeping bag and mat. During the workcamp, volunteers will get food from locally available foodstuffs and the volunteers will share the responsibility of preparing the food.

📍 About the location

In this workcamp, the volunteers can visit Cultural stones of heritage, Tea plantations, Kakamega forest and Lake Victoria.

⚠️ Requirements

WHAT TO CARRY Volunteers are required to carry the following items for the workcamp: mosquito net, torch/flashlight, toiletries, first-aid kit, sleeping bag, sleeping bag, sleeping mat, sleeping working gloves, sandals and sunscreen. In addition to those, volunteers can also carry the following items for interaction purposes: pictures of your country, clothes, toys, books, pens, etc. CAMP FEES Volunteers participating in this project will be required to pay 265 Euros. This cost will include:  Airport pick up upon arrival & Airport drop off after the workcamp  Up to 3 nights’ accommodation in Nairobi  Introduction to Kenyan life through a Nairobi City Centre Tour before the workcamp  Workcamp Orientation at the CIVS office in Nairobi or the workcamp site  Food (breakfast, lunch, dinner)  Workcamp facilitation and mentoring of volunteers by an experienced workcamp leader  Certificate of participation for the volunteer  All administrative costs

ℹ️ Additional information

SAFARI OPTION CIVS organizes safaris to all the spectacular National Parks and touristic sites in Kenya, with the main attraction being Maasai Mara Game Reserve. Volunteers who wish to go on a safari should apply at least two weeks before arrival to enable us to make proper arrangements. The fee charged is all-inclusive of meals, transport, park entry, accommodation and tour guiding. Safari dates: 15th to 17th 2020 Charges: 3-day Safari to Maasai Mara National Park, 340Euro

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📅 Available sessions

CIVS/STV-07:03/2020

18/07/2020 → 04/08/2020

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–75 years old

Solidarity donation

265.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Kaimosi, 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: 21:12 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Swahili