Miwani Primary School

Name: Miwani Primary School
Start: 2020-10-03
End: 2020-10-24
Location: Malindi, Kenya

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Kenya Education Renovation Education Renovation Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Project background

 Miwani Primary School is in the north coast, situated in Miwani village, Ganda location in Malindi Constituency. It is a community school run by Maziwani Primary School with the full support of both the community and the local government. Miwani has 158 pupils with a team of 9 teachers who work under very difficult and appalling situation in order to educate these kids. The village has a population of about 1000 people respectively.

 The school was established in 2011 following the need to start another school given that the population had increased and the other public schools were a distance away. As it were, a few structures were set up with the help of local government and the school began running.

 The school is in the heart of the village and enjoys serenity and tranquility of nature. However, most community members lack education thus is faced with a lot of economic hardships and poverty as a result.

 Therefore, the support extended to the school remains minimal considering the life challenges that they undergo. In order to seal this gap, Mafanikio has partnered with the school, local government and the county government in order to provide intervention measures to improve the school infrastructure, provision of learning instructional materials, international volunteer services and school feeding program as a way of providing a conducive learning environment.

Project description

The project has short and long term goals that shall ensure that it stands on its own after a span of two years. Some of the goals include;

 Teaching Mathematics, English & Social studies

 Sports & games activities

 Community meetings participation

 Community development

 Identifying weak students and focusing on their potential strengths

 Assisting the head teacher in admin work

The short term goals include;

1. Providing furniture to the teachers (tables & chairs)

2. Construction of 3 Toilets

The long term goals;

1. Borehole

2. Classrooms and

3. Fence

The government has pledged to construct two classrooms in aid of school development. As a way of supporting the school, the local government together with other stakeholders shall organize for a fundraising for another classroom in December 2017.

Activities

 Offering teaching services to the children especially in Maths, English & Science

 Organizing educational trips and talent show activities

 Helping out in the poultry project (management & operation) and to some extent manual work

 Supporting school administration

💼 What the programme involves

Volunteer tasks

 Teaching Mathematics, English & Social studies

 Sports & games activities

 Community meetings participation

 Community development

 Identifying weak students and focusing on their potential strengths

🏠 Accommodation on site

ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS
• Volunteers will stay in classrooms at the School with very basic living conditions. Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges.
• 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 also recommended.
• The Government policy to install ICT in primary schools has seen connectivity to the national power grid for most educational institutions in Kenya and this makes it easy for volunteers to use electric appliances while at the project.
• 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

Coast Kenya in Malindi County

⚠️ Requirements

What to carry?
This is outlined in the detailed info sheet and includes, sleeping bag and mat, toiletries, torch/flashlight, sandals, mosquito net, national flag from your country, among others

🤝 Meeting point

Airport pick-up services:
• The port of entry to Kenya is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi
• Airport pick up will be done on provision of full flight details.

• The volunteers will be taken to KVDA Residence for accommodation at subsidized fee

ℹ️ Additional information

Participation FEES
The project participation fees that is all-inclusive for the 3- week work camp is Euro 300

WHAT DOES THE PARTICIPATION FEES COVER?
Project preparation cycle, return transfer from the airport and the project, KVDA administration, orientation, certificate of participation, project coordination, facilitation, evaluation and monitoring
WHAT IS NOT COVERED?
Excursion activities, local travel while in the community, personal effects, needs and wants.

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📅 Available sessions

KVDA/STV/10A

03/10/2020 → 24/10/2020

Closed

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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

Sabaki Center, Malindi, 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: 21:32 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Swahili