Maasai Mara National Reserve
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About the project
Maasai Mara National Reserve
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
ACoH is a community development organization fighting poverty through various Volunteering and Community Development programs in Kenya.is a nonprofit and nongovernmental 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 and strengthen multicultural understanding increase cooperation between Kenyan communities and people living in developed world through a range of development programs.
OUR UNIVERSAL MISSION
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.
OUR UNIVERSAL VISION
Envision a community living a life of dignity and hope through voluntarism
ACoH envisions a world where which volunteers services by people of all nations is common strategy in meeting pressing challenges in education, health, environment, agriculture and more. We seek foster an international and innovation culture of races, ethnicities and religious beliefs together in a common purpose.
OUR OVERALL OBJECTIVES
To provide and organize voluntary service activities in cooperation with local communities as well as other local national and international organizations as means of fostering greater confidence between people of different social cultural and religious background by working learning and living together.
💼 What the programme involves
Activities for the volunteers:
Teach, play, and organize games, Teaching English, sport and games, Intercultural exchange, planting trees
Volunteers will facilitate educational activities with young children in the host community to promote culture. Volunteers will be planting trees in local schools, community centers; planting is always done as a team effort together with school children or other community members. An essential part of this education. As a volunteer, you will be involved in educating children on the importance of their natural environment and world heritage site.
Sensitize the international and local volunteers, the local community as well as the concerned authorities around issues related to world Heritage. Increase the contribution by the youth and voluntary service organization to WHV, promotion and reservation with activities planned on the basic of the concrete needs of the site and in coordination with the site management and local/ national authorities. This provides challenging opportunities to young people to go beyond borders, share cultures, and work together to preserve natural sites, restore archaeological finds, and raise awareness amongst local communities about their heritage. The activities will integrate hands-on skills training and workshops geared towards encouraging youth volunteers to acquire abilities and basic preventive, preservation and conservation skills. In addition working sessions will be held on issues related to World Heritage, including activities carried out together with local communities.
🏠 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. Toilets are basic, and hot water will be limited, but available at night.
🍲 Food
Food will be provided by the association.
📍 About the location
Maasai Mara and by the locals as The Mara is a large reserve in Narok County, Kenya contagious with the Serengeti National Park in Mara Region, Tanzania. It is named in honor 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.
🎒 Leisure activities
Truly unique life changing experience called “out of this world”. You won’t be the same person afterwards. This 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. Take a guided safari on a weekend trip deeper into the Maasai Mara to spot lions, gazelles and water bucks.
⚠️ Requirements
Volunteer to carry; mosquito nets, sleeping bag, a pillow and water purifying tablets. Chess, playing and tents are necessary.
🤝 Meeting point
Day 1: Arrival and pick up from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in Nairobi, Kenya and transfer to host family home or hostel.
Day 2: Morning: registration and start of orientation. About 4 hours lecture at the home of your host. Topics covered during orientation lecture will include East African culture, history, customs, politics, geography, and necessary health precautions, and various other topics, such as the diversity of Kenyan life. Afternoon is free for exploring rural Kenyan life and getting to know your host family.
Orientation will begin in the morning of the 3rd July 2022 at ACoH offices and you will be picked up from accommodation and taken to the orientation will be conducted by ACoH Staff in Nairobi and cover everything you need to know about your project placement.
ℹ️ Additional information
300 EUROS which includes project work, housing, all Meals, transport from the airport and/return to the project site, and 24 hours on side staff support.
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
ACoH 07/2
04/07/2022 → 25/07/2022
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
310.00 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: 21:34 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken