Volunteer typical activities, typical volunteer jobs in kenya

Volunteer typical activities, Typical Volunteer Jobs in
Kenya
A volunteer vacation is a rewarding way to make a
difference in disadvantaged communities while at the
same time having fun.

While on your volunteer vacation, you will meet new people, explore other cultures,
enjoy quiet evenings around a fire and come home refreshed and rejuvenated.

You will also build new skills and add balance and variety to your CV.

Besides helping out a cause, you will find that it is cheaper to go on a volunteer travel
vacation than to pay individual rates for hotels and food.

Next time you take a few days to travel, think about using a portion of your time to help
African communities in need and empowering them to lift themselves out of poverty.

Advance Africa offers short term volunteer opportunities. There is no minimum duration
of service. Working volunteer vacations of a longer duration are also available.
Accommodation is with local families or in apartments.

Our volunteer projects provide unique travel and work experiences to people of all ages
and backgrounds. You could also have a family volunteer vacation while serving in our
programs.

VOLUNTEERS TYPICAL ACTIVITIES

Volunteer in the Children’s Home/Orphanages in Kenya

During your volunteer project, you will help the children in the Orphanages of Kenya.
You will be working with underprivileged children that need the proper care and
attention in order to develop into successful adults.

Children Program in Orphanage/Care Center

The orphanage work program is highly challenging and rewarding, as you will be
changing the lives of orphaned children who rarely receive opportunities to interact with
other people. Share love and care for innocent, troubled, and forgotten children, offer
them a profound gift.. Working with orphaned children demands lots of patience, as
these children’s harsh living conditions have often alienated them from society.

A volunteer’s responsibility depends on the needs of the orphanage and the skills and
interests of the volunteer. Most of the orphanages aim at the provision of education
opportunities to orphans; therefore, in most cases, volunteers teach basic conversation
English to the children. Volunteers also help in developing creative programs such as
art, music, dance, sports, etc. Additional help on day trips, sanitation, cooking, and
administration might be requested.

Children Feeding Program ;Children at the Center

One of the most wonderful opportunities that work in children orphanage can give you is
the chance to share your love and skills with poor orphaned children. Many volunteers
have deemed the work life changing. By offering attention and love to children, you are
making a real difference in the life of a young person. Whether you have a background in
childcare or simply enjoy sharing love with kids, a smile can offer something meaningful
to the life of kids deprived of love and care.

As a volunteer, you can help care for children in orphanages. Children are an integral
part of all societies around the world and providing adequate care for them is an
important part of everyday life. As an international volunteer this type of placement
provides an opportunity for active hands-on work as well as a unique cultural exchange
opportunity. Many orphanages are community initiated and operated by local community
members. Often government support and staff are minimal; therefore the institutions are
not provided with the necessary resources to optimize the children care. The orphanages
rely upon volunteers to support their long-term sustainable initiatives through simple
tasks and creative energy. Sharing your time with the children, you will be offering them
the family love which they have not been privileged with, you will be presenting to them a
reason to live as normal as you and us.

You may be assisting with daily routines helping cook and feed the children, playing with
them, and devising games for their leisure after school and on weekends. Through all
that you do, the individual attention and love that you give the children will last in their
memories for a lifetime. The single most important factor in the development of young
children is relationships with caring adults. Whether you have a background in childcare
or simply enjoy caring for young children, a smile or hug can be a meaningful and long-
term contribution.

In addition, the dialogue and interaction with local staff provides a rare opportunity for
you to share ideas with them and build morale. The most important attributes needed for
these placements are an open heart and a love for spending time with children. In some

placements you will quickly pick up on the daily routine while in others you may need to
be more creative in coming up with ideas.

Description – Kenya Voluntary and Community Development Project

Activity/Tour

The initiation for orphan’s children program grew out as a result of an increase in the
number of orphans in the villages the pathetic living condition due to lack of support
once they loose their parents. The organization therefore identified, as a priority to start
a child care program center to cater for the orphans and the vulnerable children from
the 3 yrs to 12 yrs.

Supporting these children has been a great challenge and volunteers have lent an upper
hand with the aim of creating opportunities where unprivileged children can have equal
opportunity to grow.

Most of the time volunteers will be teaching English and assisting the kids with creative
activities such as painting, drawing and dancing.

In addition to this, volunteers help in the kitchen preparing meals, and washing dishes
and clothes.

volunteers story telling skills will be put to good use inspiring and motivating the
children. In collaboration with other local partners, together in one spirit, and with your
kind assistance, let us revive their hope by providing a healthy environment for a
meaningful future life.

Your program begins upon arrival in Nairobi with a comprehensive orientation
facilitated by our volunteer coordinator briefing volunteers a head of their participation
to prepare them for any anticipated challenges. But if you decided to go directly to the
placement, your orientation will be done at the placement by our supervisor with the help
of other experts at the host community level.

