Volunteer in Kenya's Orphanages, Wildlife Reserves & Medical Clinics

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Kenya is Africa’s quintessential safari destination. In Kenya’s native Swahili, the word
Safari translates to ‘journey’…. the land that inspired some of Ernest Hemingway’s
greatest classics. A visit to this East African destination offers the best in wildlife, Masai
and Samburu culture and community volunteering and wildlife volunteering experiences

Volunteering in Kenya | Working Holiday

Kenya is the ideal all-in-one working holiday and volunteer option as it proudly boasts
sun and sea on its beautiful unspoilt beaches and warm tropical waters, and prime
savannah in it’s carefully protected wildlife reserves.

The famous Masai Mara National Reserve is really the jewel in Kenya’s crown, and our
volunteer project in the Masai Mara offers you a fascinating insight into both Masai
culture and the picturesque wildlife-filled plains of the Mara that take centre stage. The
reserve remains unfenced even today, and the border to the south stretches through the
endless plains of Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park. The Mara-Serengeti plains play
host twice a year to the glorious rumble of hoofbeats of tens of thousands of animals as
the Great Migration moves through their grasslands.

Lake Naivasha is an unusual gem amongst the
surrounding area that is dotted with soda lates, as her waters are clean and fresh. The
charming Naivasha is home to over 400 birds species as well as a large number of hippo.

Travel further north and more magnificent safari options stretch out before you. You will
find the saline, flamingo-packed and Lake Nakuru and also Hell’s Gate National Park.

Amboseli National Park is where many tourists venture to take their classic photograph
of African wildlife against the breath-taking backdrop of the nearby Mount Kilimanjaro
in neighbouring Tanzania.

Kenya Travel Highlights

• Kenya offers you the enthralling mighty Masai warriors clad in their scarlet war
dress

• Flamingo sanctuaries

• Sprawling tea and coffee plantations, and bustling African marketplaces

• The coastal city of Mombasa is an eclectic mix of African and Eastern cultures
and Kenya’s capital Nairobi is one of East Africa’s largest modern cities

• Visit the very interesting Gedi Ruins, near Mombasa and Malindi

• For the energetic traveler, climb Mount Kilimanjaro or Mount Kenya

FEATURED PROJECTS IN KENYA

Orphan And Teaching Project, Kenya

As an Orphan and Teaching volunteer you will spend your time
providing much needed assistance with the often understaffed, under-resourced and
overcrowded orphanage and educational establishments In Kogelo village in Siaya and
Nairobi Slum areas, From our volunteer project base on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital
city, you will work closely with the teachers and orphanage carers to establish and
enhance lesson plans which promote active participation and understanding.

Orphanages and Pre-school Teaching in
There are over a million orphans in Kenya mainly due to AIDS, of which only 5 % get
any kind of support. There is a huge need for assisting orphanages, children’s homes and
pre-schools in the local community.

There are several orphanages and centres for vulnerable children in Nairobi and Kogelo
village that we are involved with. These children come from backgrounds that have been
affected by Hiv/Aids and poverty related issues.

How Long: 2 weeks up to 8 weeks

Where:Nairobi and Kogelo village, Kenya

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HIV/AIDS Orphans Work In Hospitals & Slums

Kenya

Kenya’s population is hugely affected by the struggles of HIV/AIDS, poverty and
unemployment. It is known to be one of the poorest countries in Africa. There are
countless possibilities to impact the lives of those that are affected by HIV/AIDS, abuse,
poverty or illness. These children are in need of love and attention. Many of them are
developmentally delayed and need extra attention in order to promote their development.
The children’s ages range mainly between 4 and 15 years.

The orphanages offer opportunities to become involved in:

• Helping with the teaching of the children, and helping to develop better learning
materials and lesson plans.
• General care such as cooking for the children’s meals or organizing sports and play
activities to promote the well being of the children.
• Building/improving the facilities to make it feel more like home for the children: by
painting pictures on the walls etc. Some of the orphanages we partner with are building
to expand and improve their facilities. Your pair of hands will be greatly appreciated in
this practical work.
• Assisting orphanage workers in offering moral support and guidance to the children,
training of basic life skills and any activities for various rehabilitative programmes in the
orphanages.
• Creating and teaching the children various arts and sport activities that make creative
use of their time and hone their hidden skills and talents!

The kids are very energetic and will gladly challenge you to a game of basketball or
soccer. You will have a chance to make a huge impact on these children’s lives by
spending time with them, and contributing to their learning and development.

Kenya‘s health care and provision suffers as much as any other public service sector in
the country. Whilst structures are in place for an effective heath service, there is an
enormous deficit in terms of staff and resources. Which is why the volunteers’ help is
very much appreciated by the nurses and doctors we do volunteer work with.

As a volunteer, you will spend every Friday in one of the community or teaching projects
in the Nairobi slums and every alternative Wednesday will be spent assisting at Kibera/
Kiambiu /Kogelo village feeding program which serves over three hundred destitute
elderly and vulnerable persons who often walk over two hours to actually get to the
program. The other four days you will invest your time at one of our medical placements,
schools or community project where you will really be able to get stuck in, form
relationships and and work together with the project.

Your medical background will determine your placement at the various public health
centres or hospital. If you have no medical background at all, you will be placed at one
of the orphanages, pre-schools or community projects.

This initiative is run by a local community health worker and six untrained community
field workers. This initiative aims to act as the middle man between the public health
centers and destitute and vulnerable who often do not have access to proper medical
care. The community based initiatives offers services in:
• Home based care / economic empowerment
• Dressing of wounds
• HIV care and counseling (VCT)
• Treating of jigger infestation (sand fleas which dig into the skin under toenails causing
major infection)
• Community awareness of various health issues
• Training of staff
• Guidance and counseling (working with the youth of the community)

One of the programme’s most obvious attributes is its ability to expose participants to a
diverse array of health care issue while remaining within the boundaries of a small
African village. Volunteers get the opportunity to assist in treating patients who are
afflicted with Jiggers, TB, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Cancer, and Elephantitis, while also
witnessing the community’s culture, economy, and the major limitations of its health care
system. This is particularly beneficial as it is clear that many of the health care issues
present within the village are common among most of the rural areas in the country and
perhaps the continent. Additionally, the challenges presented by the lack of resources
encourage volunteers and community health workers to bring their heads together to find
ways to assist the community in dealing with health issues. It is clear that the medical
knowledge volunteers bring to the slum or village is desperately needed and appreciated
within the local community.

Medical Opportunities ,Public Health Centres
Lecden-kenya medical volunteers are able to get involved in various departments and
gain much experience under the supervision of a local qualified health professional.
Opportunities for involvement include laboratory, physiotherapy, maternity, paediatric
and child-care unit, comprehensive care clinic (HIV & TB patients), counselling,
orthopaedics, administration, outpatient care, pharmacy and x-ray.

There are a host of opportunities to gain medical experience, learn from health
professionals, and have an opportunity to share your skills and knowledge where
appropriate. The exposure to medical care in an African country is certainly an eye-
opener.

Medical Outreach: Home Based Care Home Visits in Slums and Village:Kiambiu slum
Private Hospital
This is a large general hospital that offers medical care to the community regardless of
whether they can afford their treatment or not. The hospital is therefore buzzing with
patients, and doctors attend to around 350 patients a day. It is a great environment for
volunteers to work in who are wishing to undertake a medical elective, however an extra
administration fees is to be paid to the hospital, which is about 50USD and there is a
minimum placement of 6 weeks.This hospital is particularly well-known for its
specialized eye unit. It has a variety of departments and wards that volunteers can get
involved in, such as the maternity ward, orthopedics, the HIV and diabetic clinic,
theater/surgery, nursing and emergency care. Unless volunteers are qualified, licensed
and have received approval from the Kenyan medical board before arrival, involvement
is limited to observation, for this reason volunteers will only be placed in this Hospital
upon request.

Nairobi Slum, Clinic
Challenged by the problem of the increase in child mortality and the decline in maternal
health and coupled with the alarming rate of HIV/AIDS-related complications, a local
clinic has been created with the goal of playing a part in helping to provide health
solutions to a slum population of around 62 000 people.

Volunteers would have the opportunity of helping this local clinic situated on the
outskirts of these slums. The clinic provides services such as maternal & child health
care, family health care, curative health care, primary health care, voluntary counseling
and testing, training in health and HIV/AIDS awareness.

Volunteers are needed to help with the administration, as well as working hand-in-hand
with the nurses or visiting doctor. There is also an extra optional opportunity for you to
assist with the clinics vaccination clinic which happens every Saturday morning where
nursing staff can often serve over 300 children in the morning alone. There is always a
need for an extra pair of hands.

Kibera and Kiambiu Slums – Educational and Community Support, Nairobi
Every year Kenya loses a lot of people due to HIV/AIDS related illnesses and even more
to water-borne diseases. 85% of these deaths occur in the slum areas. This is due to
unemployment and poor housing and drainage systems.

Slums in Kenya are shanty houses built using torn cartons, recycled wood or even worn
out iron sheets. The houses are single rooms of about 2 square metres. Each room
houses a family, consisting of anything from a young mother with 2 children, to a family

of 9 children. The slums are heavily populated with a single pit latrine serving over 20
families. Those who stay in these slums are generally unemployed.

Volunteer work in the slum school would involve helping teachers enhance the
educational environment in the classroom, assist in extra lessons and the reading lab for
children needing one on one attention and planning sports days and outside play time.
This may require you to think out the box for games and ideas as space is often a
challenge.

Adult community work
There are also great opportunities to work with adult in the community with various food
relief and income generating projects. Some of which include:
• A biweekly feeding program we aim to assist over 300 elderly and destitute people
living in villages surrounding Kogelo village.
• Assisting in a baking program established by the church committee which completely
supports a preschool , this offers free education and support to vulnerable and severely
impoverished children and orphans.
• Test out your marketing and business skills by assisting a group of HIV positive women
get the bead working project to a sustainable and successful level where they support all
7 members and their families. Alternatively you can host health talks and workshops
with the women to encourage them to be empowered to speak up and speak out on issues
regarding HIV/AIDS/ Poverty and Women abuse in their community.
• Get down and dirty with the special needs children of Kiambiu Special unit. Help us in
renovating their accommodation and classroom and assist in developing a skills
development and life skills program for the children. Socialize with the children and
help all the relevant role players in the schools from the church committee, to the
teachers, to the caregiver to improve their quality of life.

This placement is not a walk in the park, but will give you the “real” African experience
in an area desperate for help. It is likely that your time spent in Mukuru will never be
forgotten.

How Long: Prices shown are for 2 weeks duration, project available up to 8 weeks.
Where: Nairobi Kibera slum and Kiambiu slum in Nairobi and Kogelo village in Siaya
district,western Kenya

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Masai Mara Big Cat, Wildlife Research & Conservation Project Kenya

As a volunteer on this project, which borders the famous Masai Mara National Reserve
in Kenya, you will have the unique opportunity to get involved in vital conservation and
wildlife research. Assist with exciting lion research, You will be located in Kenya’s
amazing wildlife reserve the Masai Mara National Reserve. The Masai Mara has an
abundance of game all year round and is renowned for its annual Great Migration. You
will be spoilt by the variety of wildlife and vast Masai Mara plains.

The Mara is home to ‘The Greatest
Wildlife Show on Earth’ in the form of the Great Migration that takes place every year.
The migration includes over one million animals and the sheer magnificence of the
display makes it one of the seven natural wonders of the world.

General Information on Volunteer Involvement
Both qualified and non-qualified volunteers can join this project. Your qualification will
determine your level and area of involvement at the different placements.

Volunteer Involvement is in the following areas:

Conservation Projects

Big Cat Monitoring Project – this project is run in partnership with the Basecamp
Foundation.

This project aims to monitor the lion, leopard and cheetah populations and movements of
prides within the conservancy, as well as the interaction between lions and the local
communities. Volunteers will be involved in taking pictures of the big cats, identifying
each individually and creating its own profile, while building the database of cats within
the conservancy.

There is also a great need for the consistent and accurate collection of data on the
Conservancy, including regular censuses of the wild animal population in the area.
Under the guidance of the experienced conservancy team, you will assist in the regular
collection of this data in order to empower the conservation efforts further and measure
the progress of the conservancy.

Conservation projects will also include game drive routing, road identification and
crossing marking, species recording and wildlife monitoring, depending on the needs of
the conservancy during the time of your visit.

Safari Guide School

85% of the tourism guides in the Masai Mara are not from the area, with only a handful
of the local people benefiting from the multi-billion shilling tourism business due to a
lack of the required skills.

The Koiyaki project is an initiative to place guiding in the Mara in the hands of the local
people – after all, it is their own ‘back yard.’ The school and wilderness camp is owned

by the Koiyaki community (Koiyaki Group Ranch is situated north of the Mara reserve)
and is now under the guidance of the Basecamp Foundation.

Goals of the guiding school and camp:
• To enhance conservation of the Masai Mara wildlife by converting this region into an
economically viable conservation area
• To equip local people with the professional skills needed for them to participate in and
promote conservation and wildlife management
• To improve the facilities at the Koiyaki guiding school (e.g.: building dormitories,
dining area and kitchen).
• To reduce encroachment of wildlife habitat by farming communities and thereby reduce
man-wildlife conflict

What do they learn?
In three terms of full time residence training of 8 weeks each, the students will cover the
following diverse and interesting modules:
• Culture, Anthropology, History, Customs
• Animal Behavior
• Visitor Handling
• Photography
• Environment and Wildlife Management
• Natural History
• Camp Management and Cuisine
• First Aid
• Driving Skills
• Placements: Students will be placed either in the company that sponsors them, or other
safari companies. Each student will spend time working in every sector of tourism
employment (i.e. not just guiding), as part of their training.

Olesere Primary School

Olesere Primary School has approximately 250 students enrolled, ranging from pre-
school to grade 6. The school itself is very basic and there is much potential to develop
the facilities further. Thanks to the Headmaster, there is noticeable pride in the school by
both the community and the children. The school now has five classrooms and a pre-
school unit.

Volunteers will be involved in running an environmental club once a week with select
students at the school, encouraging learning about the environment and conservation
through interactive methods. These students will then be responsible for transferring
their learning and skills to other students at the school through workshops and
presentations.

Please be advised that volunteers will also be involved with the practical construction of
additional facilities at the Koiyaki Guiding School, improving resources and developing
the school as a whole.

How Long: 2 weeks – 6 weeks
Where: Masai Mara, Kenya

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Mobile Clinics Assistance In Rural Kenya

Kenya

With 4×4 vehicle or camels for transport, join the Mobile Rural Clinics of the Nomadic
Communities Trust as they venture out to remote areas of the Kenyan wilderness. The
clinics in operation in these areas serve over 70,000 people a year .

This project has its base in the Laikipia wildlife area. First settlers arrived in the area in
1907 to find a few Maasai manyattas and a great deal of game. The nearby town of
Nanyuki was established as a trading centre and continues to have a country
atmosphere.

Laikipia is home to fascinating and ethnically diverse communities, including the
Maasai, who live side-by-side with Europeans, Turkana and Samburu. Despite being a
non protected area, wildlife in Laikipia is abundant and total numbers are higher than
any of Kenya’s protected areas, except the Maasai Mara. It has the highest diversity of
large mammals in Kenya, including significant populations of all major predators and
the famous ‘Big 5′.

This is the enthralling scene that is the backdrop to the Nomadic Communities Trust and
the Mpala Communities Trust (mobile rural clinics using 4×4 vehicles and camels for
transport).

Note: This programme is aimed at those who wish to offer volunteer assistance to the
Nomadic Communities Trust EITHER in an administrative/ fundraising capacity.
Volunteers with medical skills are also welcome but must be prepared to do
administrative work.

How an Administrator/Fundraiser can be of assistance – Your basic job description:

The Mobile Clinic’s founder and chief facilitator, Shanni Wreford-Smith, is desperately
in need of assistance in her tasks of heading up the formidable force that these clinics are
and the impact that they have on the local communities.

Shanni is seeking administrators and fundraisers to assist her with the following tasks:

• Documenting information on the clinics

• Preparing proposals to present to potential donors

• Preparing reports for current donors

• Taking video footage to record events at the clinics and to be made into
promotional documentaries and for use as fundraising tools

• Possibly edit previously gathered footage

• Preparing write-ups and descriptions of both the Nomadic Communities Trust
(NCT) and the Mpala Communities Trust (MCT) 4×4 vehicle and camel mobile clinics
for their respective websites

• From time to time you will need to travel out into the field with the mobile rural
clinics to gather data and prepare reports

How trained Medical Staff can be of assistance

Experienced and qualified medical staff who are able to travel out into the field will be a
great help to the teams on the ground

Documenting information on the clinics

Documenting progress reports on the medical teams and statistics from the field

Supporting the trained NCT medical staff in their various duties and tasks at base and in
the field.

For doctor volunteers we have recently decided that the most efficient way for them to
work with the communities, so that there is an immediate benefit for all, would be that we
employ a locum nurse to work with them as interpreting takes a lot of time and this
allows them time to get used to the environment they will be working in. Many of the
stations are busy and they only get the benefit of the mobile services once a month, so by
having this extra nurse for the volunteer means that no one is hindered in their jobs and
this leaves the usual NCT staff to get on with the jobs undeterred.

The nurses salary for the month will cost the volunteer an additional $465 per month.

Please be advised that in order you use your specialized skills in Kenya we need to get
“special permission” which allows you to work as a doctor in Kenya and this will cost
you an additional USD$200 on top of your project fee.

Ideally we ask volunteers to spend at least 3 months on the project. A situation that most
volunteers would not be aware of is that just as they are leaving the project they take
immense experience with them, but this can leave the communities behind having not
gained much from their experience.

Special note: The candidates for this placement should bear in mind that a very active
social life will not be available to them whilst in Kenya. Much time will be out in the field
and in Laikipia researching, gathering data, preparing reports etc. and individuals who
are comfortable leading a fairly quiet life for a few months are more suitable to this
position. This is not to say your life will be dull, as travelling through Maasai and
Samburu villages, and experiencing the amazing wildlife in the Laikipia region will be an
amazing experience. African Impact staff have travelled through the region recently, and
found it to be one of the most fascinating and enthralling corners of Africa that they have
had the privilege of exploring. Shanni and her team are completely dedicated and
inspiring in their brave drive towards providing health services and education for the
remote communities in which they work.

How Long: Prices shown are for 3 months duration, project available up to 6 months.
Where: the Laikipia wildlife area,Kogelo village in Siaya

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