PROVINCIAL GENERAL HOSPITAL
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About the project
PROVINCIAL GENERAL HOSPITAL
📝 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
Volunteers interns Volunteer will be working and engage different target groups within the communities explaining to the community how T.B is a social problem, it is not just for those who are ill. Volunteer will be working with local medical doctors and support the health delivery system and will be attending to TB patients HIV/AIDs, giving drugs and recording, booking patients.
Attending to pregnant mother clinic/family planning, giving children injections and weighing and Laboratory services.
Kakamega hospital Maternal and child health unit (MCH)- which is near the main gate of Kakamega provincial general hospital in Kenya, serves people who seek out patient curatives services, immunization for under five years children, family planning, and HIVAIDS guiding and counseling in Kakamega. The Kakamega MCH unit is divided into rooms to provide these services.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be living in the guest house or host family; there is toilet tap clean water. Electricity and internet is available close to town.
📍 About the location
Kakamega Provincial General Hospital is situated in Kakamega town. In western Kenya in Kakamega County, which is the second most populated county after Nairobi County in Kenya. Kakamega Provincial General Hospital in Kenya receives referrals from neighboring counties in Kenya such as Vihiga County (Vihiga district hospital in Kenya), Bungoma County (Bungoma district hospital in Kenya) and various hospitals in Busia County in Kenya. The bed capacity of Kakamega Provincial General Hospital in Kenya is 448 bed and 80 cots.
Kakamega provincial hospital in Kenya is among the approved hospitals for practice of students pursuing medical courses in Kenya, and also the internship of medical students in Kenya who graduate from their respective courses.
🎒 Leisure activities
Most of our 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 the town any time at your free time, play soccer and participate in other community activities. They will be an opportunity to visit the vast and most beautiful Kakamega forest with different species of birds and Colobus monkeys. Sunset and sunrise.vist Kisumu city in Lake Victoria for boat ride, hippo search and Dunga hill camp.
ℹ️ Additional information
English is the official language of the work camp
Orientation will begin in the morning of the 28th February 2022 at the offices of the organization and you will be picked up from accommodation and taken to the orientation will be conducted by the staff in Nairobi and cover everything you need to know about your project placement. Introduction to Kenya and Luhya land, Luhya customs, and expectations, safety, travel opportunities in Kenya, introduction to your project and placement. The orientation will also give you a chance to meet other volunteers and swap contact details for weekend travel and socializing.
ARRIVAL TERMINAL – Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
PROJECT FEE
300 EUROS 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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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
ACoH03/2
28/02/2022 → 21/03/2022
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
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: 21:12 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken