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Empower children, youth and women with epilepsy and mental health issues in Nairobi, Kenya

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  • Activité récente: 26 mars 2024

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  2024 

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  • Description

    Description

    We are a registered organization in Kenya with a mission to empower and transform people with epilepsy, mental health issues and their caregivers to be reliant and independent and know their rights as people living with disability. We operate in the informal settlements of Githurai Mwihoko.

    This is the following work that we are doing in the community:

    1. Epilepsy awareness:
    We go to schools, churches and make TV and radio interviews to create awareness and teach people about epilepsy and first aid. We have reached more than 5000 people so far.

    2. Counselling:
    We also visit our members in their homes to support, encourage, share with them and provide spiritual nourishment.

    3. Mentorship:
    We do mentor kids from our local school and also we have partned with their special class kids that have mental health issues such as epilepsy, autism, ADHD and cerebral palsy.

    4. Empowerment:
    We have also started an empowerment session to help people with epilepsy and their care givers.

    5. Medicines:
    We have helped more than 200 members every month with anti epilepsy medicines because in Kenya meds are not given free by our government.

    In addition to that, we operate the following school programs meant to teach valuable skills for the working world to our members, either by opening their own business or be employed in the future:

    1. Tailoring school:
    We have trained more than a 100 womens living with epilepsy dressmaking, clothes cutting and fashion and design.

    2. Cosmetology school:
    We teach cosmetology, hairdressing, manicure, pedicure, and how to make facial care.

    3. Computer skills school:
    We teach basic computer programs and graphic design.

    4. Boresha Biashara:
    This is an entrepreunarial skills class. We teach the members how to manage their future businesses, handle finances, retain clients, marketing skills to give them all tools necessary if they want to open a business.

    5. Baking school:
    We teach bread-making, pastry-making and cake-making.

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Bénévolat
    Projets artistiques
    Pratique d’une langue
    Enseignement
    Jardinage
    Accueil / tourisme
    Aide informatique/internet
  • Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

    Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

    Objectifs de l’ONU
    Pas de pauvreté
    Faim «zéro»
    Bonne santé et bien-être
    Éducation de qualité
    Égalité entre les sexes
    Eau propre et assainissement
    Énergie propre et d'un coût abordable
    Travail décent et croissance économique
    Industrie, innovation et infrastructure
    Inégalités réduites
    Villes et communautés durables
    Consommation et production responsables
    Mesures relatives à la lutte contre les changements climatiques
    Vie aquatique
    Vie terrestre
    Paix, justice et institutions efficaces
    Partenariats pour la réalisation des objectifs
  • Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    They will meet local volunteers and in turn they will know the local language and know local way of living and it will assist them in their future plans.
    If in future they want to visit again it becomes easier.
    They will learn about how our community is, the challenges we face and then they should learn a lot of things and it will change their perspectives on life. Seeing how epilepsy people live and other conditions day in day out.

  • Aide

    Aide

    We operate in Mwihoko Githurai and most of the people here are living in poverty ,illiteracy and unemployment so it becomes very difficult for people who have epilepsy and mental health to get help.

    We are requesting volunteers who have skills in website making, business administration, psychology knowledge or mental health experts, any health professional, photographer, a good proposal writer or someone who has experience with associations.

  • Langues parlées

    Anglais: Courant
    Swahili (Kiswahili): Courant

  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    We have two homes where the volunteers can stay and they will share one room if they are males or females they will have their own privacy and security guaranteed in a place where they will like because compound is good and its accessible.

    We shall provide our volunteers with food 3 meals a day and in line with that the volunteer will learn how to make local dishes.

  • Autres infos...

    Autres infos...

    They might go for football match they might think of taking walks and enjoy nature. We are located 30km away from Nairobi's city, but it's accessible by public transport or uber. There is many attractions to see in the city.

  • 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

    our internet is great and it would be an honor getting digital nomads

  • Espace pour garer des vans

    Espace pour garer des vans

    Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Plus de 2

  • ...

    Nombre d'heures attendues

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

N° de référence hôte : 376624639744

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