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Support vulnerable children in need at our school in Mombasa, Kenya

  • Activité récente : 9 févr. 2025

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  2025 

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  • Description

    Description

    Welcome to our academy!

    We are a Primary & Secondary school. There are 56 students in secondary level from form 1 to form 4 and as we are relatively new, we’re still developing and looking for volunteers to help us grow. We are in a beautiful part of Kenya with wildlife parks other cultural interests found very near including the famous Maasai tribe who can be visited.

    We are located 100kms from Mombasa on the main highway at Mackinnon Road. The school was opened in 2006 after Cosmus Mwema saw there was a lack of quality education in what is a poor area. We opened with 8 students in a small rented room attached to the Teaching Director’s home with a vision to give all the children in the area the opportunity to learn. Since 2006 we have added 3 extra buildings with 6 extra classrooms and have a roll of over 110 students with plans to increase the size of our senior school in the near future. All the children arrive at school everyday eager to learn as many children in the area do not have the same opportunity to attend school due to various, mostly financial, issues. Some of these children, we help through their economic hardships but the school has limited resources so there are many we cannot, although we do our absolute best to give as many children the opportunity to learn as we can. This is our ultimate goal.

    We want the absolute best for our children and are looking for any help from volunteers that believe in our cause and want to lend a hand by helping out at the school, meeting the children and helping develop the school’s resources in any charitable ways they are capable of.

    N/B ECO PROJECT
    Due to ongoing droughts in our area and a lot of garbage in our town we also have introduced eco project called GREEN MACKINNON. This is to make sure we plant more trees in our community and clean up our town through garbage collection. This has been spearheaded by Lynda Russell from USA who started the cleaning program in our town and encouraged me to continue with the program that's why we are including ECO project as part of the activities which will be undertaken by volunteers.

    The local area is awash with natural beauty, teeming with wildlife and jam packed full of culture. Spending time in the area is an opportunity that our previous workawayers have treasured, from cultural exchange, learning Swahili, to seeing the local wildlife and cultural attractions. Please see our feedback :) Mackinnon Road is only 100kms from Mombasa so visitors have plenty of time during the weekends to travel and visit the beaches on the coastline of the Indian Ocean as well as visit the Gedi Ruins and the famous Fort Jesus museum which was built by the Portuguese many decades ago. Engaging with the Maasai is made cheaper with Cosmus as your guide :) Temperatures here are between 28 degrees to 38 degrees Celsius which may be very enjoyable for visitors coming from colder parts of the globe!

    We are non drinkers and smokers but we don’t restrict any visitor not to drink or smoke, visitors are free to enjoy their vacation but respect should be highly observed. We’re honest, loving, easy to get along with and humble people who enjoy a laugh!

    Karibu! Welcome! Ladies, Gentlemen, Couples, Teenagers and anyone else willing to help are more than welcome to visit us. We would love to have you.

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Bénévolat
    Pratique d’une langue
    Aide avec des éco-projets
    Enseignement
    Jardinage
    Bricolage et construction
    Entretien général
    Aide informatique/internet
  • Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    The visitors will have time to interact with the children who come from many different ethnicities. Our children are very talkative and like sharing their stories as they are from more than six communities which are Taita, Duruma, Kamba, Meru, Somali, Maasai and Sanya. Visitors will get time to visit these communities and learn about their cultures. You can learn swahili through the children and through Cosmus and his family.

  • Projets impliquant des enfants

    Projets impliquant des enfants

    Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

  • Aide

    Aide

    There are many options here and we’re happy to discuss anything from teaching to child sponsorship as well as any new ideas that we could implement.

    Digital Learning NB/ Starting from September 2020 we would like to get someone who is conversant with digital setup to help us set up our online learning program to help our students during this pandemic and post pandemic period. Anyone interested to come you are welcome we need it urgently.

    Teaching - There is always a need for teachers at Primary and Secondary level as well as resource acquisition in the form of books, pens, pencils, erasers, learning material and sport equipment. We welcome teachers who can help with either or both. Most classes are taught in English except for Swahili class. Classes we teach are English, Maths, Science, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Social Studies and Agriculture. We are also looking to add German as a language subject as well as computer studies so any German speakers and computer whizzes are most welcome.