Age range, type of group

family, couples, singles, youth and groups

Policies & Restrictions

Must be 18 yrs and over

*have a positive attitude

*Be ready to adopt the living conditions in the village

*English speaking

Volunteer’s responsibilities

•Helping the children in conversational English and assignments.

•Supervise the children to clean up and dress up.

•Supervise their studies and assignments.

•Share their food; sit by them to see them eat.

•Prepare them for schools, check their dresses.

•Design, teach, organize and play games (educational and environmental).

Program Objectives

•To offer support, care and family for the orphans and vulnerable.

•To develop their mental and moral sense of belonging and responsibility.

•To create a platform for volunteers mentor the children and offer them cross cultural
exposure.

Program Duration and Dates.

Program is opened to volunteers all year round. Volunteers can spend from two weeks
onwards on the program.

Airport Pick up/Orientation

Volunteers will be picked up from the airport and transferred to their places of stay upon
arrival. The pre-departure information to the placement and program is done to offer
volunteers a clear picture and sensitivities of the people in the community of work.
Orientation is at the placement including basic local language, syllabus and how to go
about things in the community in terms of transport, food, water, socialization, etc.

Who can volunteer in children program in orphanages? Anybody can volunteer in this
program as long as you are 18 years or more. It is regardless of your profession, skill or
experience. You can volunteer as a team or an individual. You should understand that
you will not do anything that may stigmatize any of the people you meet in the course of
your work. You need to have an open mind and a willing heart.

How will a volunteer see his/her contribution after the program?

•You will see how valuable your love has been shared among the children.

•You will realize how important the knowledge you have about care or recreation, no
matter how little, has been in the creation of joy and hope for many young ones.

•Your contribution to the development of the children will be well counted years to come.

How will you benefit from volunteering in this program?

•You would discover more of yourself.

•You would have gotten for yourself more love.

•Your experience and understanding for children will grow.

•It shall be a great holiday break in an environment of pure love.

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HIV/AIDS Program

Due to poverty syndrome that has escalated the nation, people often avoid attending
health facilities because they don’t have something to pay from their own pockets and
because of this reason, most of the people encounter premature death as a result of
depression and inability to take care of themselves.

The impact of HIV/AIDS is deepening and getting worse as the economy continues to
deteroriate. The need for action to effectively control, manage, provide support for those
affected by the disease and prevent its further spread is urgent.

This is an excellent opportunity for volunteers to care for people with HIV/AIDS.
Volunteers work at special clinics for HIV/AIDS patients providing care and support and
directly with local community based organization providing support, counseling and
programs for those unfortunate enough to be infected. As a volunteer you can help the
casualties suffering from opportunistic diseases to reverse the quality of life in many
communities. There is a lot to learn and experience working on these projects. Most of
the persons living with HIV/AIDS receive care from the relatives mostly children of the

patients at their own homes. We all as human beings have responsibilities for one
another.


•You offer care and support for HIV/AIDS infected and affected children and people.

•Volunteer’s intervention is required and very welcomed to help care for the patients
who have often been left out of the social circle due to their condition.

•Engage in educational and training activities meant to increase awareness and stop the
epidemic of HIV/AIDS in the Kenyan communities.

•Assist in vocational training for the HIV infected persons who have either lost their jobs
or unemployed

•Home and school visitation for the children who are rendered Orphans or vulnerable
due to the direct and indirect effect of the HIV/AIDS on them.

•Other activities set out by the community based organization shall be among your
responsibilities

Organizations who work on the HIV/AIDS problem have established different community
outreach programs such as hospital care, recreational and educational programs,
voluntary counseling and testing, and educational seminars and conferences on the virus
within the local community.

Program Objectives.

•To offer education, sensitization, care and support for affected and infected people.

•To offer a peer education, educational campaign and awareness for the youth on the
preventive measures and dangers of the disease.

•To expand the volunteer’s knowledge on the dangers and socio-economic problems
associated with HIV/AIDS so there can be an increasing global action and awareness.

•To promote greater community residents participatory role and the sense of
responsibility for development projects to boost maintenance and sustainability of such
projects.

•To promote friendliness between volunteers’ community and that of the beneficiary
communities.

•To offer volunteers deeper understanding and experience of other cultures and
economies.

Program Duration and Dates

The HIV/AIDS Program is opened to volunteers all year round. Volunteers can spend a
minimum of two weeks to one year on the program.

Airport Pick up/Orientation


Who can volunteer in HIV/AIDS Program?

This program is open to anyone who wants to share their love, time and compassion with
the HIV/AIDS patients. There are no specific qualifications required, however you
should understand that you will not do anything that may stigmatize any of the people
you meet in the course of your work. You need to have an open mind and a willing heart.

