PROGRAM DETAILS
We have volunteer vacancies and all year round. Here are some of the areas where you would offer your services as a volunteer:
Teaching: Volunteers are placed in either community schools or orphan helping schools. Sometimes we collaborate with the government to give volunteers to public schools in very poor places. The teaching program is offered in
- Nairobi
- Rural areas of Kenya.
We have partner schools in very remote areas in the northern parts of Kenya, the vast slums of Nairobi and other major towns, and the general rural Kenya. Many of the schools that we work with are understaffed and are always in need of a helping hand.
There three school terms in a year. First term runs from January to the first week of April where the pupils take a three week recess and reopen in May. Second term runs from May to the first week of August and then a recess for three weeks. Third term runs from September to November and then the children will break for Christmas holidays. During the breaks, the teaching volunteers usually take the time of to go and see wildlife or do other forms of safari. If they want to stay around, there is work always at the school, like painting, repair or renovations.
What Does The Work Entail? The volunteer does not need to be a qualified or experienced teacher to teach. Volunteers teach in the following fields:
- English
- Math
- Basic Science
- Arts and Crafts or
- Social Studies
You will be provided with material for teaching. If you are not confident to handle a class by yourself, you can be assigned a class that has a teacher for a weeks or two until you sure you can work alone. Once you are assigned a class, you will be shown how to make you work plans, schemes of work, lesson summaries etc. There is a curriculum that is recommended by the government at the school. This curriculum together with text books and teacher guides will help you determine what to teach. The language of instruction in Kenyan schools is English and so you will not have a problem with language.
HIV/AIDS: This program is aimed giving care and support to the HIV infected and also creating awareness to the vulnerable group about the dangers of HIV/AIDS. The volunteer is placed in a local organization to help with medicine administration, nutrition and other forms of care. Our partner organizations help the patients live positively by providing self help projects, food and healthcare.
The work: The volunteer would be visiting patients in their homes, which are mostly situated in the slums to both supply medicine and food, or just assess the patients’ health status and if need be, help them get medical attention. Organizations that we work with have weekly programs and so, you would be given a plan for your work per week. In some cases, the volunteer might be required to join a local team that does public AIDS awareness campaign meetings.
There are clinics all over the country called VTC, or Voluntary Testing and Counseling centers. Volunteers that are placed in such places would help with testing patients for HIV, counseling them and also helping with clinical work.
Volunteers also help HIV patients in self-help projects and small businesses.
Orphanages:We offer volunteer placements in orphanages in both Nairobi and the rural area. Work in an orphanage ranges from cooking, cleaning, taking care of babies to office work. The volunteers that work in an orphanage are asked to help with work wherever they can because help is usually needed in more than one place. Some volunteers like to live inside the orphanage so that they can help with night work.
Orphanages in Kenya host 100 to 300 kids at any one time. There is a boys’ dormitory as well as girls’, a kitchen, an office, a garden, the toilets, laundry area and sometimes a baby nursery. Some volunteers like to be assigned to one particular area while others like to get a taste of everything. Some orphanages have schools inside; volunteers that are placed in such orphanages may want to help with school as well.
Healthcare: Healthcare is neither easily accessible nor affordable for many Kenyans living in the rural villages and in slums. Poverty creates a large barrier to the acquisition of healthcare in general, but in rural areas in particular. The clinics that we work with have very basic equipment and sometimes do not have adequate medicine. The Government has authorized us to place medical students in its medical clinics and hospitals.
Volunteers in the Healthcare Program must have previous clinical experience or relevant training. In this case, they will need to submit their papers. Students with an interest in healthcare can participate in Health Education Training Programs, such as the HIV/AIDS Nutritional Training Program or the Women’s Reproductive Heath Training Program. Volunteers participating in these programs must complete self-study on these topics and review our training
Feeding Program: We feed quite a number of children every week. We gather them in one area and cook for them. Most of the children come form very poor homes. So we try to give them cooked food and other food stuffs to take home. Your work would be to cook, help serve and clean the dishes.
Evangelism Outreach Missions: These missions only come at designated times and if this is you interest, please let us know and we will let you know about the next one that’s coming up.
How do I Apply? You apply for a volunteer position in Fadhili from our website. Please visit the application page for more information about application