    Building/Maintenance - The school was built on funds that could be accessed at the time but there is still much work to be done. There is masonry, painting and other general maintenance needed. Note, this will only be for visitors who mention this as something they would like to help with before they arrive, you will not be dropped into the physical deep end when you get here!

    GARDENING- We recently started a school garden to help to sustain the school project by growing vegetables. We need a lot of help in watering the plants and weeding.

  • Langues

    Langues parlées
    Anglais: Courant
    Swahili (Kiswahili): Courant

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  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    There are self contained rooms (bedroom, toilet and bathroom) for each workawayer or couple. The visitor will be taking traditional Kenyan meals with the family daily.We charge $7 per volunteer daily to help in sustaining them while here as we are in a semi desert region and one of the most hunger stricken areas in Kenya.

  • Autres infos...

    Autres infos...

    Since visitors will be at the school for a maximum of 5 hrs daily, or more if they wish to, during their free time they can be taken to visit the communities around like the Maasai community and learn their culture. Visits to the nearby curio shops can be arranged to see fantastic local wood carvings. They can visit the Tsavo National Park, Fort Jesus, the Gedi Ruins and do some of the walks in the area during the weekends. There are countless public transport options every day to take you in the direction of Mombasa and Nairobi by use of buses and Caravans.

    DURING WEEKENDS VOLUNTEERS CAN VISIT THE FOLLOWING ATTRACTION SITES

    -GEDE RUINS ,VASCO DA GAMA PILLAR AND MUSEUMS IN MALINDI.

    -VISIT TAVETA TO VIEW MT KILIMANJARO AND VISIT LAKES CHALA AND JIPE.

    -VISIT TSAVO NATIONAL PARK WHICH IS ONLY 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM HERE.

  • Informations complémentaires

    Informations complémentaires

    • Accès Internet

    • Accès Internet limité

      Accès Internet limité

    • Nous avons des animaux

    • Nous sommes fumeurs

    • Familles bienvenues

  • Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il aimait accueillir les digital nomads.

  • Espace pour garer des vans

    Espace pour garer des vans

    Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

  • Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

    Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

    Cet hôte a dit qu’il acceptait les personnes voyageant avec un animal.

  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Plus de 2

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    Cet hôte fait payer des frais

    en savoir plus
    US$5 per day to help host with food costs
N° de référence hôte : 356624713243

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L'image représente une girafe debout dans un paysage de savane sèche, entourée d'arbres et de buissons, avec un ciel nuageux en arrière-plan.
L'image représente un vaste paysage aride avec un éléphant solitaire marchant au loin, sur fond de végétation clairsemée et de ciel nuageux.
L'image représente une scène de savane sereine avec des zèbres errant librement au milieu d'une végétation clairsemée, avec en toile de fond un ciel nuageux et un terrain rouge et sablonneux.
L'image représente un lion marchant dans un champ sec et herbeux, avec des arbres et des buissons clairsemés, sur fond de ciel bleu.
L'image représente un groupe de touristes observant un groupe d'enfants en tenue traditionnelle, avec un chemin de terre et un petit village en arrière-plan, lors d'une journée ensoleillée.
L'image représente un groupe de personnes, principalement des enfants, rassemblées en cercle sur un sol en terre battue, entouré d'arbres et d'un ciel bleu avec des nuages blancs.
L'image représente un groupe de personnes debout devant un bâtiment, avec une grande étendue d'eau derrière eux. La scène semble se dérouler dans une région tropicale ou subtropicale.
L'image représente un salon avec un canapé, deux chaises et une table basse, tous ornés de housses en dentelle, sur fond de fenêtre et de sol rouge.
L'image représente un groupe d'enfants assis à l'extérieur d'un bâtiment, avec une femme debout parmi eux, entourée d'un arbre aux fleurs roses et d'un ciel bleu avec des nuages blancs.
L'image représente un groupe d'enfants en uniforme scolaire se tenant avec un homme devant un bâtiment, avec un arbre et des fleurs visibles à l'arrière-plan.

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