KENYA VOLUNTARY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
“Development against Dependence”
MEDIUM AND LONG TERM VOLUNTARY SERVICE PROGRAM INFORMATION SHEET 2010-2011 ANNUAL SCHEDULE 2010-2011
“AFFIRMATIVE ACTION-MAKING A DIFFERENCE THROUGH VOLUNTEERING”
MAIN FOCUS: POVERTY REDUCTION, DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION & INTER-CULTURAL EXCHANGE: PROJECT NAME OF PROJECT KIND OF PROJECT PROJECT FOCUS PROJECT LOCATION VOL CODE S 2:01 Daughters of Primary School Teaching, social work, Situated in South Coast – 2 Destiny Women and women guiding and counseling Likoni, Mombasa in Coast Group empowerment and institutional Province program development. 2:02 Bible Baptist Primary School Teaching, social work, Situated in the sprawling 2 School and and religious guiding and counseling Kawangware slums on the Church institution and recreational outskirts of Nairobi city activities 2:03 Shartuka Primary Primary School. Teaching, social work, Kilgoris-Transmara, Rift 5 School study of the legendary Valley Province of Kenya Maasai cultural heritage; Peace building and conflict Transformation 2:04 Kenya Institute of Organic Farming Organic farming Situated in Juja 5 Organic Farming Institute teaching, social work constituency of Central (KIOF) guiding and counseling Province and capacity building at grassroots 2:05 Community Information and Computer technology Situated in Emuhaya 5 Outreach Centre Communication teaching, agricultural District of Western Technology (ICT) lessons, sports and first Province Centre aid 2:06 Kilingili Secondary Secondary School Teaching, fund raising for Situated in Emuhaya 5 School income generating District of Western activities, guiding and Province counseling, mentoring to confront alcoholism and drug abuse. 2:07 Nyabosongo Bena Kindergarten, Teaching, resource Kuria East District of 5 Academy Primary School mobilization for Nyanza Province and Community infrastructure Empowerment development, social
2 PROJECT NAME OF PROJECT KIND OF PROJECT PROJECT FOCUS PROJECT LOCATION VOL CODE S work, girl child education and extra-curriculum activities 2:08 Gideon Mosi Primary School, Teaching, partnership Situated on the foot of 5 Primary School & with institutions for Sagalla hills-Taita, Coast Community strategic focus on Province. Empowerment poverty eradication in Program the wake of human/Wildlife conflict, support for youth and women groups self-help projects 2:09 Esiarambatsi Community Awareness creation, Western Kenya, Emuhaya 3 Health Center Health Institution medical services, district of Western resource mobilization for Province infrastructure development and empowerment of community on development issues. 2:10 Ebusiralo Youth Vocational Handicraft, carpentry, Situated in Emuhaya 5 Polytechnic Training Center mechanics, driving e.t.c District of Western lessons; mentoring the Province. youth, sports and extra curricula activities 2:11 Mkombozi Secondary School Teaching, guiding and Situated in Vihiga district 5 Chanzu Ingidi counseling, small scale of Western Province Friends tea and coffee Secondary School production, fund raising for construction of school facilities and environmental conservation activities 2:12 Kisayani Youth Group Tree nursery, climate Situated in Kisayani- 5 Environmental & change campaign, public Kibwezi District/ Health Project health and social work Eastern Province. 2:13 Shimba Hills Youth Group Environmental Situated in South Coast, 5 Forest Guides conservation, Social Kwale District of Coast Association. work, sanitation, tour Province guiding, school education and tree planting, World
3 PROJECT NAME OF PROJECT KIND OF PROJECT PROJECT FOCUS PROJECT LOCATION VOL CODE S “Tanabata” action in collaboration with CCIVS, NICE-Japan, NVDA and Concordia-France 2:14. Hope Women Women Group Teaching, social work, Situated in Marera 5 Group farming, HIV/AIDS and Maseno, North West home based care and Kisumu, Nyanza Province micro finance scheme 2:15 Nyamagagana Secondary School Teaching, extra- Situated in Kuria East 5 Secondary School curriculum activities, Girl district in Nyanza province child education and advocacy on female circumcision (FGM) 2:16 Voluntary Umbrella Office work, Head office situated in 3 Associations Organization for administrative duties, Nairobi Kenya. Consortium of Voluntary Service Resource mobilization, Kenya (VASCO) Associations in fund raising and capacity Kenya building for institutional development 2:17 Vigetse Primary Primary School Teaching, extra Situated in Vihiga District 5 School curriculum activities, of Western Province capacity building for youth and self-help groups 2:18 Epang’a Primary Primary School Teaching, Capacity Situated in Emuhaya 5 School building for self-help district of Western Groups, micro-finance province activities and extra- curriculum activities 2:19 Nairobi Children’s Center for Child care and Situated in Lower Kabete 5 Home abandoned, counseling, food, shelter on the outskirts of Nairobi neglected, lost, orphaned, battered, and clothing, healthcare, abused, destitute home tracing and family children alongside re-integration children of imprisoned or terminally ill parents and children with disputed parenthood 2:20 Shining Star Primary school Teaching, fishing in Lake Situated in Muhuru bay on 5 Academy and community Victoria, Information and the shores of Lake Victoria Resource Center Communication in South West Kenya near
