Join us building sustainable future for the rural community and beyiond in the village close to Kitale, Kenya

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  Description

  We are an organization from small village Bwayi close to Kitale in western Kenya. Meaning hope in our local luyia language and our goal is to empower the local community of Bwayi village to improve quality of life and community resilience by introducing sustainable agriculture and providing support in education, basic healthcare as (using mosquito nets and teaching about AIDS) and women support.
  
  On the property of organization is training organic garden, chicken coop and fish pond all owned by community and Lower primary school for for vulnerable young children who are not able not walk far to reach the nearest school, the school is supporting 90 students are providing them with food during the school to nurture not only their minds but also bodies. We are always in need of teachers and we welcome volunteers to join and teach children.
  
  We train local women in sustainable organic farming based on locally grown crops without use of chemicals and emphasizing composting methods, mixed planting, diversification of crops, natural control of insects and diseases, soil conservation, sustainability of production and seed saving. Since 2016  we have trained almost 250 local women.
  
  Recently we have started tree nursery and we are emphasizing the role of trees for the people and environment. We are commited to mitigating climate change and support tree planting in our community and around Mount Elgon and in future in other parts of Kenya.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Bénévolat

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Compagnie pour pers. âgée

  Enseignement

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Aide dans une ferme

  Aide à la maison

  Accueil / tourisme

  Aide informatique/internet
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Ferme

  

  Bénévolat

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Musique

  

  Jardinage

  

  Nature

  

  Danse

  

  Randonnée

  

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

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  Qu'est-ce que c'est ?
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Travellers will have an opportunity to immerse into rural life and share stories and understand everyday struggles of the village community. They will experience traditional cusine cooked mostly out of the garden on fire.
  
  They will also have an opportunity to learn sustainable farming techniques.

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  Association caritative

  Cet hôte est une association caritative déclarée dans son pays et recherche des bénévoles pour l'aider dans ses projets.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

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

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  Aide

  Our activities are primarily run by enthusiastic and committed volunteers with unique ideas.
  As a volunteer you can take part in a sustainable farming training, educational activities, construction work, permaculture methods practice, activities with children and youth, women empowerment, vocational training, community development seminars, fundraising, online promotion etc.
  
  Right now in the moment we are welcoming any hand to join us in our starting of the tree nursery. We are prepairing seedlings and rolling tubes from newspaper to avoid use of plastic for the seedling tubes.
  
  We welcome students or professionals in the area of sustainable agriculture, hydro-engineering, education, ecological construction, fishery, hand-made crafts (tailoring, embroidery, pottery, carpentry etc.) and any other subject of your interest. 

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Swahili (Kiswahili): Courant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
  Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
  
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  Hébergement

  We provide our volunteers with basic accommodation directly on site. In the moment our volunteer house has unfortunately leaking roof and we are waiting for repair.
  So volunteers will be staying in small room with bed and mosquito net without electricity. But in the office there is solar power, so you can charge your phone or socialize.
  
  There is communal fire kitchen, where is prepaired nutrious food for children and workers which you will be sharing.
  There is safe drinkable water from the bore hole available.
  There are no showers, so you will join us in real rural experience as we wash ourselves with bucket.

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  Autres infos...

  Isac, the founder of the oranization is pasionate about biking and ther are bicycles available free of charge to volunteers working with us to discover surroundings.
  
  Volunteers can discover nearby interesting sites asSaiwa swamp National park or hike in the Mount Elgon National park.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Cet hôte fait payer des frais

  en savoir plus

  Pourquoi Workaway permet-il à certains hôtes de facturer des frais ?

  
  

  Workaway offre des opportunités d'échanges culturels non pécuniaires où les hôtes fournissent le logement et la nourriture en échange de l'aide des workawayers. Dans certains cas exceptionnels, des frais ou une demande de don (généralement pas plus de 5 dollars par jour) peuvent être approuvés pour des hôtes tels que les associations caritatives ayant un historique de feedbacks positifs de la part des bénévoles. Toute somme versée doit aller directement à l'organisation caritative et ne peut être utilisée que pour couvrir les frais de nourriture des bénévoles. Cela sera clairement indiqué sur le profil de l'hôte.
  

  Les annonces provenant d'agents, ou autre type d'intermédiaires, ainsi que les projets qui semblent faire des bénéfices grâce au séjour d'un bénévole sont strictement interdits. Tous les frais doivent être discutés et approuvés au préalable par l'équipe Workaway.

  $2 per day for food

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