Kimintet Pri. School
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About the project
Kimintet Pri. School
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Kimintet Boarding Primary School was founded in 1984, and is a mixed primary school. The boys and girls who attend Kimintet are between 6 and 15 years old. The school currently has 370 pupils and 18 teachers. The school has its own land with a title deed. It is a government school.
The school is situated along Maasai Mara Game reserve. The Mara is a large reserve in Narok County, Kenya contagious with the Serengeti National Park in Mara Region, Tanzania. It is named in honour of the Maasai people (the ancestral inhabitants of the area and their description of the area when looked at from afar, “Mara, which is Maa (Maasai language) for “spotted”, an apt description for the circles of trees, scrubs, savanna and cloud shadows that mark the area.
It is globally famous for its exceptional population of lions, leopards and cheetah, and the annual migration of zebra, Thomson’s gazelle and wildebeest to and from the Serengeti every year from July to October, known as the Great migration.
💼 What the programme involves
Teach, play, organize games, repair and build classrooms and live the Maasai life. Teaching English, sport and games, Intercultural exchange and Planting trees
Volunteers will facilitate educational activities with young children in the host community to promote culture. Twice a week, volunteers will be planting trees in local schools, community centres; planting is always done as a team effort together with school children or other community members.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay in school dormitories. Accommodations are very simple, there is running water, and meals will be prepared by volunteers. Beds and Mattresses will be provided. Volunteers are asked to carry; mosquito nets, sleeping bag, a pillow and water purifying tablets. Chess, playing and tents are also necessary.
🎒 Leisure activities
This project will provide opportunities for international volunteers to learn/ enjoy local life and exchange with local people, making a while experience life through the eyes of the locals and exploring the great seven wonders of Maasai Mara National Game Reserve. Volunteers will enjoy the beautiful savannah. Numerous plains games including antelopes, wild beasts, zebras, Maasai giraffes can be seen as well as scavengers like hyena and vulture. Volunteers will have the chance to take a guided safari on a weekend trip to go deeper into the Maasai Mara reserve to spot lions, gazelles and water buffalo.
🤝 Meeting point
ARRIVAL TERMINAL
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Orientation will begin in the morning of the 1st April 2022 at KVSO offices and volunteers will be picked up from the accommodation precincts and taken to the orientation place which will be conducted by KVSO staff in Nairobi and cover everything you need to know about the project placement with an introduction to the project, an introduction to Kenya and Maasai land, Maasai customs, language training (Kiswahili and Kimaasai), routes and expectations, safety, travel opportunities in Kenya. The orientation will also give them a chance to meet other volunteers and swap contact details for weekend travel and socializing.
ℹ️ Additional information
380€ which includes project work, housing, all meals, transport from the airport and to the project site, and 24 hours on side staff support.
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📅 Available sessions
KVSO 04/01
01/04/2023 at 00:00 → 26/04/2023 at 00:00
KVSO 04/01
01/04/2022 → 26/04/2022
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
379.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Maasai Mara National Reserve, 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
🗣️ Languages spoken