4 PROJECT NAME OF PROJECT KIND OF PROJECT PROJECT FOCUS PROJECT LOCATION VOL CODE S Technology and Migori town on recreational activities Kenya/Tanzania border 2:21 Credo Children Children Teaching, orphans Situated at Kiaragana 5 Center Orphanage support, rehabilitation, center in Runyenjes guiding and counseling, constituency in Embu East food, shelter and District of Eastern clothing Province 2:22 Kebaroti Health Health Center Medical services and Situated along 3 Center empowerment on Migori/Kehancha Road Female Genital near Kenya/Tanzania Mutilation (FGM) border 2:23 Vigina Secondary Secondary School Teaching, institutional Situated in Vihiga District 5 School capacity building for of Western Province of youth and women Kenya groups 2:24 Essumba Primary Primary School Teaching, guiding and Situated along Kisumu- 5 School counseling, extra Uganda road in Emuhaya curriculum activities & district of Western advocacy on alcoholism Province and drug abuse 2:25 Star Rays Education Teaching, Early Located in lugari, 5 Education Centre Institution Childhood Development, Nangili ,Western Province Orphans support, ICT, tree planting, organic farming and adult education and community empowerment 2:26 Life Link Youth Performing Arts Primary and secondary Based in Luanda town of 3 Group Troupe schools set books Emuhaya district of training and Western province performances, forum theatre, marketing performing arts products and capacity building on peace work 2:27 Emuhaya BENGI Umbrella Body of Institutional Situated in Luanda 5 Investment Group Community Development, Micro township along Kisumu- (EBIG) Based finance, Resource Busia main highway in Organizations Mobilization and Western Province Capacity Building on sustainable community
5 PROJECT NAME OF PROJECT KIND OF PROJECT PROJECT FOCUS PROJECT LOCATION VOL CODE S development 2: 28 Ngo’nzini Primary Primary School Teaching and Situated in Kinango 5 School environmental activities; District of Coast Province World “Tanabata” action of Kenya. in collaboration with CCIVS, NICE-Japan, NVDA and Concordia-France, drawbacks of tourism in the wake of globalization 2: 29 Kwa Vonza Primary School Teaching, extra Situated in Yatta District of 5 Primary School curriculum activities & Eastern Province environmental awareness 2:30 Kitumbi Primary Primary School Teaching, capacity Situated in Kitui West 5 School building for groups to District of Eastern combat drought Province 2:31 Athi High School Secondary School Teaching, capacity Situated in Mutomo 5 building for self-help District of Eastern groups and Province environmental conservation 2:32 Mutendea Day Secondary School Teaching and advocacy Situated in Kitui Central 5 Secondary School on food security in the District of Eastern face of drought in the Province of Kenya. larger Kitui region
2.33 Musamwe Self Community Teaching at Primary Situated in Vihiga district, 5 Help Group Based School, Poverty Western Province Organization Eradication and HIV/AIDS Sensitization 2.34 Riamangutu Community Voluntary Counseling Situated in Gucha district, 5 Dispensary Based Health and Testing on HIV/AIDS, Nyanza Province Institution nurse, doctor and support medical staff 2.35 Nyagancha Primary School Teaching, guiding and Situated in Gucha District, 5 Primary School counseling, advocacy on Nyanza Province FGM and Girl Child Education 2:36 JAOA Fisheries Self help Group Fish farming ponds, Situated in Gucha district, 5 Self Help Group poultry rearing and Nyanza Province income generating
6 PROJECT NAME OF PROJECT KIND OF PROJECT PROJECT FOCUS PROJECT LOCATION VOL CODE S activities 2:37 Ebutayi Primary Primary School Teaching, extra Western Province/Butere 5 School curriculum activities, District guiding and counseling and empowerment for self-help groups 2:38 Usife Moyo Women Group Construction, poultry Western Province, Butere 5 Women Group project, Capacity building District in the quest to empower women and youth, World “Tanabata” action in collaboration with CCIVS, NICE-Japan, NVDA and Concordia-France 2:39 Muungano Consortium of Working with aged and Western Province, Butula 5 Widows Network Women Groups widows, handicraft and Bumala Districts projects, HIV/AIDS awareness and orphans support 2:40 Muungano Community Micro finance, disabled Western