Remanyanki Primary School
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About the project
Remanyanki Primary School
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
💼 What the programme involves
Remanyanki Primary School was started in 1983 by community members through the efforts of the Catholic Church. The School currently has a population of 465 pupils, girls and boys. The School has 114 parents who are the inhabitants of area that is situated in South West Kenya. The inhabitants are Kuria speaking people residing in the South West of Kenya. Their main economic activity is farming. The farmers grow tobacco, maize, beans, sweet potatoes and other horticultural crops both for subsistence and sale. Cattle and goat trade is common among the community but the volume of trade has gone down owing to the incessant cases of cattle rustling between the Kuria people and the Maasai and Kipsigis of the neighbouring Trans Mara district. The area has low literacy levels especially among people aged above 35 years.
Activities will be:
- Brick making and construction work at the School
- Awareness campaigns on girl child education
- Teaching pupils at the Primary School
- Home visits and topical discussion with the local people
- Cultural days for various nationalities
THEME: Gender Sensitivity - Girl Child Education
It is common practice for School girls to be forcefully married to elderly men in exchange of dowry and most of the cases involve primary school children. "It is unfortunate that while other communities are discarding traditions that drag down their socio-economic development, this repugnant cultural practice has refused to die exposing communities to ridicule. It is something that should be stopped because it denies the girl child the right to education."
After realizing that the Kenyan government was taking stringent measures on parents engaging their children in forced marriages, some members of the community often cross into neighboring Tanzania where they perform the marriage rituals before crossing back to Kenya. The Kenya government has outlawed FGM and its attendant practices and its perpetrators risk being jailed. What makes teenage marriages especially appalling is that it burdens the young girls with responsibilities that they are ill-prepared for. This includes child bearing and the concomitant hustles of taking care of children.
The culture has been a detriment to the girl child and as a result fewer girls have the urge to continue with their education as they will be married off before they complete their education.
The future of the girl child is therefore threatened and concerted efforts must be made to reverse the worrying trend.
🏠 Accommodation on site
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
Remanyanki, Migori County, Kuria Region in South West Kenya.
🎒 Leisure activities
KVDA offers educational tours to spectacular sites including the renowned Maasai Mara Game Reserve at separate fees. Please contact us for specific tour information.
⚠️ Requirements
English is the language of the work camp. There will be a possibility of learning Kiswahili and other international and local languages as cultural diversity is a major component in international service
Do show an active interest in learning about the life in the community, and be open-minded especially with the cultural difference in the community - Do and try to be yourself despite the difference you may have with the community members e.g. going to church etc. - Do keep promises e.g. visiting someone’s home or family they will be waiting for you and may get disappointed if you fail them. - Do not make it difficult for future volunteers by giving out a lot of gifts or money. This is not the role of volunteers and we don’t want the community to rely or depend on you and neither should they perceive volunteers in this negative way. - Always be cautious and nurture true friendship in your endeavour to support the needy. - Do uphold the principles of volunteerism. - Do live in accordance with the Laws of Kenya and KVDA regulations - Do work alongside the local community members/project staffs /institution in the spirit of complementary support and co-operation. - Do not get disappointed if things do not work out, remember change is a gradual process and every bit of impact will go a long way in make a difference for the community. - Remember it’s all about learning from each other and not basically helping the local people.
🤝 Meeting point
The port of entry to Kenya is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi and airport pick up will be done on provision of full flight details. The volunteers will be taken to KVDA Residence in Karen for accommodation that has highly subsidized rates.
Orientation: will be done on 6th January 2018 at KVDA Residence in Nairobi and the team will leave for the project on the morning of 7th January 2018.
ℹ️ Additional information
The project participation fees that is all-inclusive for the 3-weeks workcamp is 300€ (project preparation cycle, return transfers from the airport and the project, KVDA administration, orientation, certificate of participation, project coordination, facilitation, evaluation and monitoring).
Not covered: excursion activities, local travel while in the community, personal effects, needs and wants.
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KVDA2018/STV/01A
06/01/2018 → 27/01/2018
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08/07/2017 → 29/07/2017
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07/01/2017 → 28/01/2017
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13/08/2016 → 30/08/2016
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
MJFP+W7X, Ntimaru, 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: 20:54 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
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