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This is a family care self help group. It is fully run and operated by its members. It is an organization of Self Help Group registered with Ministry of Gender Sports and Social Services Department of Social Services in Homa-Bay County-Kenya.
It was started in 2004 with a mission to create and promote sustainable integrated community based model of development-bottom up paradesign involving provision of vocational skills opportunities for girls and women in particular-with focus on girls and women in the community.
The principal areas of concern of our group are:
Socio-economic impacts of HIV/AIDS pandemic. Loss of human labour, talents, brain drainage of intellectual and professionals, high cost of medical bills and funeral expenses.
Increased overdependancy ratio as adults in prime ages demise, leaving behind orphans, widows, the elderly, e.t.c. Socio-economic and metrological impacts of climate change-extreme hunger and poverty due to prolonged draughts, floods, fish decline, storms, etc. even right now many families go without food in the shores of lake Victoria. Region.
Unemployment of youths including girls and women due to lack of vocational skills and Technologies to promote sustainable development.
The principal targeted groups are girls (out of school) and women, who most of them are orphans and widows. These are the poorest segments of the community despite their numerical strengths.
The goals and objectives are to promote pre-school and vocational skills transfers i.e. by way of permaculture, sustainable Agriculture applying simple irrigation systems, renewable sources of energy i.e. wind, solar, e.t.c. promote gender equality, equity and empower girls and women.
Combat HIV/AIDS pandemic and other disease.
Promote global partnership North/South cooperation.
Jardinería
Compañía para ancianos
Ayuda en una granja
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
Cuidado de animales
Trabajo de caridad
Ayuda con ordenadores/Internet
Enseñanza
En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.
Our organization has varieties of programmes that fully fits any willing volunteer. Our group opens it doors to any interested volunteer to work and transfer skills in any of the following areas.
Work in community medical clinic which offers the following services to the members within the slum of Homa-Bay.
. Screening and Testing of HIV/AIDS illness, preventive health services to the community, Guidance and counseling services, Free health mobile services, Training the community about health and hygiene.
Work with orphans and vulnerable children from 2 years to 9 years. The volunteer can teach English, simple Maths, dances, songs and creative Arts. This is from Monday to Friday.
The program is under home based care management where the orphans live with their foster families, friends and well-wishers as they go to school.
Work or help in vocational training program- Tailoring and design project involving training and dress making and production of clothes for both men and women. The aim is to provide skills, self employment and generate incomes, e.t.c to alleviate poverty and sustainable livehoods.
Work in horticulture farm-horticultural crop production and marketing of vegetables, kales, onions, tomatoes, water melons, fruits, spinach, cucumber, carrots, e.t.c.
Work in fishing project on Lake Victoria.
Work in transferring ICT skills on computer to the youths
We always create work pattern that enable volunteer to feel comfortable and we are always flexible in our activities. Our daily programs run roughly from 9.30 am – 12:30 (with a lunch break), and resumes at 2:30 until around 4.30 p.m.
Inglés: Fluido
Luo: Fluido
Swahili (Kiswahili): Fluido
Volunteers stay with a host family under home based accommodation to enhance social integration and cultural immersion-Not provided at big tourist hotels and lodges which are expensive.
During stay with the host family, the volunteer is given a private room, beddings (bed, blanket, bed sheet, mosquito nets, e.t.c) Because of Climate change impacts involving serious and prolonged drought resulting in famine and hunger we shall request for a small donation of 5 US Dollars per day to cover food with the family. The hikes of oil prices globally have made life to be difficult and very Expensive, the prices of essential commodities and goods from shops have immensely gone up.
The volunteer will share everyday life with the host family, spend time together, cook, have meals, exchange ideas, discuss and laugh, e.t.c.
The family host shall provide breakfast, lunch and super to the volunteer. Meals include fish, ugali, fish, vegetables, meat, tea, bread, e.t.c.
Volunteers shall be provided with a flexible work pattern to enable them do other things like reading story books/novels or make visits to other places.
The volunteer shall be informed on the type of clothes, shoes, e.t.c to carry depending on the type of climate before they make trips. The volunteer arrives at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport or Kisumu International Airport where the host family shall arrange for someone to receive him/her there after directed to the buses to Homa-Bay.
In Homa-Bay the volunteer shall be received by the Host family and given time to rest after the long journey till the next day where by the volunteer shall be introduced to the members and the project activities. After that the work pattern shall be drawn on the volunteer choice.
The means of transport is local matatus or buses. We shall ask volunteer to be flexible/adaptable because of the new-social economic-cultural background Africa provides but we hope it will be exciting moments and some experiences in life.
Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
we live in our own compound and its big for parking
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5 hours per day for five days in a week.
