📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Kipepeo Community Empowerment Program was born in October 2009 with a singular belief: that every human being in our corner of the world possesses the right to dignity and a respectable livelihood, and that it is our duty to support one another in achieving a better standard of living for all. The group undertakes the following activities:
'e Capacity-building: This is a structure which involves educational training programs in leadership, group management, and financial skills
'e HIV/AIDS awareness trainings, counseling, home-based care
'e Provisional computer services for the community, such as typesetting, printing, photocopy services
'e Youth empowerment activities such as sports, theatre, career development and drug abuse training, as well as building overall awareness and engagement through youth group projects
💼 What the programme involves
Mission: To improve the quality of life for orphans, street children and their caregivers for healthier, empowered, and sustainably thriving communities in western Kenya. The vision is to have better future and right livelihood for families and individuals in our villages and communities. Volunteer tasks: The volunteers will be responsible for working together with the group members and the community in realizing the following activities: School outreach programmes; Capacity building of youths on issues related to HIV/AIDS; Establishment of support groups within the communities; Awareness creation in the community on sexual and reproductive health; Career development. QUALIFICATION: There are no skills needed for this project, but we welcome applications from social workers, and those with fund raising knowledge. It is necessary that you should have high motivation and lots of initiative to implement the objectives of the project. You should be ready for any kind of work.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer will live in a host family near the project site. Breakfast and dinner will be provided in the host family and volunteers will get lunch from the project.
📍 About the location
The project is located in Emuhaya District in Western Kenya, about 400 km from Nairobi. Educational tour & safari: CIVS organizes educational tours and safaris to spectacular sites of interest in Kenya. Volunteers who wish to participate should let us know at the earliest convenience to enable us make proper arrangements. The fee charged is all-inclusive of meals, transport, entry to the park, accommodation and tour guiding.
CHARGES:es§3 days tour to Maasai Mara National Park - 350'
es§ 4 days tour to Maasai Mara and Lake Nakuru - 500'
It is important to note that 10% of the proceeds from the Safari is used to support our feeding program for orphans in Western Kenya.
ℹ️ Additional information
Extra fee is 200 euros for first month and 180 euros for each additional month.