1. UNIVERSITY NAME: STRATHMORE UNIVERSITY
DEGREE COURSE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS
STUDENT NAME: OMOTI KEVIN AKAL LUKA
STUDENT NUMBER: 076124
ORGANIZATION NAME: UNGANA AMREF
ATTATCHMENT START AND FINISH DATES: 2/2/2016 TO 10/3/2016

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................... 3
2. INTRODUCTION OF THE ORGANIZATION..................................................................... 4
3. DESCRIPTION OF THE ATTACHMENT ............................................................................... 6
3.1 Weekly timetable .................................................................................................................. 6
3.2 Description of work station................................................................................................. 20
4. IMPACT OF THE INTERNTSHIP....................................................................................... 21
5. CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................................... 23
REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................... 24
APPENDICIES ......................................................................................................................... 25

3. 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Amref is an international non-governmental organization that deals with health care issues and
strives at improving health care in Africa. Over the holiday I had identified a place to do my
community based attachment and approached a medical clinic but they took long to respond back
to me on which day I was to start my attachment during which a friend of mine introduced me to
Amref. Since time is a crucial factor I opted to start my attachment with Amref. The application
procedure was that I present my letter for community based attachment that I had been given
from school ,copy of my ID, copy of my school ID and copy of my community based attachment
details form. I was then required to pay a fee of 1000 Kshs for Ungana membership for Amref.
The task I was to do mainly was outreach but some of the major activities I underwent during the
attachment period were:
1. Fundraising
2. Outreach
3. Awareness and Advocacy
4. Training and Development
5. Communication

4. 2. INTRODUCTION OF THE ORGANIZATION
The organization I got to have an opportunity with to do my community based attachment was
Amref. Amref is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1957 to deal with
health care issues and strives at improving health care in Africa. The pioneers of Amref were
doctors who wanted to improve healthcare services for remote and unprivileged communities,
this was achieved by the revolution of aircrafts to access this remote communities thus they were
later know as Flying Doctors of East Africa. Their website is http://amref.org/
The organization mainly operates in Medical and Capacity building. In medical sector this
involves maternal and child health, fighting diseases, water and sanitation, clinical and
diagnostic services and research for improving healthcare across Africa. In Capacity building
there is basic and post-basic training for nurses, governance, leadership and management training
and community development and outreach through Ungana AMREF which is volunteer
programme made up of young individuals who strive at community outreach and national
development.
The beneficiaries for Ungana and Amref are the pregnant women, children, nurses, doctors,
employees under Amref, disease and health deprived communities.
The next page shows chart of an organizational structure of Amref.

5. Figure 1

6. 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE ATTACHMENT
3.1 Weekly timetable
WEEK: Tuesday 2ndFebruary - Saturday 6th February.
DEPARTMENT: Ungana
DATE OBJECTIVES TASKS ACHIEVED LESSONS
LEARNT
TOTAL
HOURS
2/2/2016 To attend
workshop and
training on
Behavior Change.
To pitch our
solutions of the
problems that
Grace Community
was facing.
Workshop
attendance
Helped give ideas
towards solving
problems faced by
Grace Community
Arriving at
solutions is
much easier
when a lot of
parties are
involved
making the
decision wise
and fair
8 hours
3/2/2016 To attend training
at YMCA on the
topic The Personal
Journey in
Mentorship by Mr.
Wamiti.
To do a pre- visit of
God’s Gift home.
Mentoring from
Mr.Wamiti’s life
experiences and
observations
Motivation and
how to make
good and
informed life
choices
8 hours.

7. 4/2/2016 To visit God’s Gift
home and do
mentorship.
To collect data for
their website
construction.
To mobilize
resources required
for Saturday’s
painting activity.
Mentoring, data
collection and
planning activities
achieved
Children in
children’s
home need
someone to
reach out to
them to feel
loved
8 hours
5/2/2016 To attend training
at YMCA on the
topic Mind
Transformation by
Dennis Odeny.
To do shopping
required for the
painting activity.
Attended the
training by Denis
Odeny that also
involved the
audience.
Shopped for
paintbrush and paint
that would be used
for painting activity
Mind
transformation
skills can be
applied in real
life.
8 hours
6/2/2016 Painting of
Moonlight
Secondary
building.
The painting was
well done and
completed the
professional
painters would
come to help finish
up where we
Painting
doesn’t require
professionalism
but can be done
for fun for the
benefit of the
society like
8 hours

8. couldn’t the next
day.
painting for
schools
SIGNATURE: _________________________ STAMP
_______________________

9. WEEK: Monday 8thFebruary - Friday12th February.
DEPARTMENT: Ungana.
DATE OBJECTIVES TASKS
ACHIEVED
LESSONS
LEARNT
TOTAL
HOURS
8/2/2016 To do a pre- visit of
Spirit of Mercy Home.
To meet with Joy a
student who requires
funds to buy her uniform
and necessary items
required for her to join
Secondary School
where she was lucky to
get a scholarship.
To get funds from all
members be it in form of
cash or books that we
still had from high
school.
Pre-visit at
Spirit Mercy
Home
Donation of
school books
novels and
funds from the
members
Window
shopping of
uniform, books
and stationery
price.
What we have
might not be
useful to us
now but
maybe to
someone else
thus we should
donate books
and other
items to
someone
whom it may
be beneficial
to
8 hours

10. To do window shopping
of prices of uniform,
books and stationery
from different places in
town.
9/2/2016 To come up with a cost
effective budget for
shopping of Joy’s items.
To collect data at Spirit
of Mercy.
To mentor and interact
with the children and
educate them on how to
be responsible in terms
of school work and
friendships.
Data collection
at Spirit of
Mercy
Interacted with
the children and
also taught
them how to
balance school
life and work
hard and also
not to engage in
irresponsible
behavior but to
also respect
their parents
and teachers
advices
Education
should
enlighten our
paths
mentally;
physically and
also spiritually
thus help us
make
informed and
wise choices
in life.
8 hours
10/2/2016 To do shopping for Joy.
Deliver the items we all
had gotten from
different sources to
Shopping for
joy was done
and delivery of
forgotten items
School
students need
shopping
items for
school for
conducive
environment
to learn like
8 hours

11. Mwamko home in
Soweto slums.
books and also
dormitory
items
11/2/2016 To attend training at
YMCA on the topic
SOCIAL MEDIA FOR
SOCIAL CHANGE. It
was led by Pauline.
To be briefed by Ms.
Ruth also on How to
effectively use social
media in the right way.
She was also to talk
about her book donation
campaign and asked us
to help her reach her
target of 500 books over
the coming weeks.
Attendance for
the social media
training by
Pauline
Social media
has positive
and negative
consequences
but can be
used for social
change
8 hours
12/2/2016 To travel to Muranga
and do Mentorship to
the students of Igikiro
Boys High School
Mentoring for
form fours
Students also
need
motivation
from outsiders
from whom
they can relate
age wise
10 hours

12. SIGNATURE: ______________________ STAMP:
_________________________

13. WEEK: Monday 15th February – Friday 19thFebruary.
DEPARTMENT: Ungana.
DATE OBJECTIVES TASKS
ACHIEVED
LESSONS
LEARNT
TOTAL
HOURS
15/2/2016 To carry our Mentorship
program at Kia
Wambutu Primary and
Secondary School.
To raise funds for the
celebration of our end of
CBA party that we will
celebrate with the
children of Touch life
Children’s Home.
Mentoring and
motivation for
the class 8s of
the primary and
the form fours.
Mentoring gives
the students an
idea or dream of
where they want
to be in the
future.
8 hours
16/2/2016 To attend training at
YMCA whereby Jeremy
Riro was to speak on
ENTREPRENUERSHIP
AS A SOLUTION TO
COMMUNITY
CHALLENGES.
Class
participation on
social
entrepreneurship
Shopping and
delivery at
Touch life home
We should focus
on social
entrepreneurship
that will benefit
the society and
also engage in
community
social
8 hours

14. To do shopping required
for the party and deliver
it to the home.
responsibility as
entrepreneurs
17/2/2016 To attend the planned
party at Touch life home
as it was to be a surprise
for the children.
To do mentorship to
upper primary children.
Party attendance
The class 8
pupils were
mentored and
interacted with
Interaction with
children from
Touch life home
was good as they
shared their lives
which made me
appreciate
where I am now
and also students
need motivation
8 hours
DATE OBJECTIVES TASKS
ACHIEVED
LESSONS
LEARNT
TOTAL
HOURS
18/2/2016 To raise funds for
buying of extra beds
for Mwamko
children’s as it was a
problem that was
identified by the other
team that they lacked
enough beds
A total of Kshs
20,000 was raised
from external
sources.
We should
support the less
fortunate in all
means we can
8 hours

15. To identify a place
where the beds would
be made.
19/2/2016 To place the first order
of 2 beds to made.
To deliver the 2 double
deckers in the evening.
Placed the order
of the beds
Bed delivery
Planning is
essential as the
bed delivery
was done late
than expected
10 hours
SIGNATURE: ________________________
STAMP______________________________
WEEK: Monday 22nd February - Friday 26th February.
DEPARTMENT: Ungana.
DATE OBJECTIVES TASKS
ACHIEVED
LESSONS
LEARNT
TOTAL
HOURS
22/2/2016 To assist in the
cleaning, fumigation
and re-arranging of the
Cleaning,
fumigation and
re-arranging of
Hygiene should
be improved
everywhere to
10 hours.

16. sleeping rooms of the
children.
the children’s
sleeping rooms
provide a
conducive
environment
for sleep
23/2/2016 To deliver the second
set of beds to
Mwamko Children’s
home.
To assemble and fix
the beds
Delivery and
fixing of the
new double-
decker beds
If need be
Mwamko
Children’s
home should be
supported in
building new
rooms to reduce
congestion of
beds in their
room.
8 hours
24/2/2016 To meet with Faith a
student who will be
joining Moonlight
secondary who was to
tell us the items she
needed to join the
school.
To do window
shopping for essential
items required by
Faith.
Met Faith and
identified her
needs.
Window-shop
for items she
needed and their
relevant budget
need to
accomplish this
Its good and
motivating to
support a
hardworking
and needy
student
8 hours

17. To come up with a
budget in order to
know the amount of
money required to
raise money for.
25/2/2016 To collect the items
that was donated by
team members.
To get funds from a
parent amongst who
decided to sponsor us
with the amount
needed.
To do shopping and
delivery of items to
Mwamko.
Items collected
from the team
and funds
sponsored were
used to shop and
delivered items
at Mwamko
Support the
needy by
donation
something that
may be of need
to them
8 hours
26/2/2016 To get books from
team members
required by Ruth for
her book donation
campaign.
Delivery of
books at YMCA
Support friends
in their
campaigns and
programs that
will eventually
benefit the
society at large
8 hours

18. To deliver the books to
YMCA.
SIGNATURE: _______________________ STAMP: _______________________
WEEK: Monday 29th February – Friday 4th March.
DEPARTMENT: Ungana.
DATE OBJECTIVES TASKS
ACHIEVED
LESSONS
LEARNT
TOTAL
HOURS
29/2/2016 To do mentorship at
Moonlight.
To help in the
transportation of the desks
to the new building at
Moonlight.
Interaction and
mentorship for the
students
Delivery of the
desks
Students need a
conducive
environment for
studying from
resources to
motivation
10 hours
1/3/2016 To do Mentorship at
Mwiki Primary.
Interaction and
mentorship with the
class 8s
Motivation is key
for academic
success
8 hours
2/3/2016 Pre- visit of Karinde
Children’s Home.
First hand data
collection about
how Karinde
children’s home is
What a Hackathon
is all about and
getting to know a
new place called
8 hours

19. To meet with Mr. Nelson
to brief us on the activities
that will take place in the
next Hackathon.
all about and
Hackathon
Karinde children’s
home
3/3/2016 Collection of data and
Mentorship at Karinde
Children’s Home.
Data collection Value of
appreciation for the
less fortunate
8 hours
4/3/2016 Collection of data at Gilgal
Fellowship in Dandora.
To visit the students who
are supported by Gilgal
organization.
Data collection
Outreach and
interaction with the
supported students
Communication
Kindness and
purpose of
outreach missions
10 hours
SIGNATURE: _______________________ STAMP: _______________________

20. WEEK: Thursday 10th March.
DEPARTMENT: Ungana.
DATE OBJECTIVES TASKS
ACHIEVED
LESSONS
LEARNT
TOTAL
HOURS
10/3/2016 To assist in the supervision
of the iHubHackathon
Arrangement of the
venue and
welcoming visitors
Hacking skills like
using command
prompt
8 hours.
SIGNATURE: _______________________ STAMP: _______________________
3.2 Description of work station.
Ungana AMREF is basically a volunteer programme made up of young individuals who strive
towards community outreach and national development. Our programme coordinator was Steve
Machua who briefed us what Ungana Amref is all about and on how we will go about our
activities. The working areas would vary as we would visit children homes, primary schools and
also mentoring workshops at YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) branch near Nairobi
University.
The task presented to volunteers was active participation in the programme, for example we
could help paint at Moonlight academy, mentoring the class 8s at Mwiki primary, delivery and
fixing of beds at Mwamko children’s home near Ruaka area. In all this we would make sure the
tasks are done and all activities coordinated with Steve Machua and the respective parties we had
gone to visit. We also organized ourselves and met in town before going out for an activity and
go as a group, we also took photos during the programmes and shared them on our whats app
group we had formed for the Ungana Amref volunteers for remembrance at the end of the day.

21. 4. IMPACT OF THE INTERNTSHIP
Ungana Amref provided us a conducive environment to work well with the people we
reached out. The work experiences were fulfilling and fun especially when we had gone to do
the painting activity at Moonlight Academy; it was a first experience to do so.
I learnt the value of team work and coordination with my fellow volunteers, we learnt from
each other’s mistake and also share in our work experiences to achieve the tasks that were
placed before us.
The attachment also instilled me with leadership, self control and time skills. This is
mentoring the class 8s , doing task without supervision and doing it as required and also
managing time well when planning and executing the internship programmes.
Being a volunteer ,we expected perhaps we would be treated different at the places of work
we went to but to our surprise the communities we interacted with treated us just one of them
and we also did likewise thus we bonded well and the value of family and trust came about.
At work ,I realized people have different opinions when it comes to decision making thus we
should respect their opinions towards decision making and try to arrive at a decision that
favors most of them in a democratic way, this is something I hope to incorporate in my future
study and life in projects and group works.
Having to reach out to the less fortunate in the society is part of human kindness as we value
the worth a human being. This is something we were taught in Philosophical Anthropology.
This is “ubuntu” which is “the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all
humanity". Thus we should have empathy to the less fortunate by sharing what we have that
may contribute towards their development as a human being.
Having being taught communication skills in class, it was good to apply it when
communicating with our supervisor, programme coordinator, my fellow volunteers and also

22. the communities we interacted with. This is application such as conflict resolutions when
some volunteers were at logger heads thus evaluation the situation and coming up with the
best way to solve the issue between the two.

23. 5. CONCLUSIONS
Generally my experience doing my community based attachment has been good. I have learned
social management skills, fundraising, outreach, awareness, advocacy training and development.
I also learnt about social entrepreneurship where we can get involved in entrepreneurship
businesses that end up benefiting the society. The workshop and training I attended on Behavior
Change also impacted be positively towards instilling good morals in life in order to make wise
decisions in life.
The general observations I mainly made while at Ungana Amref was that volunteership
programs do help a lot in impacting the society positively, this is when the volunteers come up
together to support the less fortunate and work towards building the nation. This programs range
from one place to another, from schools to children’s homes providing them with food and basic
needs making life a little bit comfortable. Although Amref is a medical based organization they
also have the community social responsibility branch –Ungana Amref thus other organizations
out there should emulate.

24. REFERENCES
Wikipedia (2016). Amref Health Africa
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Amref (2016). Amref Health Africa's Strategic Priorities
Retrieved 1st March, 2016, from http://amref.org/what-we-do/
Amref (2016). Our history
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In-text citation: (Wikipedia, 2016)
Wikipedia (2016). Ubuntu (philosophy)
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25. APPENDICIES
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