Work at Orphanages in Kenya with Amka Afrika Safaris
| Project At A Glance |
| Location: Nairobi Duration: 1 -12 weeks Hours: 30-40 hours per week Food: 3 local food daily Room: Host family or hostel Date: Mondays of each month |
Project Summary
Kenya has a lot of orphans who have been affected by the AIDS virus as well as poverty. There is a need to help kids who have lost their parents through the epidemic. We are presently working with more than 3 local orphanages in the different parts of the city and Limuru. At this program you mostly help orphans kids by tutoring, home schooling and organizing creative extracurricular activities.
Skill/Qualification
There is no specific qualification needed to join the Amka Afrika Adventure Safaris orphanage volunteer project. However, volunteers are expected to be flexible and patience. You should have passion and love for orphans.
Volunteers’ responsibilities:
As a volunteer in the orphanage project, you will help tutor the children in the orphanage where the orphans are home-schooled. You will also help kids to stay clean by helping them in brushing teeth, shower, and personal hygiene. During the evening, you organize games, drawing, singing, dancing, and other creative education and extracurricular activities. You will help kids to do homework, monitor academic progress, and make sure kids complete next day’s homework.
In the orphanage where the children go to school, during the day administrative work helping in cleaning, cooking, garden work will constitute most of your work.
Room/Food
Amka Afrika Safaris arrange for room, food, and supervision for volunteer from the start to the end of program. During first, week of language and cultural program, volunteers stay with one of the host family in Nairobi. The home is located 10 min drive from the city giving easy access to most part of the city.
During volunteering period, volunteer will stay with a host family or at the orphanage. We arrange a separate room and shared bathroom for volunteers at the orphanage/ host family.
| Project At A Glance |
| Location: Nairobi Duration: 1 -12 weeks Hours: 30-40 hours per week Food: 3 local food daily Room: Host family or hostel Date: Mondays of each month |
Project Summary
There is a current lack of teachers in most schools, which are located in the outer city areas and villages due to brain drain. Many teachers have transferred to teach in Southern Sudan and Northern Uganda.
The Kenyan education system recently went through major changes when free education was provided to the primary level. More students have are now going to school and so there is a shortage of teachers in the public schools. Volunteers are a welcomed resource. As a teacher volunteer, you will work in the rural schools mostly work under the direction of the head teacher.
Please note school holidays in Kenya runs from April to May and August to September. Volunteers will teach in orphanage during this time. In Maasai, volunteers can work in other projects.
Skill/Qualification
Volunteers/Interns interested in teaching must possess some kind of teaching certification, degree in education, have a major in science, math or computer oriented classes. Volunteers without credentials are not allowed to work in this program because of the regulations. The schools require a copy of your resume, clearly stating credentials and education, before your arrival to the project.
Volunteer’s responsibilities:
Job responsibilities of volunteers joining as teachers vary with each school (secondary or primary). The schools provide the curriculum and teaching material. Mostly you will work in conjunction with another teacher and you will report to the head teacher.
Room/Food/Supervision
We arrange for room, food, and supervision for volunteer from the start to the end of program. During first, week of language and cultural program, volunteers stay with one of the host family in Nairobi. The home is located 10 min drive from the city giving easy access to most part of the city.
During volunteering at the teaching project, volunteers will stay with a host family. You will either stay near the center or you will commute to the project by matatu every day. Host families will offer a separate room but you will share the bathroom with them.
You can find the details of arrangement for room/food in placement sheets provided you. Our field staff visits you every 2 weeks and maintains contact by phone or through email with volunteers who are placed in farther locations.
