❤️👶 Child Care/Sports Coach in an Orphanage 🏀⚽️


The experience

Child Care & Sports Coaching in an Orphanage while exploring the white sand beaches of Mombasa

What You’ll Do:
As a volunteer, you’ll spend time with children—playing, caring, and helping them grow. You don’t need professional experience—just patience, kindness, and a love for working with kids.


What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Teaching Sports: Teaching or assisting the host, guests, or local communities in practicing sports or physical activities.

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

Child Care: Caring for, playing with, and spending time with children.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.


What you get

2 days off per week

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

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 Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely


Requirements

Beginner English

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Be from outside Kenya


What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa


Program Details

Volunteer Role: Child Care & Sports Coaching in an Orphanage

What You’ll Do:
As a volunteer, you’ll spend time with children—playing, caring, and helping them grow. You don’t need professional experience—just patience, kindness, and a love for working with kids.



Activities & Shift


Your Main Tasks

🧸 Child Care
• Help children with daily routines (meals, getting ready, homework)
• Play with them, read stories, or help with fun learning activities
• Support the staff with group activities or during busy times
• Be a kind and positive presence in their daily lives

⚽ Sports & Play
• Organize simple games or sports (like football, tag, or races)
• Encourage all kids to join and have fun—no one gets left out
• Help them learn teamwork, sharing, and healthy habits through play
• Lead warm-ups or teach basic moves in sports you enjoy



Rules


What Matters Most
• You enjoy spending time with children
• You’re caring, reliable, and ready to help where needed
• You’re open to learning, even if it’s your first time volunteering
• You respect local culture and follow the orphanage’s rules