Kanana Hill Academy
Kenya
Children
Manual work
Education
Children
Manual work
+1
Fixed dates
About the project
Kanana Hill Academy
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
KVDA is an indigenous, non-political and membership organization which is non-sectarian and non-profit making started in 1962 as a work camp organization registered under the Societies' Act. In 1993, KVDA was registered as a Non-Governmental organization by the establishment of the NGOs Coordination Act.
Vision Statement of KVDA: We envisage KVDA as an organization with a large membership working towards the improvement of quality of life of the community.
Mission Statement of KVDA: Mobilizing all-purpose resources to support community development initiatives.
Core Values or Operating Principles
· Promotion of voluntarism.
· Transparency and accountability.
· Participatory evaluation of projects.
· Local community ownership of projects:
· Continuous research and development.
· Regular follow up of projects.
· A learning organization.
· Documentary evidence of processes and events.
Strategic Objectives
· Afford voluntary service opportunities to young people.
· Mobilize communities to action.
· Supplement formal education with experiential learning.
· Create awareness amongst Kenyan communities about development issues.
· Foster global peace, friendship and understanding.
· Mobilizing all-purpose resources to promote grassroots development
Values
KVDA has a 62-year history of working to “develop against dependence“ while cultivating trust and friendships with volunteers and partner organizations all over the world. The three mandates of the organization are as follows:
â– The Association shall be a non-profit, non-governmental, non-religious and non-political Association, whose inspiration is the furtherance of peace, friendship, understanding, development, democracy and equality among peoples of different cultures and backgrounds.
â– The Association is dedicated to seeking opportunities for young men and women from diverse national, cultural and educational backgrounds to live, work and share life and experiences in order to improve their world, to provide voluntary services to marginalized communities, to acquire alternative education, to gather information and build international cooperation.
â– The Association is further dedicated to mobilizing resources within and across national borders to support community development initiatives whose aims are to eradicate poverty and human suffering as well as to promote democracy and justice among peoples.
💼 What the programme involves
Project overview
Kanana Hill Academy was founded in January 2019. It is located in Kanana village, Pongwe Kikoneni location, Lunga Lunga constituency in Kwale county.
The school is registered with the Ministry of education
The school is located on Mombasa-Dar es Salaam highway and it is about 80 Kms from Mombasa town just after the Ukunda major tourist town.
The acreage of the school is about 4.2 hectares.
The school is a mixed private school with a population of 150 pupils and 12 teachers.
Aims and objectives:
1. To provide good learning opportunities to young learners
2. To provide learning opportunities to the less privileged in society
3. To provide friendly environment to the learners
4. To shape and produce future leaders with vision
5. To be the leading institution in academic excellence
The composition of the community around is the Digo, Duruma and Giriama in the South Coast of Kenya bordering the Indian Ocean.
Manual work and Intercultural activities:
• Digging classrooms foundation
• Carrying water and sand to the construction site
• Mixing sand, cement and water for renovation work
• Laying of concrete blocks
• Clearing the bushes in the school garden
• Home visits to experience challenges of development at the grassroots
🏠 Accommodation on site
• Volunteers will stay in a homestead within the community with basic living conditions.
• Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges.
• There is electricity in this homestead
• KVDA will provide foodstuffs and volunteers will cook their own meals in turns. Water is available from springs and it is recommended that drinking water should be boiled or medicated. Mineral water available at supermarkets is recommended.
• There is electricity connection at the project and the volunteers have an opportunity to use electric appliances.
• Furthermore, we invite you to bring typical food, spices, drinks, games and music from your country (for an intercultural evening) – and a lot of motivation!
📍 About the location
Volunteer have the opportunity to visit local villages and experience cultural diversity among the Digo and Giriama communities from the legendary Mijikenda Community who occupy the expansive coast of Kenya
KVDA offers educational tours to spectacular sites of interests and we welcome volunteers interested to request through email for specific information.
We look forward to welcoming you to our wonderful country Kenya.
⚠️ Requirements
WHAT TO CARRY:
• Working clothes, light clothes during working hours and warm clothes especially during camp fire.
• Gloves
• Mosquito net and mosquitoes’ repellent
• Musical instrument {optional}
• Sleeping bag, mat and a pillow.
• Torch or flash light
• Water purifiers {optional}.
• Personal effects {i.e. soap, toothpaste, toiletries}
• National flag of your country
• Meals you will prepare to be shared among the participants during the cultural nights from your country.
• Donations in form of books or learning materials appropriate for Primary school children, toys, balls, e.t.c. are welcome.
• Kindly note that medical donations are inappropriate.
• A happy and positive attitude
ℹ️ Additional information
THEME: advocacy against gender-based violence in society
Gender based violence within the society is multi-pronged, the female gender at the receiving end of menfolk malevolence; perpetuated by cultural impunity.
Gender based violence within the society is multi-pronged and it either involves wife battering or husband battering and these cases are legion in some communities in Kenya and there is an urgent need to combat the malady.
Primary causes:
-Law enforcing bodies frustrating women who report cases of being beaten by their husbands -Alcohol and drug abuse by the husband
Main Objective: To reduce the cases of domestic violence
-Failure of men to provide basic needs at home/ unemployment of husbands which leads to frustration
-Men think they are superior in homes than women/women considered as property
Secondary causes:
-Infidelity in marriage that causes them not to respect each other
-Polygamy; boys who grow up from violent homes too can be violent in their homes
-Dowry and bride price paid for women: men feel they own them
Specific Objectives: ï±
-To create awareness on women's rights as partners in marriage
-To train men and women on conflict management
-To sensitize law enforcement on domestic violence
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
KVDA/STV/08C
07/08/2026 → 28/08/2026
Volunteers registered
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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
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: 21:01 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
Swahili