1. US Peace Corps

2. US Peace Corps Kenya
 Nearly 5, 000
Volunteers since 1964
 Three goals – technical
assistance and cultural
exchange
 Work with schools and
community based
organizations
 Partnership with the
Government
Peace Corps
CBOs GoK

3. Program Areas
 Education
Includes Maths & Science and
Deaf Education (unique to Kenya)
 Public Health
Includes HIV, water & sanitation
 Small Enterprise Development and
ICT

4. Peace Corps Training

5. Community Based Training
 Pre-Service Training
 In-Service Training
 Cross Sector Workshops
 Close of Service
 Special technical training –
sustainable agriculture, solar
cooking

6. Kenya Training
 Language Instruction
- Includes Swahili and vernacular
 Cross-cultural Training
- To educate volunteers on dominant
cultural issues within community
 Need-based technical orientation
- For specific assignments
- Community analysis

7. Deaf
Education

8. Education
 Provides Math and Science
teachers to high schools
 Volunteers are involved in sports,
clubs & life skills training
 Partnership with local
organizations

9. Deaf Education
 Unique to Kenya
 Teach in primary schools for the
deaf
 Help build capacity in Kenyan
teachers in this sector
 Build Kenya Sign Language
material

10. Public Health & WATSAN

11. Community Health
 Partners with local organizations
- Existing community health facilities
 Address health issues through
community responsibility
- Promote collective community
action
 Activities in HIV/AIDS prevention
- Work mainly with youth groups
and partner HIV service providers

12. HIV/AIDS
 Major component of health sector
-Government and USG funded-activities
 Volunteers work with People living
with AIDS
-Help with Capacity building
 Prevention
-Team up with other USG Agencies

13. “SED”

14. SED
 Small Enterprise Development
-Poverty alleviation & capacity building
 Provide skills in entrepreneurship
-Includes income generation, marketing &
book-keeping and accessing credit
 Community organizations
-Women, youth groups, e.g.. Beekeeping,
handicrafts, textile, dairy products

15. Partnering under PEPFAR

16. President’s Emergency Plan for
AIDS Relief
 Participated since 2005
 Scholarship program for orphans
and vulnerable children
 Deaf Education
 Community grants

17. Pilot HIV/AIDS & Deaf Education
 Produced
visual aids on
KSL and
HIV/AIDS
 Reached out to
schools for the
deaf and public
health
institutions

18. HIV/AIDS & KSL