How can a volunteer instantly identify his contributions after participation?

•Life will be better for those infected with HIV/AIDS as you attend to them with love and
care they do not get from their family and friends, by this you will see yourself become a
friend to someone few people understand and smile with.

•Family and friends shall gain a better understanding of the disease or problem and what
is required of them for the affected person.

•Tears will be shed during your departure by those you are leaving behind having
developed a passion and such a great joy felt by the affected persons during your
participation and your work, love and commitment. Such a great love you have brought
to someone in need.

•There will be a greater awareness of the disease or problems in the work community,
especially among the students and youth to be approached with educational programs.

How will you benefit from volunteering in this program?

•You will be proud of yourself for positively affecting someone’s life in your own means
to change.

•You will discover more about yourself to and what you are capable of doing on your
own which will definitely help you in making many vital decisions like your future career
etc.

•You will experience a true and pure culture of a different kind in different communities.

•You will enhance on your knowledge on life, society, care the HIV/AIDS disease and its
effect on people.

•It shall be such a great adventure and experience of a life time.

•Opportunity to make friends with people from different background.

•An opportunity to acquire knowledge for educating your peers back home about the
disease.

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Teaching in Local Schools

We have a variety of programs that educate both children and youth in various
capacities. Access to education changes life of Kenya children and it allows them to
break the vicious cycle of poverty they would otherwise be destined for. Through
education they can gain valuable skills that can further also in development of the
community and themselves. Volunteers teach in public schools in a variety of subjects
areas e.g. science, math and English. Volunteers must be native English speakers, have a
good command in oral and spoken English, be flexible, patient and passion and love for
teaching and cross cultural experience.

This is a very good opportunity for
volunteer interns with an educational background to gain some experience in their
desired profession. These schools are in the remote villages and urban areas
experiencing shortage of qualified teachers who are unable to handle the overwhelming
number of students in a single class. This has called for a great need of volunteers who
can speak and write English to assist these communities.

Volunteers shall teach Basic English science and mathematics, others may include sex
and reproductive education, Socio-economical and psychological empowerment, games
and physical education. No qualifications are needed to be a volunteer teacher. If you
can read and write and is 18 years and over, you are qualified to volunteer as a teacher.

Volunteers will handle students with the age between 10-15 years in primary schools and
students between 15 to 18 years in secondary schools depending on the class. The role of
the volunteer goes far beyond assisting teaching. Children are attracted to school by the
presence of volunteers and your presence also is a proven moral booster for parents and
the limited teachers as well as a great inspiration for students.


•Prepare lesson notes.

•Organize learning materials.

•Develop a teaching method.

•Teach classes through lecturing, discussions and demonstration.

•Discuss output and methods with fellow teachers and supervisor.

•Access the performance of the students through work assignments etc.

•Organize recreational games with students.

Program objectives

•First to help us encourage the children to come to school, keep them in the classrooms
and have the interest in learning.

•To compliment the effort of the teachers to offer proper education to all to fight poverty,
crime and dependency within the community.

•To help the deprived acquire better and competitive education to pursue further studies
and jobs.

•To enable the Organization identify brilliant but needy students in such communities
through the reports of volunteers and help offer scholarships for further studies.

•To encourage the children and their parents to love school. Due to the lack of teachers,
students’ performance has been nothing to help them pursue further studies or some
other jobs. After the primary education, they end up in the same old form of sustenance
so the parents and even the youth see school attendance as a waste of time and choose to
drop out. By offering volunteers into these communities, lack of teachers will be
managed whiles quality education shall be offered these children.

•To promote culture exchange that will take place between the volunteers and the
residents of the communities/villages in which differing ideas, abilities, backgrounds and

needs are fostered and valued, and where those with diverse backgrounds and
experiences are able to participate and contribute towards development.

•To create inter relationship between volunteers and that of the communities deprived
but rich in culture.

•To offer the volunteer an opportunity to make a positive contribution into the lives of a
disadvantaged to satisfy his/her social conscience.

•To enable Lecden-Kenya receive proper problem assessment of the
villages/communities to further enable us direct the right programs into the communities.

Program Duration and Dates.

The teaching Program is opened to volunteers all year round except in the months of
April, August and December when the schools remain closed for holidays. Volunteers
can spend a minimum of two weeks to one year on the program.

Airport Pick up/Orientation.


Who can volunteer in Teaching Program in Kenya?

A volunteer in this program can be anyone at the age of 18 years and above regardless
of your profession, skill or experience. All you need is the will to contribute to the lives of
these communities. We accept group volunteers or an individual. Not only is your
participation on your project of great help to the local communities, but so is the boost to
the local economy that volunteers creates while they are visiting.

Volunteer benefits.

•You will be proud of yourself for positively affecting someone’s life in your own means
to change.

•You will discover more about yourself to and what you are capable of doing on your
own which will definitely help you in making many vital decisions like your future career
etc.

•You will experience a true and pure culture of a different kind.

•You will enhance on your knowledge on life, society, politics and problem solving skills
and approach.

•It shall be such a great adventure and experience of a life time.

•Opportunity to make friends with people from different background.

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Football Coaching in Kenya.

In addition to the obvious physical and mental benefits that regular exercise provides,
there are many inherit life-skills to be learned, such as the importance of team-work,
communication and discipline. As volunteers participate on sports projects, it is a way
for Lecden-Kenya to promote peace, unity and development and also to harness the
potential in many young children to take to professional football as a career.

Volunteers will help in developing passion for sports such as football, basketball,
volleyball etc. among school and community kids. Volunteers will also assists in
coaching training drills, coordinating skills, and organizing competitions among sports
men and women. This project involve placement at a local school or with a local football
club.

Volunteers will help in developing passion in sports like football, basketball, volleyball
etc among school and community kids. Volunteers will assists in training drills,
coordinating skills and organizing competitions among sports men and women.

PROJECT DURATION: Always open all year round and can spend a minimum of 2
weeks.

ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS:

Typically volunteers are accommodated with a host family. Basically, there are three
meals a day which are mostly breakfast, lunch and dinner but in some exceptions you
could be provided with just two meals a day depending on your project locations so
please we advice prospective volunteers make provision for the exceptions.

WHAT YOU CAN BRING TO SUPPORT.

Set of jerseys, keepers gloves, footballs, boots, whistles and other sporting staff.

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Environmental Conservation

It is from here that we get our food, clean water, herbs, medicines and raw materials. In
this program, we try to bring an end to the habit of misusing this natural capital but
instead renew it and even make it better than we found it. It is this practice that will lead
to maintenance of global biodiversity, fruitful productivity and steady resilience of
ecological systems.


Volunteers work on a wide variety of activities,:-

•Help to plant trees in areas where deforestation has been the order of the day

•Teaching environmental awareness to planting trees within the community

•Encourage establishment of tree nurseries, Soil cover e.g. grass, shrubs on fallow
parcels and building a gabion to curb erosion, use of conventional insecticides and
herbicides that are environment friendly, and Flower gardening to make our homes and
the environment beautiful and a place worth residing.

Program Objectives

•Create a habitat for our wildlife

•To bring back life to our environment by making it healthy and natural

Program Duration.

•Program is opened to volunteers all year round. Volunteers can spend from two weeks
onwards on the program.

Who can volunteer? Anybody can volunteer in this program as long as you are 18 years
or more. It is regardless of your profession, however, specialized skills and expertise will
be used accordingly.

Participants should have a positive attitude, be ready to adopt and enjoy simple living
conditions, be flexible and patient.

Volunteer Benefits

•You would discover more of yourself and be happy to bring back life to nature

•You would have gotten for yourself more experience and how capable you are to work
so hard.

•Your experience and understanding for environmental issues would be even more

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VolunTravel in Kenya.

Volunteers can either spend 1-12 weeks on any one of the projects or combine it with
their safari travel. We ensure that volunteers involved enjoy a totally unique experience
all year round not just summer. The programs includes teaching in remote rural primary
and secondary schools, work in Kenyan children orphanages giving hope to the needy
children, environmental conservation, working as community health worker in hospital,
assisting in administrative work and many more as per the interest of volunteers.

Travel in Kenya

-Location: Varies

-Start & Duration: Volunteers can begin our placements based on their choice program
dates.

Qualifications: 18+ years, Volunteers participating in the health care must have
appropriate training and certification (to be presented during placement)

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Languages: English speaking

Experience Required: None

Participants: Open to worldwide participants both individual and group volunteers.

Living arrangements: Home stays and others.

Post program service: include debriefing and certificate of completion.

Volunteers are given the opportunity to choose a volunTravel package of their interest
from the options given below:-

14VOLUNTEER VACATIONS KENYA SAFARI

17 Days Kenya VolunTravel & Tiwi Beach Resort.

19 Days Kenya VoluTravel Holidays & Lamu

23 Days Volunteer Adventure Experience.

26 Days VolunTravel & Tiwi Beach Reort

27 Days VolunTravel Homestay & Lamu Island


Please join us in our Charity Work, Volunteer vacations, the ultimate Ethical Wild
Life Safaris, medical elective placements, corporate company breaks, Outreach
mission trips, Educational Student &school trips. Together we can make a difference
to Orphans and other vulnerable Children/widows/ women/People lives

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Regards

Steve

info@lecdenkenya.com

http://www.lecdenkenya.com

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