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CIVS MLTV Program 2020

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................................ 4

CIVS/MLTV-01/20: AHERO RESOURCE CENTRE .............................................................................. 6

CIVS/MLTV-02/20: ST. MICHAEL DAY CARE AND RESCUE CENTRE ................................................ 8

CIVS/MLTV-03/20: MAKONGENI YOUTH GROUP ......................................................................... 10

CIVS/MLTV-04/20: KYALE SMALL HOME ...................................................................................... 12

CIVS/MLTV-05/20: GOOD SAMARITAN CHILDREN’S CENTRE ....................................................... 14

CIVS/MLTV-06/20: KIERENI SECONDARY SCHOOL........................................................................ 16

CIVS/MLTV-07/20: AHERO PEEK PERFOMERS .............................................................................. 18

CIVS/MLTV-08/20: NEW BIRTH INSTITUTE NYAHURURU ............................................................. 20

CIVS/MLTV-09/20: CIVS COMMUNITY SERVICE ........................................................................... 22

CIVS/MLTV-10/20: MARIANNE CENTER FOUNDATION ................................................................ 24

CIVS/MLTV-11/20: DESTINY CHILDREN’S HOME .......................................................................... 26

CIVS/MLTV-12/20: BROWNHILL SECONDARY SCHOOL ................................................................ 28

CIVS/MLTV-13/20: MARA OSERO CONSERVATION PROJECT ....................................................... 30

CIVS/MLTV-14/20: KAIMOSI SPECIAL SCHOOL ............................................................................. 33

CIVS/MLTV-15/20: PRECIOUS VIRGINIA HOME .................................................................. 35

CIVS/MLTV-16/20: VISION CENTER KHALABA ..................................................................... 37

CIVS/MLTV-17/20: STAR OF HOPE COMMUNITY CENTER NYERI .................................... 39

CIVS/MLTV-18/20: FORTUNE LEARNERS’ CENTER ........................................................................ 41

CIVS/MLTV-19/20: PHANERO SCHOOL MBALE............................................................................. 43

CIVS/MLTV-20/20: TOTO ANGEL CENTER ..................................................................................... 45

CIVS/MLTV-21/20: BADILISHA ECO-VILLAGE ................................................................................ 47

CIVS/MLTV-22/20: MSICHANA EMPOWERMENT KURIA ................................................... 49

CIVS/MLTV-29/19: HOPE FOR CHILDREN KENYA .......................................................................... 51

CIVS/MLTV-24/20: HOLY FAMILY ORIANG HEALTH CENTRE ........................................................ 53


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CIVS/MLTV-30/19: TUMAINI FUND FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL .............. 55

CIVS/MLTV-26/20: ST. VIANEEY EDUCATION CENTER .................................................................. 57

CIVS/MLTV-27/20: ST. CHARLES LWANGA HIGH SCHOOL ............................................................ 59

CIVS/MLTV-28/20: AJELIGWA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP ............................ 61

CIVS/MLTV-29/20: RUAI COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER .................................................. 63

CIVS/MLTV-30/20: KINNA CATHOLIC DISPENSARY ............................................................ 65


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GENERAL INFORMATION

WHO IS CIVS?

CIVS Kenya is a community development agency operating especially in the marginalized

and poverty-stricken rural areas of Kenya. We pursue an integrated socio-economic and

cultural development approach in the fight against poverty and social exclusion of Kenyan

communities under the maxim “DEVELOPMENT BY PEOPLE”. We believe that people

should retain the responsibility for their own development while CIVS supports, guides and

mentors their efforts with innovative and customized high quality services. CIVS achieves

this aims through its two program areas: International Voluntary Service (IVS) and

Community Development.

The INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTARY SERVICE is designed for people who want the chance to

make a real difference in the fight against poverty, fostering development by the people as

well as developing harmonious relations among people of different backgrounds and

cultures. We organize short term, medium and long term and weltwärts project

attachments throughout the year both in cities and rural areas for volunteers to offer their

services as they learn, gain exposure and experience.

Our COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT activities focus on the areas of Food Security, Water &

Sanitation, Vulnerable Children & HIV/AIDS, Good Governance and Emergency Relief in

order to mitigate the effects of hunger, environmental degradation, diseases and

mismanagement of public resources.

VISA AND AIRPORT ENTRY

When you are booking your flight, please make sure that your arrival is at Jomo Kenyatta

International Airport in Nairobi. Please also include your terminal of arrival so that you can

easily be identified upon arrival.

You can get your visa at the Airport in Nairobi upon you arrival. It is also possible for you to

apply for an e-Visa before your arrival via a dedicated portal at ecitizen.go.ke

It is important to confirm the duration of your visa upon issuance at the airport’s

immigration section. Tourist Visa stamps are valid for 3 months (90 days) while others are

for 1 month, be aware of the exact dates of extension since extension after expiry may

attract penalties. You can renew it for another three months at the Immigration Offices in

Nairobi, Mombasa or Kisumu. You can use the CIVS address as your address while in Kenya.

http://civskenya.com/index.php?r=projects/shortterm

http://civskenya.com/index.php?r=projects/longterm

http://civskenya.com/index.php?r=site/page&view=weltwaerts

http://civskenya.com/index.php?r=site/page&view=food-security

http://civskenya.com/index.php?r=site/page&view=water-sanitation

http://civskenya.com/index.php?r=site/page&view=water-sanitation

http://civskenya.com/index.php?r=site/page&view=feeding-program

http://civskenya.com/Index.php?r=site/page&view=good-governance

http://civskenya.com/index.php?r=site/page&view=emergency-relief


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ORIENTATION

There will be an orientation seminar for new volunteers lasting three days including Nairobi

city introduction and project placement. Our monthly orientation seminar starts on the first

Monday every month. It would be good if the volunteers can arrive at least one day before

the orientation starts.

PARTICIPATION FEES

CIVS solely depends on volunteer contributions to support its activities.

