TUMAINI NUTRITIOUS SELF HELP GROUP

Name: TUMAINI NUTRITIOUS SELF HELP GROUP
Start: 2022-05-07
End: 2022-08-31
Location: Bulimbo/Harambee, Kenya

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Kenya Farming Environment Farming Environment Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

PROJECT PROFILE Tumaini Nutritious Self Help Group seeks to provide room for better health education for the local community with the goal of enhancing the health of society through nutrition and environmental conservation. They do this through the production of organic family food in order to reduce malnutrition cases among children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Through the production of organic food, the group members are able to improve their farming technique, which in turn promotes the income-generating activities of the community at large thus boosting food security and discouraging deforestation. The group members are also engaged in environmental conservation, as they plant trees and use organic manure in farming.

💼 What the programme involves

• Farm work which includes horticultural farming, weeding, planting of crops, clearing of bushes and digging • Planting of tree and preparation of seedlings • Making of bricks which will be used to construct the storage room for farm products • Making organic manure and biochar which is a porous charcoal used in agriculture to help the soil retain its nutrients and water • Participation in exchange programs in schools through debates and teaching of how to make products from compost manure

🏠 Accommodation on site

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

🍲 Food

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

🎒 Leisure activities

In this workcamp, volunteers will have a chance to do evening nature walks, home visits, cultural meetings and games. During weekends, volunteers can visit Lake Victoria, and to view the equator line sign. Volunteers will also have the opportunity for early morning visit to Kakamega Rainforest, hike on the forest hill and witness a sunrise from the forest hill. Leasure activities’ costs are not included in the participation fee.

ℹ️ Additional information

Volunteers participating in our workcamp projects will be required to pay 250 Euros. This cost will include: • Airport pick up upon arrival & Airport drop off after the workcamp • Up to 3 nights’ accommodation in Nairobi • Introduction to Kenyan life through a Nairobi City Centre Tour before the workcamp • Workcamp Orientation at the CIVS office in Nairobi or the workcamp site • Food (breakfast, lunch, dinner) • Workcamp facilitation and mentoring of volunteers by an experienced workcamp leader • Certificate of participation for the volunteer • All administrative costs

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📅 Available sessions

CIVS/STV-08:02/2022

13/08/2022 → 31/08/2022

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CIVS/STV-05/2022

07/05/2022 → 25/05/2022

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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

Mumias - Bungoma Rd, Bulimbo/Harambee, 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: 20:56 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Swahili