Province, Butula 5 Disabled Network Based welfare and construction and Bumala Districts. Organization of houses for the disabled 2:41 St. Joseph’s Mission hospital Casualty, dental, eye- Nyanza Province, South 5 Mission Hospital- clinic, patient support West Kenya, Migori Migori center, laboratory, x-ray, District physiotherapy, pharmacy, maternity, obstetric, surgical and pediatric and theatre 2:42 Organization for Non- HIV/AIDS prevention, Nairobi and Western 10 Health, education Governmental care and support, stigma Provinces and Research Organization reduction, reproductive Services (OHERS) health and gender issues, family planning, baseline surveys and dissemination and utilization of research results in health service programs 2:43 Chandolo Secondary School Teaching, extra Western Province/Vihiga 5 Secondary School curriculum activities, District
7 PROJECT NAME OF PROJECT KIND OF PROJECT PROJECT FOCUS PROJECT LOCATION VOL CODE S guiding and counseling 2:44 Mwakajo Primary Primary School Teaching, extra Coast Province, Taita 5 School curriculum activities and district, Kitivo, Voi wildlife/Human conflict lessons 2:45 Hope Restoration Resource center Teaching, guiding and Situated Mashimoni 5 Center counseling, career village in the sprawling development, HIV/AIDS, Kibera slums, second capacity building on largest informal resource mobilization settlement in Africa.
Applications: Should be received at least one month in advance through KVDA partner organizations.
Arrival and orientation schedule: Arrival will be before the orientation date and volunteers will be received at the Airport upon provision of full flight details and taken to KVDA Residence where they will be accommodated for two days ahead of placement to respective projects.
KVDA advises volunteers to arrive through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi preferably at the end of every month in order to ensure that they participate in the orientation meetings scheduled to run from 1st -3rd of every month.
It should be noted that it is the duty of KVDA to receive the volunteers at the Airport and requests by volunteers to be picked up by friends/strangers will not be accepted by KVDA.
The 2-day orientation session is mandatory and late arrivals will not be allowed as this would interfere with the smooth running of the program.
Accommodation and meals at the project: Host projects will identify host families to accommodate the volunteers and the volunteers will share in the day to day activities at the homestead. KVDA will subsidize the volunteers accommodation at the project through monthly project support accrued from the participation fees paid by the volunteer.
Ban on public smoking in Kenya: It is an offence to smoke in public places in Kenya and it attracts heavy penalties for offenders. If you are a smoker, ask for designated smoking zones where smoking is allowed and we request volunteers to remain open-minded to enable KVDA to serve them better.
Insurance, health cover and visa: This shall be arranged by the volunteers prior to coming to Kenya and volunteers should open up on health issues to enable KVDA to effectively serve them.
8 What to bring: Plate, mug, spoon. fork, bedding, mosquito net and repellents and personal effects.
Educational tour and Kiswahili Teaching Program: KVDA Educational tour and Kiswahili teaching program will be held before, in the middle or at the end of the project. Volunteers who are interested should inform KVDA in advance for planning purposes.
Educational tours cost Euro 100.00 per day per person and the minimum is 3-day package to Maasai Mara National Reserve and volunteers have the possibility to participate in an 8-day educational tour that will take them to spectacular sites of interest in Kenya. Detailed educational tour schedule with variety of tour packages will be provided upon request.
10-day Kiswahili teaching program costs Euro 200.00 that is all-inclusive and will cover elementary language course and ensure that the volunteers can easily communicate with members of the local community where they will stay for a longer period of time.
Interested volunteers should make arrangements with KVDA Secretariat before arrival in Kenya and for those already in Kenya; we need adequate notice to arrange for the program.
Outdoor education cultivates full humanity: Large proportion of present day education is still completely detached from the problems of the modern world. Experience so far gained, teaches us that a person with a good education may be an excellent University Lecturer, doctor, businessman, mother or father and at the same time be a bad citizen, unable to form a sound judgment on public affairs.
Present education ignores a person’s great function in life, one’s duty as a member of the community neither knowing nor caring about the lives of fellow citizens.