VOLUNTEERING PERIOD FEES

Up to 1 month 250 Euro

2 months and longer 200 Euro per month

The fee is non-refundable and has to be paid upfront or upon arrival in full. The fee paid

covers the following services:

▪ Airport transfers

▪ 3-day orientation seminar

▪ Introduction to the city

▪ Accommodation and food during orientation and during placement duration

▪ Coordination and office support

The following costs are NOT included:

▪ Cost of drinks like soda, beer, mineral water etc

▪ Cost of sightseeing

▪ Visa costs

▪ Direct donations to the project

▪ Local travelling

TOURS & SAFARI

CIVS Kenya organizes tours and safaris to spectacular sites of interest in Kenya. Volunteers,

who wish to participate, should let us know as soon as possible in order to enable us to

make proper arrangements. The fee charged is all-inclusive of meals, transport, park entry

fees, accommodation and tour guiding. The cost of a 3 days safari to Maasai Mara National

Reserve is 330 Euro.

WHAT TO BRING

Sleeping bag, sleeping mat and mosquito net are necessary. You can also bring photos of

your country, clothes, books, pens, toys etc.


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CIVS/MLTV-01/20: AHERO RESOURCE CENTRE

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located close to Ahero town, Kisumu County.

PROJECT DETAILS

The Ahero Resource Centre is located in Ahero, about 25km east of Kisumu town. The

Centre serves as a One-Stop-Shop, offering a variety of services to the local community. The

centre is equipped with a training facility to provide capacity building on Drought Resilient

Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, Early childhood Education and Information Computer

Technology (ICT) & work preparedness skills. The in-class training is complemented by

practical learning on the adjacent Farmer Field School (Model Farm) which also

encompasses a Greenhouse, Tree Nursery and Poultry Farm, fish pond that provide practical

examples of modern farming practices as well as a source of nutrition and income for the

Orphan Feeding Program.

Computer and work preparedness training is complemented with an equipped computer

center. The kindergarten has 2 teachers and 75 children who are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS.

The Ahero Resource Centre is also equipped with a comprehensive rainwater-harvesting

infrastructure to fully utilize the short and heavy rains in the region. Additionally a borehole

provides a reliable and affordable source of safe water for the community. From time to

time, depending on the availability of funds, 150 school-going Orphans and Vulnerable

Children get a free lunch at the centre in order to improve their concentration and school

performance. The centre’s facilities have been modified to accommodate physically disabled

participants hence its doors are open to such people.

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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

▪ Working in the Model Farm of the center and helping to improve the agricultural

methods, crops, etc.

▪ Assisting in taking care of the Poultry

▪ Assisting in training computer and work preparedness to the youth

▪ General maintenance like construction, painting

▪ Tree planting and maintenance

▪ Supporting promotion of the Ahero resource Center and its activities

▪ Assisting in the preparation and Serving of meals to the children

▪ Assisting in general care giving services for the children

▪ Developing age appropriate games and playing with the children to promote the

health of the children.

▪ Assisting in teaching children basics of language, speaking, writing, etc.

▪ Assisting in cleaning of the facilities used by the children e.g. the classes

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD

The volunteer will stay in a volunteers’ house in the project site. There will be a cook

throughout to prepare the local meals.


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CIVS/MLTV-02/20: ST. MICHAEL DAY CARE AND RESCUE CENTRE

PROJECT LOCATION

This project is located in Ukunda District, Kwale County

PROJECT DETAILS

Established in 2013, St. Michaels Day Care and Rescue Centre is an institution for the

preschool aged children and young girls who have been rescued from streets of Ukunda.

Many of the parents find themselves away from their homes the entire day in the quest for

food, water and work and are not able to afford to pay house helps to take care of their

children while they are at their work places. The centre takes care of about 15 children

whose parents have low-income jobs or are unemployed mostly of whom have semi-

permanent jobs. The centre also supports 8 young girls who have been left homeless and

abandoned by their families. While they are away searching for semi-permanent jobs, the

project provides a safe place for their small children by providing meals and basic education.

Since the target group is quite poor and due to the scarcity of foodstuffs, many of the

children at the center find their only meal of the day there.

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▪ Assisting in the preparation of meals and feeding of the children

▪ Developing age appropriate sports activities to promote the physical health of the

children

▪ Developing in and out-door extra-curricular activities to develop creativity of the

children

▪ Assisting in teaching children basics of language, speaking, writing, etc


The volunteer will stay in a host family within the project site. The host family will provide

meals.


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CIVS/MLTV-03/20: MAKONGENI YOUTH GROUP

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located in Makongeni Vilage, Kwale County of Kenya.

PROJECT DETAILS

The Makongeni youth group is a non-political and religious registered as a self-help group

under the social service department in 2010 found in Kwale County, Msambweni Sub-

county Kinondo Ward. The group’s main goal is to empower and engage youth from the

community to participate in community development and give them opportunity to

participate in a process of improving their ability to express their interest, participate in

capacity building activities and improve their wellbeing.

Since its inception the group has been involved in community projects such as the creation

and maintenance of a computer learning centre and a free studying room, strengthening the

confidence of the youth and their work, developing general skills, building character and

promoting citizenship, volunteerism and patriotism as well as promoting healthy lifestyle of

the youth and community members. The group has a Poultry unit for rearing of chicken

specifically to solve income related problems affecting families and the youth of the area in

general. The group is also involved in environmental conservation activities in close

coordination with other environmental conservation groups: i.e. Kaya Kinondo Sacred

Forest, Baraka Conservation Group and Mikoko Pamoja project. Furthermore the group is

also involved in permaculture at Makongeni School where they provide training on the

techniques of permaculture which are later applied to small farms and organic gardens.

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▪ Environmental conservation which include tree planting and village clean ups

▪ Bee keeping

▪ Preparation of tree nurseries

▪ Beads and bracelets making and introducing the idea to the kids at the local schools

as stewardship of the project in future.

▪ Conservation of mangrove trees in the Kaya Kinondo Forest

▪ Permaculture/sustainable farming, gardening and food security

▪ General maintenance of the areas around the project

Assisting in care giving services to children


The volunteer will live with a host family in the project site. The host family will provide

breakfast lunch and dinner.


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CIVS/MLTV-04/20: KYALE SMALL HOME

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located at Nunguni, Makueni County

PROJECT DETAILS

Volunteer in the Eastern region of Kenya and work with physically handicapped children in

Kyale Small Home. This is a school and a home that was established in 1994. A primary

school and Catholic Church surround this home, which currently houses 21 children. These

kids are boys and girls aged between 10 to 19 years. These children have suffered accidents,

handicaps from or during birth, snakebites, and polio among other disabilities.

This home was established to cater for the challenged children within the local community.

