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Help grow my new foundation & mentor its passionate founder to achieve its important goals in Oyugis, Homa Bay, Kenya

  • Last activity : 11 Feb 2025

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: No minimum

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  • Description

    Description

    My name is Stacy Sherine Nick, I am a law student in one of the Kenyan university's -kabarak University- I am currently 21 years old and the founder and chair of our foundation.

    I come from a family of 8. My parents are both pastors of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.

    I have two elder brothers, Ken and White, two elder sisters, Winnie and Angela and a younger Sister Faith. We have grown up and with our father who is a pastor named Nick, in Oyugis, Homabay,Kenya

    I have grown up in a community where education was not that valued, and thus young ladies often left school at the age of 16.

    Seeing my age mates get pregnant and opt for early marriages is one of the major reasons that motivated me to come up with my foundation.

    A teenage mothers organization that aims at empowering teenage mothers through education, mentorship, creation of job, counselling session and being a safe home for the girls.

    We have managed to impact in the lives of more than 20 teenage mothers in Homabay county . Most of them have managed to go back to school and embrace education.
    We have also ensured a friendly environment for the victims by building a rescue home to some of the most serious cases, we have university students(my friends) who have been very instrumental in mentorship program and counselling .

    Our friends plus the support team have always come handy offering free tution to our girls during school breaks and organizing fun events for purposes of team building and empowerment.

    We really would be glad to extend this organization by involving our workawayers who are passionate at planting smiles and supporting the young vulnerable girls together with their children through fun activities, mentorship, counselling and event tutoring.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Charity Work
    Art Projects
    Language practice
    Help with Eco Projects
    Elderly Companionship
    Teaching
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Babysitting and creative play
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    Hospitality/Tourism
    General Maintenance
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • Interests

    Interests

    Farming
    Videography
    Politics / Social justice
    Technology
    Events & social
    Charity work
    Plant care
    Writing
    Photography
    Performing arts
    Music
    Languages
    Drawing & painting
    Carpentry
    Cooking & food
    Books
    Art & design
    Water sports
    Sailing / Boating
    Fitness
    Dancing
    Beach
    Adventure sports
    Camping
    Cycling
    Hiking
    Mountain
    Nature
    Outdoor activities
    Team sports
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We purpose to ensure that while our travelers spare time to transform the lives of our people, they will get to understand diversity in our community that will help build community relations and cohesion.

    - One of the ways we will ensure that travelers benefit from a cultural exchange is

    1. By allowing them to experience our native language.
    - Living among people whose native language you aren't familiar with, might seem to be an obstacle, but therein lies our value.
    - Facing hurdles during the exchange will give our travelers a sense of accomplishment, boosting their self-esteem and self- awareness.
    - As a result, they will return home with the ambition and confidence necessary to take on new challenges and pursue new goals.

    2. The experience will build a lifelong friendship.
    - Our travelers during the cultural exchange , will participate in the day-to-day life of the host family and community, effectively becoming another member of the family.
    - On their return back home, they shall have formed a long-lasting bonds with their host and many new friends.

    3. Get accustomed to a foreign environment
    - We believe that after the visit and participation by our travelers, they shall be more comfortable in multicultural and multilingual environments in the future.
    - Not will they go on to feel more at ease when abroad and travelling, but will adapt better to new environments. become a host.
    - We believe that our travelers shall have learnt vital local skills, during the program enough to help them give back to their society back at home.

    4. Develop communication and problem solving skills.
    Since the foundation is focused on finding solutions to the many challenges in our community, we believe that through this cultural exchange, our travelers shall have improved their problem solving skills and how they interact with different people in the society.

  • Help

    Help

    1. Help couch our girls through basic subjects such as languages that will help them improve in their academic performance.

    2. Share their talents and skills with the girls to encourage innovation and nurture talents

    3. Babysitting and playing with the kids

    4. Offering counselling sessions to the girls

    5. Engaging in our school mentorship program and awareness campaigns.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Luo: Fluent
    Swahili (Kiswahili): Fluent

    This host offers a language exchange
    I can fluently speak in English, Kiswahili and Luo. Additionally, I have taken classes in French and currently considering learning New languages

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We have a 8 bedroom house where we live.( We host all our guest in the family house)
    With the ground floor hosting 4 bedrooms and the remaining 4 bedrooms on the first floor.
    The four rooms on the ground floor are majorly reserved for our guests and volunteers .

    Each room has electricity, a charging socket, a bed, pillow and mattress. We also provide cabins for each guest.

    3 rooms can each accommodate one bed or double decker while the other room can accommodate at least two beds.

    We have three washrooms I'n the house and two toilets outside the house.

    The host provides some of the basic needs such as food, water, toiletries, slippers, and assured security for our volunteers.

    We have a watchman guiding the compound, security lights with CCtv, and two dogs guarding the compound at night.

    We have a house lady who ensures meals are ready on time and that the guests are comfortable.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Kenya is one of the countries with great potential when it comes to the tourism sector. our community has got several tourist attraction sites like the historical sites, physical features, and a great cultural diversity which has been preserved for years.
    some of the places we intent to tour our travelers are:

    1. LAKE SIMBI NYAIMA,
    a small lake in Kendu Bay, Homa Bay County that has often attracted hundreds of tourists both local and foreign for many years because of the legendary tales surrounding its formation.

    2. KIT MIKAYI
    its one of the wonders of nature in Kisumu county . its name is a luo dialect meaning the stone of the first wife.

    3. THIMLICH OHINGA
    this is an archaelogical site in Migori County.
    it is a great complicated wall which was built purely from dry stones and acted as human settlement and also a garrison to protect the communities living a long the lake.
    it was built in 16th century and has been well preserved to date, prompting UNESCO to recognize it as one of the world heritage site.

    4. ABULU WATER FALLS( HOMA HILLS)
    this is place where water from the spring comes out but with extremely high temperature.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    We have installed starlink satellite that ensures sustainable network to our volunteers who work online and do business readings. The internet is this available We have cows, dogs and cats in the compound with someone employed to look after them. While we are not smokers, we are open to receiving volunteers. We have been hosting families and we are opened to hosting as many families and children as possible. We are currently having 8 bedrooms that can help host our guests.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    We do have family vehicles that we use to tour our volunteers around.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    While we have never hosted one with a pet, we are open to such .

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

Host ref number: 223637936472

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