One’s education should make one feel at home with the community, sharing in its tradition, its present actions and its aspirations and responsibility for the future.
One’s daily work will acquire a new significance once one becomes aware that it may be done for the service of one’s nation and through the nation, for humanity at large.
Voluntary service the bridge of human trust: Voluntary organizations exist in many countries, helping towards the development of various aspects of Community life. Our voluntary work projects mean a great deal more than just a group of people building or repairing something. They provide an opportunity for volunteers to give something other than money or skilled service. They provide a means by which people can express a concern for others in a very tangible way through their investment of time and physical energy. They enable you to live in a community which needs you and your help, to learn and understand their life and aspirations of one another, to become aware of human needs and of the necessity for working together in search of practical solutions to the country’s educational, social and cultural problems. You only appreciate and respect one another’s different cultural background once you have understood why others behave and live as they do.
9 This voluntary service gives you the opportunity to work to attain local and world peace in a very personal way, by demonstrating a commitment to the society of humankind.
It is the bridge of human trust and understanding. The denominator of international concern.
Travel from Kenya at the end of the project: KVDA will organize for volunteers travel from the project to Nairobi and then to the Airport at no extra cost.
Every volunteer should officially sign out at KVDA office at the end of the project and will thereafter be taken to the Airport by KVDA representative.
Participation fees for M/LTV program: The participation fees is Euros 200 per month per volunteer payable upfront for the entire duration of placement. Meaning that 3 months placement Euros 600, 6 months placement Euros 1200 while 12 months placement Euros 2400.00
Partners are urged to discourage volunteers wishing to stay for a shorter period of time for this often de-motivates hosting communities who wish to have sustainable project impact.
What does the Euro 200 participation fees entail? The Euro 200.00 participation fees paid to KVDA will cater for the volunteer’s overall placement at the project including return Airport transfers, administrative costs, project/community support, monitoring/evaluation, certification and contingency
KVDA has a memorandum of understanding with partners organizations at the local community that host volunteers and it disburses part of the fees to subsidize volunteers’ upkeep at the project and this is done in consultation with the host community. The volunteers are entitled to accommodation, meals, access to water for domestic use and will be empowered by the hosts to make good use of locally available resources to facilitate the placement.
It is important to note the key elements accompanying the project cost and KVDA’s role to ensure sustainable project planning and implementation at all stages.
Submission of project reports and certification: The volunteers are expected to submit written reports to KVDA office at the end of the placement together with a project evaluation as guided by a questionnaire designed by KVDA. This should be done at least one week before the end of the project placement and KVDA will share the evaluation output with the partner organization in the respective country. Certificate of participation will be issued to volunteers upon successful completion of placement.
Participation fees mode of payment: Payment should be made in cash at KVDA office or transferred to KVDA bank account by the KVDA partner organization. KVDA will issue receipts upon payment. It should be noted that travelers’ cheques cannot be honoured by Kenyan banking institutions due to fraud related challenges.
10 It should also be noted that payment should be done upfront for the entire duration as contained in the volunteer exchange form (VEF), which means that a volunteer staying for 3, 6 or 12 months pays in advance for the entire duration of placement.
Caution Once participation has been confirmed and duration of placement noted, KVDA will enter an agreement with host communities regarding the volunteers’ duration of placement. For that matter, it will not be allowed for volunteers to suddenly change their placement duration once the commitment has been made as the consequences will be dire for all the parties involved. It is forbidden for volunteers to directly go to projects before completion of placement procedures with the KVDA office in Nairobi. Unilateral action by volunteers in this regard will lead to cancellation of placement.
Holidays There are three major holidays for schools in Kenya; April (1 month), August (1 month) and December (6 weeks) and volunteers placed at learning institutions will be transferred to work camps organized by KVDA to cover the entire holiday duration at no extra cost except the fares to and from these projects.
There are six public holidays in Kenya as follows:
New Year- 1st January Easter-March/April Labour day-1st May Heroes’ day-20th October Independence day-12th December Christmas and Boxing day-25th and 26th December
Project info sheet: KVDA will send detailed project info sheet upon request and we encourage partner organizations to give us regular feedback on the project processes, progress; an evaluation that will enable us to enhance the program sustainability.
For more information please contact:
Executive Director, Kenya Voluntary Development Association, P.O.Box 48902-00100, Nairobi-Kenya
Physical address: Muringa Road, off Elgeyo Marakwet Road, Kilimani, Nairobi-Kenya
Landline telephone: +254-020-2500120
Mobile telephone: +254-721650357
Website: www.kvda.or.ke,
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