Every child is entitled to better care and upbringing. In most Kenyan societies, the physically

challenged children get stigmatization from other members of the community making them

feel less than human. Most people speak Kikamba as a native language. Farming is widely

practiced for a living e.g. livestock poultry, small-scale farming of maize, beans, coffee,

sweet potatoes, bananas, and vegetables. Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, May

be seen from the home.

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▪ Working in the home's kitchen and vegetable garden

▪ Helping children study and organizing of extra-curricular activities such as indoor

games

▪ Assisting the children with wheel chair mobility

▪ Helping with arrangement and preparation of the beds

▪ Assisting with preparation and serving of meals

▪ Training the kids in creativity through games and doing handicraft work as well as

assisting them with their homework


The volunteers will be accommodated at the project site where all meals shall be provided.

There are pit latrines, bath shelters and a kitchen at the project available for use by the

volunteers.


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CIVS/MLTV-05/20: GOOD SAMARITAN CHILDREN’S CENTRE

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located in Kayole-Soweto Slums, Eastern Nairobi region.

PROJECT DETAILS

Good Samaritan Children’s Centre is a community-based organization that was established

in the year 2004 in response to the needs of the orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in

Soweto Slum. The Centre started with two children who were abandoned by their parents,

rescued by the area district officials, and brought to the founder’s house. It is hosts around

63 children both boys and girls. These are either orphans or abandoned children.

The children have been orphaned for various reasons, although majority are due to the HIV

epidemic, poverty and unwanted pregnancies. The children’s circumstances and histories

are as different as their personalities, but now they have the optimism and opportunity for a

more positive future. The dedicated caregivers at the project are working hard to provide

the basics of life such as shelter, security and food. However, they are acutely aware that it

is education, which can break the cycle of poverty.

Kenya has over one million orphans and vulnerable children living in children’s homes,

which are predominantly privately funded and operated, there is little government

assistance. From time to time, they receive donations of food items and clothing from

people in the local community and other well-wishers.

The caregivers at the orphanage are dedicated and loving, doing the best they can with the

little resources they have. At the very least, they are providing these children with a stable

family environment. They also have a primary school section running from preschool to

standard six. The children are between the ages of 6 months to 18 years and are all

attending formal education.

Past volunteer donated books to the children


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▪ Assisting in feeding of children and serving of meals.

▪ Assisting with teaching of subjects such as English, Mathematics, Creative Arts, Science

and Social Studies subjects

▪ Providing of guidance and counseling services to the children

▪ Playing with the children and organizing of dance events during school holidays

▪ Helping the children with homework


The volunteer will live in a host family about 10 minutes’ drive to the project site. Breakfast

and dinner will be provided by the host family and volunteers will get lunch at the project.


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CIVS/MLTV-06/20: KIERENI SECONDARY SCHOOL

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located in Chuka, Tharaka-Nithi County

PROJECT DETAILS

Kiereni Secondary School is a learning institution for secondary students comprising of 520

students, both boys and girls. The school has 12 classes and was established in 1987 by the

PCEA church. The institution has both teaching staff as well as non-teaching staff, who have

the responsibility to lead the students to become responsible people in society. It offers

educational services that are relevant to the growth of the local community. The school

offers boarding facilities to the students.

The school offers the Ministry of Education recommended curriculum with the Kenya

Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE) as the final examination at the end of 4th year.

Co-curricular activities include games and sports, drama, music, scouting, girl guides,

Science Congress and debating

Teachers and students at the project


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▪ Assisting in teaching of physics, biology, chemistry, English and Mathematics subjects

▪ Organizing, coordinating and participating in extracurricular activities like athletics,

football and coordination of clubs in the school like scouting, drama, music etc.

▪ Supporting and developing the environmental conservation and farm work of the

school

▪ Assisting in giving guidance on health and general life for the students


The volunteer will be accommodated within the project site. Breakfast and dinner will be

provided at the host family and volunteers will get lunch in the school.


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CIVS/MLTV-07/20: AHERO PEEK PERFOMERS

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located in Ahero town, Kisumu County.

PROJECT DETAILS

PROJECT DETAILS

Ahero Peek Performers is a fitness and lifestyle project that was established in April 2019 to

offer fitness and nutritional help to the local people. The project is designed to help

members in achieving respective health and fitness goals, where they pay a small fee to run

the project. The group is made up of about 6 young people who engage the locals in health

and fitness activities that are effective, timely and regular and tailored to individual’s unique

needs. The project has a gym and aerobics facility with equipment and is engaged in

activities like Fitness training, weight loss, nutrition counselling, school outreach to recruit

young talented children, offering health education to schools and community on health

living and avoiding non-communicable diseases. In few occasions, the project also offers

physiotherapy sessions to patients. To do this the trainer record individual health related

information like blood pressure, weight and BMI. On average, 20 people most of whom are

female attend the sessions daily. The project would like to have volunteers who either are

experts in fitness and nutrition or just motivated in engaging the people in body workouts.

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▪ Assisting in training sessions for physical fitness at a gym facility

▪ Assisting in offering physical exercise to students in schools and identifying talents

▪ Assisting in offering general health education on nutrition and non-communicable

diseases

▪ Capacity building and community outreach

▪ Promotion of project activities on online platforms


The volunteer will be accommodated in a host family closer to the project. Three meals will

be provided in a day. The Capacity building and community outreach activity will sometimes

require traveling other places by public bus and the volunteer will require to cover his/her

own fares.


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CIVS/MLTV-08/20: NEW BIRTH INSTITUTE NYAHURURU

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located in Nyahururu Town, Laikipia County.

PROJECT DETAILS

New Birth Institute is a vocational training institute that was established in the year 2017

with a mandate to impact youths with employment and entrepreneurship skills and

supporting their linkages to employment and business start-up opportunities. The program

runs under the Kenyan context of high youth unemployment and targets vulnerable youth

between the ages of 18-35 years. This would mean those youths that in one way or another

faced difficulties in continuing with their tertiary education after high school. The main

activities of the project include mobilization of potential students, induction, classroom

training in computer skills, entrepreneurship and hospitality and organizing internship

placements for students. The institution has so far managed to train 300 young people, out

of which 140 are running small businesses. The project is interested to have volunteers who

have skills and knowledge in experience in Hotel / hospitality management, computer

training entrepreneurship. The project has computers, oven, cutleries, plates, full setups.

A training session in progress


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▪ Assisting in training of computer classes

▪ Assisting in training hospitality and hotel management

▪ Assisting in offering entrepreneurship knowledge and skills

▪ Providing links to institutions abroad that can offer any kind of support to students

and the project

▪ Promotion of project activities


The volunteer will be accommodated in a hostel room in the project where meals will be

provided.


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CIVS/MLTV-09/20: CIVS COMMUNITY SERVICE

LOCATION

The project is located in Buruburu estate, Nairobi east region of Kenya.

PROJECT DETAILS

CIVS Kenya is a community development agency operating especially in the marginalized

and poverty-stricken rural areas of Kenya. We pursue an integrated socio-economic and

cultural development approach in the fight against poverty and social exclusion of Kenyan

communities under the maxim “DEVELOPMENT BY PEOPLE”. We believe that people

should retain the responsibility for their own development while CIVS supports, guides and

mentors their efforts with innovative and customized high quality services. We are looking

for volunteers to support our head office in Nairobi. Depending on your skills and area of

interest, you can help us to improve our online appearance, specifically in two areas:

1. Website design (improving/ redesigning the CIVS Kenya website)

2. Social Media Management (CIVS activities on Facebook, Twitter, CIVS website)

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1. Website Design:

▪ Analyzing the current CIVS Kenya website for areas of improvement & benchmarking

it with competitor

▪ Making suggestions on website improvement

▪ Implement agree website improvements

▪ Assisting in orientation of new volunteers

2. Social Media Marketing:

▪ Monitoring & analyzing the current activities of CIVS Kenya on social media

platforms and bench marking them with main competitors

▪ Making suggestions for improvements for social media appearance & interactions

▪ Implement on agreed improvements

▪ Setting up a photo database for all project/activities

3. Assisting in prospecting of new partner organizations abroad

4. Assisting in identifying areas of improvement and suggesting strategic solutions to such areas.

5. Assisting with general office and field tasks


The volunteer will live in a host family near the office where they will get breakfast and

dinner. Travelling to projects and field work will require use of a public bus and the

volunteer will require to cover his/her own fares.


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CIVS/MLTV-10/20: MARIANNE CENTER FOUNDATION

LOCATION

The project is located in Mutarakwa, Limuru, Kiambu County.

PROJECT DETAILS

Marianne Center Foundation began in 2010 to help individuals with disabilities aged 16 to

50 years. Marianne is a vocational training center that offers support for these individuals

and their families. There are around 40 Kenyans enrolled in this center who have different

disabilities including Autism and Down syndrome. The students are divided and grouped

into classes depending on their abilities so that they are trained on important vocational

skills such as beadwork, baking, farming, activities of daily living (ADL) among others.

The mission of this organization is to make a difference in the life of young adults with

special needs and disabilities in order to be self-reliant and easily integrated into

mainstream life without fear of stigmatization.

Fun time with the disabled people


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▪ Assisting in teaching of various subjects such as Mathematics, Language, writing and

computer lessons

▪ Promoting core activities such as such as drawing, sewing, bead-work and gardening

▪ Running activities of daily living such as cleaning, personal hygiene etc

▪ Organizing extra-curricular activities such as sports and nature walks

▪ Provision of guiding and counseling services to the students


The volunteers will be accommodated at the project site where they will have their own

rooms and will get basic meals i.e. breakfast, lunch and dinner.


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CIVS/MLTV-11/20: DESTINY CHILDREN’S HOME

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located in Nasra Estate, Kayole Nairobi County.

PROJECT DETAILS

Destiny Children's Home was started in year 2000 as a street boys feeding program and

registered as a community-based organization. The main goal for establishment was to

givine the orphaned children a home, education, emotional and spiritual guidance, medical

help and to improve the lives of the children in totality. It serves 31 vulnerable children from

ages 3 months to 17years. Most of the children are orphans; for others, their parents have

mental problems, other children have been abandoned. There are also Maasai girls that

have been rescued from early marriage and Female Genital Mutilation. The project has

managed to educate the children in neighboring schools and after they are educated, the

children are reunited back with their societies through an exit program. It also offers

shelter, food, clothing, medical care, rehabilitation, clothing, sports, and counseling for the

children.

Children and the coordinator posing for a picture


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▪ Taking care of the younger children as well as playing with them

▪ Assisting in preparation and serving of meals

▪ Assisting in general cleaning of the centre

▪ Training the children in music and poems

▪ Feeding the young children

▪ Taking care of the abandoned babies


Depending on the availability of space, the volunteer will stay in a host family, which is

about 10 minutes’ walk to the project or in Buruburu host family which is 20 minutes’ drive

to the project. Volunteers staying in Buruburu will commute daily to the project by public

bus. The host family will provide both breakfast and dinner to the volunteers.


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CIVS/MLTV-12/20: BROWNHILL SECONDARY SCHOOL

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located in Kayole Estate, Nairobi East region.

PROJECT DETAILS

Brown Hill Group is a registered community based organization, established in the year 2013

to offer community services to the residents of Embakasi. After its registration, the group

immediately embarked on running an education facility that best suits the interest of its

community members.

The group undertook the setting up of a secondary school that would enhance quality of

education offered in Kayole estate, and improve the transition rate of students joining

public universities. The project started in 2012 with only 4 students. Since then, the

institution has grown with total admissions reaching over 80 students after only a year in

operation.

In addition to academic objective, the school aims at nurturing of talents to some former

school dropout teenagers. As a result, the school football team became Embakasi District

champions and proceeded to Nairobi County games. The students are aged between 15 to

18 years.

Students having meals at school


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▪ Teaching a combination of subjects i.e. Mathematics, English, Chemistry and Sciences

▪ Counseling sessions on issues relating to drug and substance abuse

▪ Visiting and helping orphans and vulnerable children in the nearby slums

▪ Playing and organizing of games and sports within the neighboring schools


The volunteer will stay in a host family near the project site or in Buruburu host family,

which is 30 minutes’ drive to the project. Volunteers staying in Buruburu will commute daily

to the project by public bus. The host family will provide both breakfast and dinner to the

volunteers while lunch will be served at the project.


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CIVS/MLTV-13/20: MARA OSERO CONSERVATION PROJECT

LOCATION

The project is located in Kimintet, Kilgoris District, Narok County of Kenya

PROJECT DETAILS

Mara Osero Project situated on the western part of Mara North Conservancy is wildlife

conservation project and also a campsite people visiting the great Maasai Mara Park. The

project was established in 2015 with the main mission of providing a sustainable correlation

between human beings and wildlife. The project exists to conserve wildlife, preserve

culture, minimize human-wildlife conflict, and engage in climate control practices. It is

located within the Maasai community, which is a unique and popular tribe due to their long

preserved culture of their traditional way of life, making them a symbol of Kenyan culture.

Maasai's distinctive culture, dress style and strategic territory along the game parks of

Kenya and Tanzania have made them one of East Africa's most internationally famous

tourist attractions.

The project offers volunteers an opportunity to interact with wildlife, engage in

conservation, explore, learn and interact with the Maasai community and their culture. The

Mara conservation gives them a platform to serve, interact and also live like the Maasai

people. Above all, the conservancy is managed according to a model that protects the

delicate eco-system and benefits the landowners who are the Maasai people.

The wildlife at the conservancy comprises of the big cats, antelopes, elephants, zebras,

wildebeests among others. There are wooded acacia and bushes within savannah plains,

undulating hills which provide a varied habitat for browsing and grazing ungulates, as well as

hideout thickets for the predators.

The Mara River runs alongside the conservancy. There is a large number of giraffe and

resident buffalo that live close to the Olerai boundary along the Mara River. Elephants

frequent the conservancy and there is a pride of lion based on the edge of oloisukut. There

are many hippos and crocodiles in the section of the river that borders the conservancy and

the riverine forests, which provide an area popular with leopards.

The project has so far been able to assist The Kenya Wildlife Service to recue animals by

providing timely reports and preventing human-wildlife conflicts.


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A section of the project


▪ Conservation of the vegetation, which involves planting of trees in the conservancy, schools, and within the project

▪ Environmental cleanup exercises involving collection of plastics and wire traps that could harm animals

▪ Assisting the rangers to monitor the animals through walks and eco-camping to spot injured and sick animals and reporting.

▪ Assisting the rangers to Identify animal footprints to establish how far the animals are from human residences to help control conflicts

▪ Assisting the rangers to identify animal populations by recording new births and deaths

▪ General maintenance of the center including cleaning and land-scaping ▪ Assisting in taking care of few domestic animals within the center ▪ Making of Maasai beads for selling to visitors to generate income ▪ Visiting homes and schools and assisting in teaching


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The volunteer will be accommodated in one of the house at the project where meals will be

provided.

SECURITY AND SAFETY

Since the project is located in a Park with wild animals, it’s important to pay attention to the

information that you will be given by CIVS and the project during orientation. The project

has a protection fence though at times wild animals sneak in the compound. You will be

expected to be at the project by 6pm latest every day.


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CIVS/MLTV-14/20: KAIMOSI SPECIAL SCHOOL

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located in Kaimosi, Hamisi Constituency, Vihiga County, Western Kenya.

PROJECT DETAILS

Kaimosi Special School was founded by missionaries from Quakers Friends church in the

year 1987 with an aim of empowering the disabled people (both mentally and physically)

from the communities. The project also was to give them basic education and hope for

future life as well as to make them be self-reliant and integrate them into the society.

Currently the School hosts about 104 disabled people who are children and young adults

whose ages range from 6 years to about 32 years and they are from different communities.

Most of the beneficiaries have autistism, Down syndrome, other mental challenges, multiple

handicapped and epileptic and therefore they are engaged to different classes according to

their disabilities and their level of understanding. The school offer skills to them in different

classes such as Autism class, Foundation class, and intermediate class, prevocational and

vocational class. The school is now a full boarding national school which is supported by the

government of Kenya and the friend’s Quaker church.

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▪ Helping in preparation of meals, serving and feeding the children

▪ Helping in nursing services such as taking care of the sick and giving them medicine

▪ Engaging in dressmaking and tailoring

▪ Training children vocational skills such as agriculture, weaving, tailoring, carpentry and

bead work

▪ Playing together with children through extracurricular activities such a sports and dance

▪ Assisting with physiotherapy

▪ Assisting in mobility

▪ Organizing and Giving guiding and counseling sessions

▪ Taking them to events outside the school such as music and sports.


The volunteers will be accommodated in a host family, which is 15 minutes walk from the

project. Breakfast and dinner shall be provided at the host family while lunch shall be served

at the project. There are toilets, bath shelters and a kitchen at the project


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CIVS/MLTV-15/20: PRECIOUS VIRGINIA HOME

LOCATION

The project is located in Koyonzo, Mumias Subcounty Kakamega County.

PROJECT DETAILS

Precious Virginia Home is a center for disabled children that was established by a former

volunteer teacher in a disability center found in South Korea. During her time as a

volunteer, she assisted the disabled children and started visualizing on starting a similar

project in Kenya. In November 2008, the coordinator mobilized the disabled children from

Kakamega and started a program where she got children with club feet and cleft palates to

undergo correctional surgeries at a Kenyan hospital. In 2016, she lost her daughter, Precious

hence strongly compelled to start a home for children with the severely cerebral palsy and

hydrocephalus. This was to give them care and love hence the establishment of Precious

Virginia Home. The home operated under the following objectives:

▪ To gather persons living with severe cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus in a

center/home where they can be easily assisted.

▪ To create a support group of parents/guardians where they can share experiences

and generate resources to boost their economic and social status.

▪ To re-unite families which are ailing or broken due to the presence of a severely

disabled member of the same family.

The project has 16 children with severe cerebral palsy/hydrocephalus who live at the

project. The project is not operating in the months or April, August, November and

December since there are months for school holidays in Kenya therefore the children are in

their homes.

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▪ Assisting in offering care giving and mobility services

▪ Assisting in Preparation and serving of meals

▪ Assisting in offering physiotherapy sessions

▪ Laundry and general cleaning at the project

▪ Farm work

▪ Maintenance and construction at the center


The volunteer will live in a host family at project site where meals will be provided.


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CIVS/MLTV-16/20: VISION CENTER KHALABA

LOCATION

The project is located in khalaba location, Mumias Subcounty Kakamega County.

PROJECT DETAILS

Vision centre was established in the year 2007 to support the needy families and orphaned

children in the community. The initiators of this project had the dream to provide education

and resources so that the children, women and families could find new ways to generate

their own income. The project is involved with the following activities:

▪ Supporting the Orphan children with basic needs, education and spiritual training

▪ Dairy Goat farming where milk from the goats is sold to generate income.

▪ Brick Making for construction of houses

▪ Dairy Cow Project for commercial milk and training members on domestication.

▪ Crop farming for maize and beans

▪ Water borehole

So far 60 orphaned children have been assisted with school uniforms and school fees and

100 youths has recently completed tailoring and dressmaking

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▪ Working on the project’s farm

▪ Assisting in taking care of the dairy goats

▪ Giving nutrition and medical knowledge to the women

▪ Assisting in brick making

▪ Visiting orphans to give them counseling and support

▪ Cleaning of the center

▪ Promotion of project activities online


The volunteer will live in a volunteers house at the project. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will

be provided.


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CIVS/MLTV-17/20: STAR OF HOPE COMMUNITY CENTER NYERI

LOCATION

The project is located in Embaringo location, Gataragwa Subcounty, Nyeri County.

PROJECT DETAILS

Star of hope community centre was established in the year 2013 with a mission of assisting children

from poor families. The organization had noticed majority of the school-going children from rural

areas lacked basic needs such as school uniforms, food, sanitary towels for girls and class

stationeries. The project has been able to ensure that 115 children have access to education. 42

children of age 4-9 years attend a kindergarten at the project while 73 children go to nearby public

schools. The project also runs a sustainable farming program for women where they have 7 goats,

poultry and farm crops. The farm produce are used in the feeding program.

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▪ Assisting in teaching basic English and math, drawing and making patterns

▪ Taking care of the younger children as well as playing with them


▪ Assisting in general cleaning of the centre

▪ Training the children in music and poems

▪ Feeding the young children


The volunteer will live in a room designated to volunteers at the project. Meals will be

provided


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CIVS/MLTV-18/20: FORTUNE LEARNERS’ CENTER

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located in Kayole estate, East of Nairobi.

PROJECT DETAILS

Fortune Learners Centre is a project that was founded in year 2013 as a charity organization

by 10 social workers from Kayole and Soweto slums who were working in various schools as

untrained teachers. Their motivation was drawn by watching their former schools sending

away vulnerable children from school due to lack of school fees. They thought how they

could better the lives of these poor children who had resorted to begging in the streets. The

females resorted to child prostitution. After the closure of schools in the last term of the

year in 2012. The untrained teachers agreed to start a community centre to provide

education, economic empowerment and HIV/AIDS education including psychological

support to the orphans, vulnerable children and their caregivers. Fortune’s core areas are

education, orphan support and protection, economic empowerment for older orphans and

caregivers, volunteer/Internships, educational trips, sports HIV/AIDS and gender based

violence awareness. The school hosts nearly 100 children from extremely poor backgrounds,

aged between 3 and 12 years. The children attend classes from class 1 to 8. The school has

seven teachers.

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PROJECT ACTIVITIES

▪ Assisting in teaching English, Mathematics, Social Sciences and creative arts subjects

▪ Supporting early childhood development through age appropriate games & activities

▪ Helping in preparation and serving of food

▪ Assisting with administrative work of the school

▪ Providing HIV/AIDS awareness lessons to the pupils


The volunteer will stay in a host family in Buruburu near the CIVS office, and will commute

to the project daily by a public bus. The host family will provide breakfast and dinner while

lunch will be provided at the project.


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CIVS/MLTV-19/20: PHANERO SCHOOL MBALE

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located in Mbale town, Vihiga County of Kenya.

PROJECT DETAILS

Phanero School is a community development initiative that was initiated by a University

Professor with the main purpose of bringing together orphans and vulnerable children and

integrates them other children so that they can be provided with quality education and life

skills. The school currently has 100 children from the age of 2years to 10 years. The centre

also runs a counselling unit whose main objective is to empower families and individuals

battling with marriage challenges, poverty, juvenile delinquency, HIV/AIDS and other

problems that leverage with the problem of drugs and alcohol addiction with a holistic

treatment and care for the family. The school provides education, meals and engages the

children in extra-curricular activities like playing games, singing and dancing.

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▪ Helping in preparation of meals, serving and feeding the children

▪ Training children how to read and write as well as assisting them with their homework

▪ Engaging in beadwork and craft work

▪ Teaching of subjects such as English, mathematics, science and sign language

▪ Playing together with children through extracurricular activities such a sports and dance

▪ Doing community health outreach programs sometimes


The volunteer will be hosted in a host family that is 10 minutes’ walk from the project.

Breakfast and dinner will be provided at the host family while lunch will be provided at the

project.


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CIVS/MLTV-20/20: TOTO ANGEL CENTER

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located in Saika Estate, Nairobi County

PROJECT DETAILS

Toto Angel Center was founded in 2013. It is currently supporting 30 children between 3 –

12 years from a variety of backgrounds. The situation in Saika and Kayole where the children

come from is characterized by a high poverty rate, low education and marginalization of the

community. Many vulnerable children are neglected and abandoned by their caregivers.

Toto angel Center provides a safe place where children can spend the day, get a warm meal,

basic education and play. 22 children are currently enrolled in the centers pre-school group

and another 8 are supported in local primary schools with books, tuition and lunch. 11 of

the children are without a caretaker and live at the center. In order to change the situation

in the community the center has also started regular dialog & problem solving sessions as

well as a soccer club for adults.

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▪ Assisting in provision of basic education to the children (simple maths, English,

science)

▪ Using sports, dancing painting activities to develop creativity in the children

▪ Maintenance of the center

▪ Support community engagement activities


The volunteer will live with a host family in Buruburu and will commute daily with a public

bus to the project. The host family will provide breakfast and dinner while lunch will be

provided at the project.


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CIVS/MLTV-21/20: BADILISHA ECO-VILLAGE

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located on Rusinga Island, Homabay County of Kenya.

PROJECT DETAILS

Badilisha means “change” in Swahili. Badilisha Eco Village aims to bring change to the lives

of people on Rusinga Island, who face challenges such as food insecurity, HIV/AIDS, lack of

education among other pressing issues. It also seeks to inspire change in the general

paradigms of local population towards a more holistic and responsible way. Badilisha Eco

Village promotes permaculture farm design techniques and ethics: Earth care, people care

and share of surplus. It is a model farm, or epicentre, for both sustainable agriculture and

holistic community development. Badilisha successfully hosted a Permaculture

Development Course in March 2011 and aims to become an International Permaculture

Center. There is a primary school also within the project which was established with an

overall objective of providing education to the children around the community. The

project’s main aim is promote and demonstrate sustainable practices, in particular food

production and domestic issues, guided by the ethics and principles of permaculture.

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▪ Permaculture which generally involves farm work activities like digging, weeding,

slashing, mulching and clearing of bushes in the project’s farm

▪ Teaching of mathematics, English and creative arts subject in the school

▪ Assisting with general cleaning to the old and sick

▪ Weeding, slashing and clearing of bushes

▪ Soil conservation and planting of trees in the nearby schools.

▪ Beach cleanup exercises to improve sanitation and hygiene around the community


The volunteers will be accommodated at the project or in a host family by the project where

all meals shall be provided. There are pit latrines, bath shelters and a kitchen at the project

available for use by the volunteers.

SAFETY

Volunteers are advised to avoid swimming in the lake because incidence of parasite

infection for Bilharzia have been reported before


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CIVS/MLTV-22/20: MSICHANA EMPOWERMENT KURIA

LOCATION

The project is located in Kuria, Migori County of Kenya.

PROJECT DETAILS

Msichana is Swahili word for girl. Msichana Empowerment Kuria project was initiated in

2013, with the main aim of ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and other harmful

cultural practices. It was also to support access to fundamental human rights of girls and

young women in the Kuria community in South Western Kenya. With the hope of

empowering girls and young women in accessing their fundamental human rights, the group

is involved in the following activities:

▪ Supporting an after school program for a Children’s Rights Based literacy story telling

program for children 8 to 14 years aimed at developing the knowledge, skills and

talents.

▪ Facilitating structured community dialogues for young men and girls.

▪ Organizing annual marches and community events.

▪ Providing the girls with an empowering experience with an emphasis on impact of

the harmful effects of Female Genital Mutilation

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▪ Engaging in capacity building programs on sexual health

▪ Developing age appropriate games for the children of different age groups

▪ Providing guidance and canceling to teenage girls

▪ Teaching children how to speak read and write

▪ Assisting in Writing reports and documentation for the project

▪ Participating in annual campaigns and community events


The volunteer will live in a host family close to the project site. Breakfast and dinner will all

be provided by the host family and volunteers will get lunch at the project.

QUALIFICATION AND MOTIVATION

The project welcomes all volunteers who are motivated to join, however volunteers with

qualifications in Monitoring and Evaluation, Finance, Programing are needed more by the

project.


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CIVS/MLTV-29/19: HOPE FOR CHILDREN KENYA

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located in Sosian estate, Kayole Nairobi County.

PROJECT DETAILS

Hope for Children was formed in2008 and registered as a community based organization in

2010 with a vision to address the social issues that affect the vulnerable children in the

society. The main goal of the project is to offer support, nurture and improve the lives of

orphans and vulnerable children that have been subjected to poverty and abuse by

providing them with basic needs such as food, shelter, health care and education.

The project has an environment that provides psychological, spiritual, emotional support

and nurturing and lots of tender love and care to the needy children in the society. The

project encourages and gives hope to every child and enable them know that they care and

love them. The project has 36 children whose age ranges from 4 months to 17 years. The

children go to nearby local school and stay at the orphanage with their Mother who takes

care of them. With the right help and committed support from well-wishers and other

stakeholders, these children turn their lives and prepare them to be reliable persons in the

society. The project believe that every child deserve the best start in life and a chance to

fulfill their potential and therefore support them, stand up for them and bring out the best

in each and every child.

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▪ Playing and organizing of games and sports with the neighboring schools

▪ Assisting with preparation and serving of meals

▪ Assisting in the general cleaning of the centre

▪ Helping the children with their homework


The volunteers will be accommodated at a small room in the project or in a host family in

Buruburu. Breakfast and dinner will be provided at the host family while lunch will be served

at the project. Volunteers who will live in Buruburu will have to commute with a public bus

to the project.


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CIVS/MLTV-24/20: HOLY FAMILY ORIANG HEALTH CENTRE

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located in Oriang, Oyugis, Homabay County.

PROJECT DETAILS

Holy Family Oriang Health Centre is a non-profit health institution of the Catholic Diocese of

Homabay. Established in 1994 it has been providing quality, accessible and affordable health

care to the community in the area. The center offers health services like outpatient and

inpatient, deliveries, Maternal Child Health care (MCH), comprehensive care for HIV/AIDS

patients, community health education and laboratory services. The main goal of the centre

is to provide or facilitate the provision of quality, efficient and effective healthcare services

to the community.

The Centre has opened its doors to all HIV/AIDS patients in the area where they can get

access to medical services under a comprehensive Care Package. The patients receive free

testing, counseling and medicine. The staff also goes to the villages to reach to many people

who are unable to afford to reach the health centre for treatment. This is because most

people hardly afford to seek for healthcare services mainly due to stigma therefore leading

to high death rates.

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▪ Assisting the medical staff in the dispensary

▪ Co-coordinating and taking care of the patients

▪ Taking patient samples, pulses, and temperature information

▪ Preparing and updating of records in the hospital

▪ Providing advice and emotional support to patients facing stigma for HIV/AIDS

▪ Community mobilization programs

▪ Assisting in taking care of disabled children at the project


The volunteers will be accommodated at the project institution where all meals shall be

provided. There are pit latrines, bath shelters and a kitchen at the project available for use

by the volunteers.

QUALIFICATION

Volunteers with a medical training and experience doctors, nurses, pharmacists etc are

needed for this project. 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.


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CIVS/MLTV-30/19: TUMAINI FUND FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

INTERNATIONAL

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located in Buruburu Phase 1 Estate, Nairobi County of Kenya.

PROJECT DETAILS

The Tumaini Fund for Economic Development International (TFEDI) is a Non-Governmental

Organization that aims at providing financial and technical advice to people in order to

reduce poverty and thus create income for the needy through micro-finance initiatives.

TFEDI started in February 2005. The project offers workshops and trainings for the

community to improve business management skills and enhance development at a micro

enterprise level. The organization has been able to generate funds from their members,

which they use to cater for the needs of the vulnerable members of the society by

supporting to acquire basic enterprenual skills in managing small scale businesses.

Micro-Finance clearly has a role to play in the fight against HIV/AIDS as it contributes to

strengthening a household safety net. Micro-Finance cannot by itself change the face of

HIV/AIDS. It can help ease the financial and other burdens of those living with HIV/AIDS and

can help to promote behavior change.

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▪ Data entry and organization in the computer and expanding the project’s database

▪ Monitoring and evaluation of how loans disbursed is used by small scale businesses

within the local community

▪ Micro finance which includes looking for donors and funds to support the

organization

▪ Implementation of reports as profit and losses and the improvement the

administration processes by organizing a proper filing system

▪ Working activities outside the office as visiting small-scale business members all

around Nairobi suburbs


The volunteers will be accommodated in a host family which is 10 minutes’ walk from the

project. Breakfast and dinner will be provided at the host family while lunch will be served

at the project. The project accepts only volunteer are willing to be at the project for two

months or more.


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CIVS/MLTV-26/20: ST. VIANEEY EDUCATION CENTER

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located in Rodi, Homabay County of Kenya.

PROJECT DETAILS

Vianeey Academy and Children 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 as a result of the founders great passion to help the needy children, love for the

children and selfless heart to help the needy. His mission is to go all over the country and

reach the 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 dint 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 as people hardly access a medical facility therefore

leading to high death rates and also high cost of attaining medication.

Vianeey academy and children Centre is a democratic Centre which 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 as some of the families can barely afford meals in a

day.

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▪ Assisting in preparation and serving of meals.

▪ Provision of nursing and health education services

▪ Assisting in 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


The volunteer will be accommodated in a house within the project and all meals will be

provided. There will be project staff at all times to offer assistance.


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CIVS/MLTV-27/20: ST. CHARLES LWANGA HIGH SCHOOL

PROJECT LOCATION

The project is located in Ruai, eastern part of Nairobi.

PROJECT DETAILS

St. Charles Lwanga Secondary School and Children’s Centre started as place where

orphaned, homeless and abandoned children were rescued and provided with shelter, food

and a place to call home. Brother John started by gathering children, rehabilitating and

relocating them into schools, but later realized it was becoming difficult in some cases as

existing schools didn’t want to integrate children from the street into their classrooms. This

necessitated, in part, starting the school, which in just four years he transformed the little

used residence, owned by the Order of St. Charles Lwanga, into classrooms, a dormitory,

dining hall .The students, all former street kids living a difficult life in crime-ridden

neighborhoods, now proudly wear their school’s uniform and call the Children’s Centre

“home”. The children were rescued from the dumps and slums of Nairobi and given a

chance to gain an education and end the cycle of poverty and homelessness. Today they are

provided with a safe place to live, a reliable source of nutritious food and the opportunity to

gain high school education with the possibility of post-secondary education. Brother John

hopes that with donations to the Centre, he and his team can build a bigger school with an

integrated approach to nurture children through academics to become responsible citizens

of the world.

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▪ Teaching a combination of subjects i.e. Mathematics, English, Chemistry and Sciences

▪ Counseling sessions on issues relating to drug and substance abuse

▪ Organizing a life skill sessions with students

▪ Playing and organizing of games and sports with the neighboring schools


The volunteer will be accommodated in a small room at the project site and all meals will be

provided. The room can sometimes be shared.


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CIVS/MLTV-28/20: AJELIGWA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP

LOCATION

The project is located in zululu village, Gambogi Vihiga County of Kenya

PROJECT DETAILS

Ajeligwa Community Development group that was established in the year 2009 to offer

personal development to the poor people in the community. The group is comprised of 6

members who are involved in small projects like poultry keeping, beadwork carried out by

by women, Early Childhood education for orphans and vulnerable children and small scale

agriculture. There are 50 chicken for income generation, the small kindergarten has

10children and two teachers, while the farm has vegetables and animal feeds. The group

also has a borehole for water selling. Life in this project is simple and in a local village with

little facilities due to low living standards and poverty. In the year 2011 the group received a

grant from National Aids Council to conduct testing and Counselling of patients. The reached

about 650 people who afterwards received help.

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▪ Assisting in working on the project’s farm and in the community farms

▪ Assisting in teaching the kindergarten children

▪ Playing with the children

▪ Teaching the community something new

▪ Assisting in creation and maintenance of a website and promotion of project activities


The volunteer will be accommodated in a host family in the project. Three meals will be

provided in a day.


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CIVS/MLTV-29/20: RUAI COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER

LOCATION

It is located in Ruai, Embakasi, Njiru Nairobi County.

PROJECT DETAILS

Ruai community health center is a medical facility that provides medical care to the Ruai

Community. The Health Center was established in 2000 but was not working due to lack of running

costs. It was however reopened in 2019 and its now in operation. The center is managed by St.

Charles Lwanga mixed secondary school administration. It provides consultation services, treatment,

laboratory tests and pharmacy services to the community who cannot afford the high cost of

medication involved in other hospitals. The health center works with the nurses and volunteers in

creating health awareness /education to the community. The clinic at delivering high quality medical

service to the patients, focusing on prevention of diseases by promoting health talks, offering care

and advice to patients, treating all patients and staff with dignity, independence, respect and

honesty in an environment which is accessible, safe and friendly.

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▪ Providing advice and emotional support to patients

▪ Offering health related knowledge to students


The volunteer will live in a small room at the project where meals will be provided. The

room will sometimes be shared


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CIVS/MLTV-30/20: KINNA CATHOLIC DISPENSARY

LOCATION

The project is located in Ndoleli Maua, Igembe North district, Meru county of Kenya.

PROJECT DETAILS

Kinna Catholic Dispensary was started in the year 2001 by the first Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of

Isiolo-Kenya. The dispensary is located in the arid region of the border between Meru and Isiolo

Counties of Kenya. The facility serves both Christians and Muslims from the two counties. The

dispensary was established to provide clinical support services to people in the poor people of the

local area. Most of the people served by the health facility are below poverty level and hence the

church has been the sanctuary, safe place and a shelter for them (both Christians and Muslims).

Most of the patents are from the Pastoral communities of Isiolo County. It serves with the main

objective of increasing patients’ follow up programs, offering school health programs and to helping

the inaccessible areas attain curative supportive and preventive services. The facility lacks sufficient

medical equipment and staff to reach out to more people.

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▪ Providing advice and emotional support to patients

▪ Community mobilization programs


The volunteer will live in a room at the project where meals will be provided.

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