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Hi,
My name is Tracey and I'm from Wales. In 2012 I volunteered as a teacher at a primary school in Kenya. This experience changed my life and now I run a small Primary School together with my co-founder and Manager, Job Thuo Macharia. Our mission is to provide a quality free education for orphans and disadvantaged children from the community.
We are situated near Murang'a on the outskirts of a small village called Kambirwa in the Central Highlands.
The school opened in January 2014 with just one pupil. Currently we have classes ranging from Pre-school through to Grade 6 with a school population of 100 pupils aged between 4 and 13 years old.
In addition to providing a free education we provide pupils with food, basic healthcare, uniform, stationery, clothes and uniforms. We work with the parents or guardians of our sponsored pupils to help them become financially self-sustaining with various income generating projects such as the goat project, rabbit and hen projects. We also assist the elderly grandmothers, who are struggling to raise their orphaned grandchildren, to earn an income through the sale of their traditional handmade baskets, Kiondos.
We employ qualified Kenyan teachers, an assistant teacher, two cooks, a driver and a teacher in training.
We are looking for volunteers to help support our literacy programme. You will provide our pupils who are struggling with one-on-one reading practice. You may help in areas where they are weak, as advised by the class teacher, perhaps with homework or extra-tuition. Further, we would welcome pre-school teachers to assist us in the two pre-school classes as we are trying to build upon the early years foundation. There's always a need to assist with Physical Education lessons, Art and music and basic computer lessons.
Outside of the day to day running of the school maybe you can help us specifically with fundraising and all the marketing and research that goes into obtaining the much-needed funds for projects and for the day to day running of the school.
Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you.
Tracey
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Travellers will experience the 'real' Kenya mixing with the local community and seeing how people from the rural areas live. The area is mainly Kikuyu tribe and you will get to experience age old traditions which are still in place.
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We are looking for volunteers to help support our literacy programme. You will provide our pupils who are struggling with one-on-one reading practice. You may help in areas where they are weak, as advised by the class teacher, perhaps with homework or extra-tuition. Further, we would welcome pre-school teachers to assist us in the two pre-school classes as we are trying to build upon the early years foundation. Further, we would welcome pre-school teachers to assist us in the two pre-school classes as we are trying to build upon the early years foundation. There's always a need to assist with Physical Education lessons, Art and music and basic computer lessons.
If you have experience in the field of marketing and fundraising we would love to hear from you.
Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Kikuyu: Fluido
Swahili (Kiswahili): Fluido
Alojamiento
Usually we provide accommodation at school but due to a problem with the supply of electricity there is currently no electricity at school. We aren't sure when this problem will be resolved so we have rented an apartment in the village for volunteers to stay. Breakfast, mid morning snack and lunch is provided at the school during the week. A donation of 5 euros per day is kindly requested to help towards the cost of your stay.
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The school is situated in rural Kenya, 6 kms from the busy town of Murang'a in Central Highlands,with a population of around 11,000 it has a number of banks, two supermarkets, restaurants, bars and hotels as well as internet cafes and a big market. Situated 88 kms north of Nairobi its a beautiful, green and fertile part of Kenya with views of Mount Kenya wherever you go. The area is safe and the local people are friendly and keen to make friends. They really do appreciate what we are doing for their community. The Aberdare National Park and Mount Kenya is close by.
As a UK Registered Charity working with children we abide by the safeguarding rules and regulations.
Before volunteering with us we request that you provide a Certificate of Good Character (or equivalent) from your home country to prove that you have no criminal record .
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If you're considering volunteering in a Kenyan school, then THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE!
I couldn't imagine a better place to have such an experience. I had previously been in another school where many things didn't go well, so I am overjoyed that I experienced the opposite in this school. I‘ve spent two weeks at… read more
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If you're considering volunteering in a Kenyan school, then THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE!
I couldn't imagine a better place to have such an experience. I had previously been in another school where many things didn't go well, so I am overjoyed that I experienced the opposite in this school. I‘ve spent two weeks at… read more
We appreciated her help encouraging teachers to learn more about positive discipline. How to manage their classrooms and promote good behaviour in a constructive positive way. She did this with individual teachers and then in small groups.
Nami… read more
It's really impossible to describe what we experienced here. It was a deep dive into the true reality of the souls of the wonderful children from this school and also into the lives of all the… read more
Being in this school with the kids has been one of the best experiences of my life. The children are lovely, polite and smart. What the school is doing by giving them a quality education is the best thing that could have happened to them.
I made the trip by myself and it was no problem at all. All… read more
Kids are super… read more
Tracey and Job are very nice hosts, and they did their best to welcome us. The place is peaceful, the room very clean, and the food good. You have everything you need, and that enables you to enjoy every moment of your… read more
