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Project overview Shining Star ECDC and Orphans School is located in Migori County, Nyatike Sub-county, Muhuru division, Muhuru -East location in Tagache Sub-location, along Muhuru-Migori road. The School was founded in 1999 by Mr. Hevrone Killmess Mairah due to lack of access to educational institutions in the area due to its remote setting, challenges posed by orphans the majority of whose parents are ravaged by HIV/AIDS pandemic and the high illiteracy levels within the community coupled high unemployment. In 2000 the school had a good number of children and 3 teachers and the community enjoyed the being of Shining Star. In 2001 the school was temporarily closed due to the conflict within the local community until 2002 when this was resolved and the community agreed to host the School at the local Church due to lack of classroom buildings. 2003 the land was bought and demarcation done. In 2005 the first classroom was built by a volunteer called Steffi Rahn a 19-year old from Germany. 2009 started hosting volunteers from KVDA courtesy of the Germany Government sponsored program “Weltwaerts” that afforded young Germans an opportunity to volunteer in Kenya for the duration of one year. 2011 Shining Star was registered with the Kenyan Government as a learning institution. 2012 started building dormitory for both orphans and those having parents with the help of former KVDA volunteer from Germany named Daniel, which structure has since been completed. 2013 the School started goat farming and poultry farming that is still underway. It also set aside space for an orphanage home and new toilets that are already finished. There are more plans in the pipeline e.g. Agriculture, Business loaning for the widows and youths, competitive sports between local clubs and the School where trophies, balls and other gifts will be awarded to the participating teams The School has a population of over 360 children, 11 teachers and 5 support staff. The School has classes from Kindergarten to Standard eight. Shining Star ECDC and Orphans School is a community based education institution and caters for the needs of the orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) that had been rendered destitute. Fishing is the mainstay of the local community thanks to the expansive Lake Victoria. Due to the easy cash courtesy of the Lake, young people have been lured to drop out of School to engage in fishing and this has negatively impacted on the community since it has resulted in early marriages, school drop outs, early and unplanned pregnancies not forgetting the spread of HIV/AIDS that has resulted in increased number of OVC’s in the community. Community empowerment is crucial in achieving the overall objective of attaining sustainable development.

Work

Manual work and Intercultural activities: • School renovation • Teaching Primary School and secondary school students • Home visits • Cultural days for various nationalities • Translation of thematic focus of the project together with the local people

Location

Muhuru-Bay, South West Kenya on Lake Victoria in Migori county

Accomodation

ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS • Volunteers will stay in classrooms at the School with very basic living conditions. • Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges. • KVDA will provide foodstuffs and volunteers will cook their own meals in turns. • Water is available from springs and it is recommended that drinking water should be boiled or medicated. Mineral water available at supermarkets is also recommended. • The Government policy to install ICT in primary schools has seen connectivity to the national power grid for most educational institutions in Kenya and this makes it easy for volunteers to use electric appliances while at the project. • Furthermore, we invite you to bring typical food, spices, drinks, games and music from your country (for an intercultural evening) – and a lot of motivation!

Requirements

The project participation fees that is all-inclusive for the three weeks work camp is Euro 300 Airport pick-up services: • The port of entry to Kenya is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi • Airport pick up will be done on provision of full flight details. • The volunteers will be taken to KVDA Residence for accommodation at subsidized fee

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Project overview • KITO International is a non-profit social enterprise dedicated to getting youth off the streets and out of poverty. Inspired and founded by a former street boy, KITO combats homelessness by providing economic opportunities. • KITO trains youth in entrepreneurship, financial literacy, employability skills, and life skills. After 2 months of intensive training, KITO youth are temporarily employed with KITO's social enterprise, EcoSafi, in order to gain hands-on experience in a formal employment setting. • KITO staff and supporters also seek opportunities to link KITO youth to mentorships, internship, or apprenticeships in and around the community in order to expand the youth's knowledge and confidence in order to set them on the path towards self-sufficiency. • KITO is dedicated to the success of each and every youth that walks through its doors and customizes each youth's exit strategy to ensure their continued success and growth. Previous KITO graduates have continued their education, secured full-time employment, and started their own business.

Work

Manual work and Intercultural activities: • Training youths in entrepreneurship, financial literacy, employability and life skills • Mentorship and apprenticeship • Design and production of custom made bags from bio degradable materials, printing of T-Shirts and other related works

Accomodation

• Volunteers will stay in classrooms at the School with very basic living conditions. Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges. • KVDA will provide foodstuffs and volunteers will cook their own meals in turns. Water is available from springs and it is recommended that drinking water should be boiled or medicated. Mineral water available at supermarkets is also recommended. • The Government policy to install ICT in primary schools has seen connectivity to the national power grid for most educational institutions in Kenya and this makes it easy for volunteers to use electric appliances while at the project. • Furthermore, we invite you to bring typical food, spices, drinks, games and music from your country (for an intercultural evening) – and a lot of motivation!

Requirements

The project participation fees that is all-inclusive for the three weeks work camp is Euro 300 Airport pick-up services: • The port of entry to Kenya is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi • Airport pick up will be done on provision of full flight details. • The volunteers will be taken to KVDA Residence for accommodation at subsidized fee

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Project overview • Esikoma Community Health Volunteers (ECHV) is a community self-help group established in 2014 by local volunteers operating within Butula Sub County with its main office at Esikoma Market within Marachi central Ward, focusing on Health and community development and other health related issues. • Having realized all these problems within the community, few members from Butula who were trained, decided to establish a group which could address the above mentioned health issues. The group was then referred to as Esikoma Community Health Volunteers (ECHV). • Most orphans whose parents died from HIV/AIDS. Were infected by jiggers, this was as a result of parental and guardian poor care. In generals these children lacked basic needs such as health care, shelter, education, and clothing among others.

Work

Manual work and Intercultural activities: • Rehabilitation of Busia wetlands • Environmental education to schools • Conservation of Busia wetlands • Support of venerable children in the communities • Rural renewable energy management and conservation • Nature based livelihood support

Accomodation

ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS • Volunteers will stay in classrooms at the School with very basic living conditions. Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges. • KVDA will provide foodstuffs and volunteers will cook their own meals in turns. Water is available from springs and it is recommended that drinking water should be boiled or medicated. Mineral water available at supermarkets is also recommended. • The Government policy to install ICT in primary schools has seen connectivity to the national power grid for most educational institutions in Kenya and this makes it easy for volunteers to use electric appliances while at the project. • Furthermore, we invite you to bring typical food, spices, drinks, games and music from your country (for an intercultural evening) – and a lot of motivation!

Requirements

The project participation fees that is all-inclusive for the three weeks work camp is Euro 300 Airport pick-up services: • The port of entry to Kenya is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi • Airport pick up will be done on provision of full flight details. • The volunteers will be taken to KVDA Residence for accommodation at subsidized fee

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Project overview • Miwani Primary School is in the north coast, situated in Miwani village, Ganda location in Malindi Constituency. It is a community school run by Maziwani Primary School with the full support of both the community and the local government. • Miwani has 158 pupils with a team of 9 teachers who work under very difficult and appalling situation in order to educate these kids. The village has a population of about 1000 people respectively. • The school was established in 2011 following the need to start another school given that the population had increased and the other public schools were a distance away. As it were, a few structures were set up with the help of local government and the school began running. • The school is in the heart of the village and enjoys serenity and tranquility of nature. However, most community members lack education thus is faced with a lot of economic hardships and poverty as a result. Therefore, the support extended to the school remains minimal considering the life challenges that they undergo. • In order to seal this gap, Mafanikio Community Based Organization has partnered with the school, local government and the county government in order to provide intervention measures to improve the school infrastructure, provision of learning instructional materials, international volunteer services and school feeding program as a way of providing a conducive learning environment.

Work

Manual work and Intercultural activities: • Teaching Mathematics, English & Social studies • Sports & games activities • Community meetings participation • Community development • Identifying weak students and focusing on their potential strengths • Translation of thematic focus of the project together with the local people

Partner

Project description The project has short and long term goals that shall ensure that it stands on its own after a span of two years. The goals include; • Teaching Mathematics, English & Social studies • Sports & games activities • Community meetings participation • Community development • Identifying weak students and focusing on their potential strengths • Assisting the head teacher in admin work The short term goals include; 1. Providing furniture to the teachers (tables & chairs) 2. Construction of 3 Toilets The long term goals; 1. Borehole 2. Classrooms and 3. Fence The government has pledged to construct two classrooms in aid of school development. As a way of supporting the school, the local government together with other stakeholders shall organize for a fundraising for another classroom in December 2017. Project activities • Offering teaching services to the children especially in Mathematics, English & Science • Organizing educational trips and talent show activities • Helping out in the poultry project (management & operation) and to some extent manual work • Supporting school administration

Accomodation

• Volunteers will stay in classrooms at the School with very basic living conditions. Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges. • KVDA will provide foodstuffs and volunteers will cook their own meals in turns. Water is available from springs and it is recommended that drinking water should be boiled or medicated. Mineral water available at supermarkets is also recommended. • The Government policy to install ICT in primary schools has seen connectivity to the national power grid for most educational institutions in Kenya and this makes it easy for volunteers to use electric appliances while at the project. • Furthermore, we invite you to bring typical food, spices, drinks, games and music from your country (for an intercultural evening) – and a lot of motivation!

Requirements

The project participation fees that is all-inclusive for the three weeks work camp is Euro 300 Airport pick-up services: • The port of entry to Kenya is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi • Airport pick up will be done on provision of full flight details. • The volunteers will be taken to KVDA Residence for accommodation at subsidized fee

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Project overview The Maasai Mara National Reserve (also known as Masai Mara and by the locals as The Mara) is a large game reserve in Narok County, Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Mara Region, Tanzania. It is named in honor of the Maasai people (the ancestral inhabitants of the area) and their description of the area when looked at from afar: "Mara," which is Maa (Maasai language) for "spotted," an apt description for the circles of trees, scrub, savanna, and cloud shadows that mark the area. It is globally famous for its exceptional population of Masai lions, African leopards and Tanzanian cheetahs, and the annual migration of zebra, Thomson's gazelle, and wildebeest to and from the Serengeti every year from July to October, known as the Great Migration. The Maasai Mara National Reserve is only a fraction of the Greater Mara Ecosystem, which includes the following Group Ranches: Koiyaki, Lemek, Ol Chorro Oirowua, Olkinyei, Siana, Maji Moto, Naikara, Ol Derkesi, Kerinkani, Oloirien, and Kimintet

Work

Manual work and Intercultural activities: • Tree planting • Renovation of school classrooms and painting at the institution

Accomodation

• Volunteers will stay in a homestead provided by the local people with very basic living conditions. • Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges. • KVDA will provide foodstuffs and volunteers will cook their own meals in turns. Water is available from springs and it is recommended that drinking water should be boiled or medicated. • Mineral water available at supermarkets is also recommended. • The Government policy to install ICT in primary schools has seen connectivity to the national power grid for most educational institutions in Kenya and this makes it easy for volunteers to use electric appliances while at the project. • Furthermore, we invite you to bring typical food, spices, drinks, games and music from your country (for an intercultural evening) – and a lot of motivation!

Requirements

The project participation fees that is all-inclusive for the three weeks work camp is Euro 300 Airport pick-up services: • The port of entry to Kenya is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi • Airport pick up will be done on provision of full flight details. • The volunteers will be taken to KVDA Residence for accommodation at subsidized fee

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Project overview Shimba Hills Forest Guides Association (SHIFOGA) is a group comprising of local youths who came together to support eco-tourism at the Shimba Hills National Reserve. The group formed in 2004 is involved in guiding tourists through the reserve in addition to other environmental conservation activities. Mission: To actively participate in conservation endeavors of the Shimba Hills and to sensitize the locals on the benefits of the reserve. Vision: To have a conservation conscious community

Work

Manual work and Intercultural activities: • Conservation activities • Tree planting and farming • Undertake basic research on World heritage

Partner

Project activities Tour guiding in the Shimba Hills National Reserve and also the SHIFOGA Forest Nature Trail; Tree planting and the ongoing maintenance of tree nurseries; Management and maintenance of the local sanitation program (public toilet); Bee keeping and butterfly farming; Creation and continuity of school education programs AGE: Volunteers have to be at least 18 years old to participate in the work camp. There is no upper age limit`

Accomodation

• Volunteers will stay in a homestead provided by the local people with very basic living conditions. • Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges. • KVDA will provide foodstuffs and volunteers will cook their own meals in turns. • Water is available from springs and it is recommended that drinking water should be boiled or medicated. Mineral water available at supermarkets is also recommended. • The Government policy to install ICT in primary schools has seen connectivity to the national power grid for most educational institutions in Kenya and this makes it easy for volunteers to use electric appliances while at the project. • Furthermore, we invite you to bring typical food, spices, drinks, games and music from your country (for an intercultural evening) – and a lot of motivation!

Requirements

The project participation fees that is all-inclusive for the three weeks work camp is Euro 300 Airport pick-up services: • The port of entry to Kenya is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi • Airport pick up will be done on provision of full flight details. • The volunteers will be taken to KVDA Residence for accommodation at subsidized fee

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