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Volunteer at Free Skills Training Center for Women and Teens

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The experience

Join us at our Free Skills Training Center in Nairobi and make a meaningful difference in the lives of women and teens! You'll support impactful initiatives like computer literacy for students, baking courses for single moms, women's mental health circles, food drives, and menstrual hygiene education. In your free time, explore vibrant Nairobi, visit the national park, or enjoy local markets and cuisine. Join us to create positive change!

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

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

Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.

What you get

2 days off per week

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

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.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Swahili

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

1. Computer literacy courses are Mon-Fri, 8am-4pm (you can pick 3 hours from this range).
2. Baking courses are twice a week, days and times vary on moms' availabilities.
3. Sharing circle is once per week.
4. Food drives we're trying to increase to 3x per year but it depends on resources.
5. Menstrual program we're trying to increase to 5x per year.
You'll stay at a private residence in Kawangware, Nairobi. You'll live with Christine (NGO founder), Joyce (baking instructor and Christine's mom), and Christine's two siblings and two children. We have a bunk bed you can use . You can eat family meals with us! We can meet you and bring you to the facility using local transport or you can use a taxi if you'd like. We can help you to arrange tours and show you around town.

Activities & Shift

We would love for you to share your computer skills with our students! Their computer literacy varies from none at all (not knowing how to double click, click & dragging, etc.) to some basic skills. If you know a specific program (Photoshop, Xcel, etc.) do teach it to us, but even showing the kids how to use email is helpful. You can feel free to design your own classes in collaboration with Christine.
You can help Joyce with baking, especially if you bake pastries.
If you have experience or licenses in mental health counselling, we could really use your help at our circles and you can train us, too.
You can help with social media posts, grant writing, fundraising and update our website.
If you're here during a food drive or menstrual program, you can help us with the execution of these operations.
You can contribute new ideas to the organization and help us progress!

Rules

No smoking, drinking, drugs or use of foul language. Asante sana!