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ST. VIANNEY ACADEMY CHILDREN’S CENTRE

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About the project

ST. VIANNEY ACADEMY CHILDREN’S CENTRE

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

PROJECT PROFILE Vianney Academy and Children\'s Centre provides education and feeding program to children aged 3-14 years. The children are from low-income families, orphans, from single parents and others have disabilities and special needs. The centre was established in 2016, this came because of the founder\'s great passion to help needy children, love for the children and selfless heart to help the needy. His mission is to go all over the country and reach out to needy children, work with the young women and youth to establish a community college where they can learn skills to empower themselves and support their families. In his mission, he realized that most children in Rodi area are orphans, other had dropped out of school and others were left out, as they did not conform to the set pass marks in various schools. He was challenged by this and it geared him to establishing a Centre where these children can get quality education to equip them for their future lives. The Centre has opened its doors to all children where they can get access to medical facility, which is a challenge in Rodi location as people hardly access medical facilities. Therefore leading to high death rates and high cost of attaining medication. Vianney academy and children Centre is a democratic Centre that aims at providing quality education to the children through professional teaching and acquisition of books for the children, provision of recreation activities where the children can discover their talents at a tender age, provision-feeding program since some of the families can barely afford meals in a day.

💼 What the programme involves

Activities:
- Assisting in preparation and serving of meals.
- Assisting in the provision of basic education to the children (simple mathematics, English, science and computer studies)
- Training children in sports, music, poems and dancing
- Painting and drawing activities to help in development of creativity in the children
- Taking care of the younger children as well as playing with them.
- Taking care of domestic animals like cattle, chicken and pigs
- Offering guidance services to children

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation will be at the project in this workcamp and it is important that you have your own sleeping bag and mosquito net.

🍲 Food

During the workcamp, volunteers will get food from locally available foodstuffs and will share the responsibility of preparing the food.

📍 About the location

In this workcamp, volunteers will have a chance to do evening nature walks, home visits, cultural meetings and games. During weekends volunteers can visit the Rusinga hills, Mafangano Islands and Tom Mboya Mausoleum. We advise volunteers not to swim in the lake since it is contaminated with parasites.

⚠️ Requirements

A significant experience in education or animation, as a sufficient english level, is required for this project. An interview will take place to check the volunteer's skills and motivations.

ℹ️ Additional information

CIVS organizes safaris to all the spectacular National Parks and touristic sites in Kenya, with the main attraction being Maasai Mara Game Reserve. Volunteers who wish to go on a safari should apply at least two weeks before arrival to enable us to make proper arrangements. The fee charged is all-inclusive of meals, transport, park, entry, accommodation and tour guiding. Safari dates: 06th – 08th July 2022 Charges: 3-day Safari to Maasai Mara National Reserve, 340 Euro

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📅 Available sessions

CIVS/STV-07:02/2022

09/07/2022 → 22/07/2022

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 15
♂ 0/6 ♀ 0/9

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–50 years old

Solidarity donation

250.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Homa Bay County, 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: 20:59 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Swahili