Join a family of artists and help on our farm in Kisumu, Kenya

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  Description

  We are a family of artists who love animals me (Baswin Frank) I'm a musician with special focus on Afro-pop/soul, I enjoy playing guitar, singing, performing artist and music producer, in short anything to do with music is circulating right in my blood. On the other hand (Raf) is a fashion designer and social entrepreneur with special focus in African print designs and is as well works within the community to empower HIV positive seamstresses, as part of our close family members, we have two adorable cats (Kim and Moss) and a German Shepherd(Trent Small) , they are so friendly, playful and enjoys the company of us and our guests all the time.
  
  We are in Kisumu Mamboleo, Wathorego area just a long Mamboleo-Muhoroni Road, we are an open minded family who likes interacting with people all across the globe. We have a small family farm which we are looking for workawayers who would like to stay with us in our family farm to manage our garden and poultry.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Charity Work

  Art Projects

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We will provide free local language training and as well train them on how to cook local meals. As we are artists, we like playing guitar and music and this is a great opportunity for guests who like music and are eager to play guitar, we will take you through the lessons and well learn more about local music and traditional stories and tales. Kenya has over 40 tribes and each tribe has it's own language and beliefs, we like sharing with our guests our cultural stories and beliefs from our Luo tribe.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  This is purely a family farm which involves working in our family farm where we have poultry, we grow vegetables in our garden for family use and our garden also acts as a demonstration garden for learning. In our farm we have chickens, Ducks, Turkey, Goose, Rabbits, Ornamental birds like Guinea Fowl(white and dotted) and we are planning to introduce pig as well. The main tasks here is to make sure that both Rabbits and poultry are fed and their cages are kept clean, drinkers are cleaned on a daily basis, you will as well ensure that poultry are vaccinated as scheduled and clean drinking water is provided to them all the time. Workawayers will as well work in the family garden, helping in planting, weeding, and watering the garden.
  
  Since we are also working with HIV positive Women in a sewing cooperative, Volunteers will be as well requested to participate in the project and can work with women and assist in cutting fabrics, teach financial literacy and business management, book keeping, simple accounting, marketing & saving, basic computer skills(Excel, word) and online marketing, social media marketing. We are also hoping that volunteers can help in managing our social media accounts by creating contents to be posted on facebook/instagram at least twice a week; this can be through graphic designs etc with the main objective of keeping our social media active and lively.
  
  We would as well appreciate to host volunteers who has experience in online fundraising and has experience in writing successful grant proposals.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Swahili (Kiswahili): Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  I am interested to learn other languages and will as well teach my guests local languages.
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  Accommodation

  In most cases, if we have one volunteer s/he will have private room with running water and warm shower but this room can be shared if we have more than one volunteer as it can accommodate up to four volunteers sharing but with their own beds. We will provide two meals per day and that is coffee in the morning and dinner. Volunteers are as well free to prepare their own meals.

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  What else ...

  Our home is directly facing the famous Monkey Rock which volunteers can easily access for hiking, apart from that being that our home is just within Kisumu, volunteers can easily walk around the City and visit places like Dunga Hill Camp, Hippo Point, Bird Watching in the lake, Boat rides, a visit to Impala Park, Kit Mikai Rock, Kakamega Forest which is just one hour drive from Kisumu and we can as well arrange a trip to The Maasai Mara National Park.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  We have a reliable and fast internet connection, digital normads will as well have a private room to work

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We have well fenced compound and security is guaranteed

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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