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Host rating
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17 Nov 2023
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Description
My name is Eric , 25 years, Finalist Commonwealth Youth Worker Award, 2015 and Co Founder at this Foundation.
I was born and raised in Nairobi,Kenya together with my brothers and sisters. Our Foundation is a community based organization registered with the Kenyan Government. The organization’s main purpose is to train and create opportunities for children and youth in photography, football, and performing arts and enhance their leadership skills.
It was established to help disadvantaged children nurture their talents and make them engage in productive initiatives. The Foundation has 60 committed and passionate trainees. The Foundation trains children who are between 10 and 16 years. Personally I can host people from different parts of the world since I have quite a spacious house.
Types of help and learning opportunities
DIY and building projects
Charity Work
Art Projects
Teaching
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Help
Volunteers can help in training children and youth in either photography,performing arts (Dance and Poetry) or sports. They can also help the Foundation to get resources for the organization,this can be in terms of material or finances (fundraising). At the end of the volunteer work we can offer certificate to depict that the volunteer was involved with the organization.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Swahili (Kiswahili): FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
I will offer space for the volunteer(s) to sleep. At the moment I can host a maximum of two volunteers per the duration of stay. I will also assist the volunteers understand the local culture and dynamics in the local communities.
What else ...
Volunteers can visit different parts of Kenya using the local available transport. They can use a bus,Mini Buses(Matatus), motorbikes or Train. Kindly contact me and ask for our project's website to understand I and the organization.
I am humble and understanding. I like socializing with people on different issues.At times I like making self reflection about life.The people who live around are friendly and they expect to say Hi to the volunteers.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Mathare Foundation is a community based organization tat was registered in 2013. We provide educational programs and mentorship for disadvantaged youth in the Mathare slums of Nairobi, Kenya. We offer hands-on training and technical workshops in photography,film production, performing arts (music and dance), sports, and stay in school programs, young boys and girls from Mathare. Mathare is a settlement of roughly 500,000 people where the vast majority of the population lives under the poverty index, in houses of mud and corrugated iron sheet. Mathare is the oldest slum in Nairobi and lacks basic services like sanitation, clean water, electricity, and passable roads. As in many impoverished areas, children and teens from Mathare are at incredible risk for unplanned pregnancies, involvement in drugs and alcohol, crime, prostitution, and gangs. Our programmes are critical in offering a safe respite for children ages 6- 15 years and youth of ages 17 to 25 years where they can uncover their talents and realize their potential to become young leaders in their communities and beyond.
Space for parking camper vans
It can host at least 5 people
Can possibly accept pets
Dogs only
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
