KAKAMEGA FOREST DISPENSARY
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About the project
KAKAMEGA FOREST DISPENSARY
📝 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
Antenatal, Antiretroviral Therapy, Curative Outpatient Services, Family Planning, Growth Monitoring and Promotion, HIV Counseling and Testing, Immunization, Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses, Prevention of Mother to Child transmission of HIV, Tuberculosis Diagnosis, Tuberculosis Labs, Tuberculosis Treatments
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay in the host family. Accommodations are very simple, there is running water. Beds and Mattresses will be provided.
🍲 Food
Meals will be prepared by volunteers.
📍 About the location
Kakamega Forest Dispensary is a Government health centre located in Virhembe Sub-location, Shinyalu Constituency in Kakamega County.
🎒 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 a local market, visit Kisumu for boat ride, tilapia fish at the lake side, crying stone.
⚠️ Requirements
Volunteers must be at least 18.
🤝 Meeting point
Orientation will begin in the morning of the 2nd December 2022 at our partner’s offices and you will be picked up from accommodation and taken to the orientation will be conducted by our partner’s staff in Nairobi and cover everything you need to know about your project placement. Introduction to Kenya and Luhya land, luhya customs, language and expectations, safety, travel opportunities in Kenya, introduction to your project and placement.
ℹ️ Additional information
Each volunteer pays 300€
The fee covers the following:
• project work
• housing
• all meals
• transport from the airport and to the project site
• 24 hours on site staff support.
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
ACoH 012 /01
03/12/2022 → 23/12/2022
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
6VP8+GHQ Kakamega Forest Station, Kakamega, 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: 21:31 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken