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Orphanage Volunteering in Kenya, Africa.

Assisting with care, education, counselling, arts and sports for disadvantaged children and orphans .
Based in the vibrant cities/towns in Kenya this project takes you to the slums where urban migrant and disadvantaged communities live next to the up-market residences. At a children's centre you work alongside volunteer teachers providing education to the most vulnerable children, improving literacy, supporting counselling, environmental and social awareness. Out of school arts and sports programmes help combat social pressures that lead to substance abuse and crime.

You will also volunteer at an orphanage for HIV / AIDS orphans, helping this local charity care for and educate the children in their care. This project allows you to gain an insight into the challenges faced by communities in Kenya and learn how grass-roots organizations offer real opportunities and care for the children most in need, with minimal resources.

Location

Our disadvantaged children and orphans projects are spread all over Kenya at primary and secondary schools levels. We can make arrangements in whatever region you are interested with or we can give you some options.

Highlights

Most of the centers comprises of a home and a school. Once placed, a volunteer could decide to work in either of the departments – Cook for the children, feed them, teach them, help with laundry, mop the floor, give those who are sick their medication and soothe them to sleep one at a time. At present, the centers are short of staff and most of the above chores are taken care of by a slim staff collectively with the children. The children are from different backgrounds hence, have different emotional problems in addition to societal effects that range from grinding poverty to HIV/AIDS.

Others are from broken homes, where they were physically abused. This category of children together with those affected by HIV need special care, child psychiatric services and above all, friends whom they can trust and open up to – a motherly, fatherly, brotherly or a sisterly figure – a shoulder to lean on, sow hope and reap something in life. There are also those who have never known a mum or a dad – this are children who were either found abandoned by the road side or whose parents are long dead from HIV/AIDS. Therefore other than material insufficiencies, our children’s home are mix of emotions that needs every one of us.

The Project Background

The children's centre aims to provide under-privileged children with free education, and critically, meals - hunger is one of the most common reasons children fail to attend government schools. In a holistic approach the centres offers counselling to children from broken or abusive homes or who are orphaned, as well as to parents. Entirely reliant on independent donors to rent small, basic classrooms, and volunteer teachers, the centre achieves remarkable results - children sponsored to go onto private mainstream education are typically within the top 10% of their class.

The orphanages are set up as a charity to care for HIV / AIDS orphans, often abandoned as young babies. Children receive a secure homelife, education and medical care. This projects delivers opportunities to children from disrupted homelives, supporting health and social awareness in an area with high HIV prevalence, prostitution and drug abuse, and limited access to healthcare. Volunteers not only make a direct contribution caring for and educating the children but increase the capacity of the centres to improve facilities, programmes and funding.

Field Conditions

A life changing experience caring for orphaned and vulnerable children; support primary education and receive training in communicative teaching; develop health, social and environmental awareness programmes through arts and sports; guide children on trips to places of interest. Put your skills and experience to use improving facilities and resources or fund-raising. Live amongst, learn from and support Kenya's urban impoverished communities; learn Swahili. Explore history, culture, beaches and nightlife.