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Explore our culture while gardening

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The experience

The volunteer will participate with the family members to clean, cook, gardening
Teaching work will involve waking up in the morning take breakfast and go to school upto midday and free afternoon to do personal stuff. Some days we may be involved in home visits to some of the widows we are working with. Weekends will be free to explore Kenya go to cutural activities within the community.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 5 Per day

Description: Contribute $5 towards food expenses and donation to the project.

What you get

1 day off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Permaculture Course: Take part in our Permaculture course for free.

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner English or Beginner English

Between 18 and 80 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Our volunteer program is a flexible one simply because volunteers use this time to volunteer at the same relax from active life from their home country and also and site seeing. Usually when volunteer arrive we give them few days of rest to climates themselves with the new environment (we treat them like queens/kings). This is then followed by orientation of the project, the activities for the whole week, the cultures and so on and could give them an opportunity also to reflect on what ideas they have and would want to introduce. We then introduce her/him to the school he/her will be teaching. Then we develop a program for the volunteer period based on the areas to focus on.

Activities & Shift

As part of the host family member, the volunteer is expected to participate together with the family members daily activities like cleaning, cooking, gardening, going to the market and so on. Apart from the daily normal activities, as a volunteer teacher, she/he is expected to wake up in the morning take breakfast and go to school nearby for the lessons upto noon. The volunteer can then take afternoon rest, unless there is something else to be done. The shift can be either teaching in the morning or in the afternoon. Other activities involved visits to widows home to experience their life situation and other times attend community cultural activities to learn more about our culture. Over the weekends the volunteer is free to tour around Kisumu city or any part of Kenya. We will also have language lessons from time to time and any other relevant activities.

Rules

Our main obligation is to ensure safety of the volunteers therefore, our expectations are:
1. Always consult with the host before doing anything you are not sure of or going out on your own, its advisable to be accompanied
2. Our cultures may be different in many ways that should bring out synergy of learning from one another for a happy stay.