Mid-Term Volunteering
1 to 6 months
Ranging from 1-6 months. Provides for both exchange of knowledge and learning that combines a personal project with a common goal of social change.
Suitable for an individual rather than a group.
immersion in community life
Work on a project while immersing yourself in Kenyan community life, allowing you to better integrate and become part of it.
Gives an understanding of the needs and challenges faced by the local population.
cultural experience
Provides a cultural immersion leading to learning of the language, new customs, and making new friends.
A short orientation helps the volunteer get acquainted with the project aims, host community, local customs, and culture.
OUR MID-TERM PROJECTS
Developing the Local Community Potential
Participation Fee
We are Kenya’s most affordable and trusted volunteer organization. The participation fee is as follows:
250 Euros per Month
The fee is paid in full upon arrival in Kenya.
It covers the following:
- Airport transfers (arrival and departure)
- 3-day orientation seminar
- Introduction to the city
- Accomodation and Food during orientation and during placement duration
- Coordination and office support
The following costs are not included :
- Flight ticket & Visa costs
- Local traveling: From the office to the project
- Direct donations to the project
- Cost of sightseeing
- Cost of drinks like soda, beer, mineral water etc
General Information
For any project, you will be picked by a staff of CIVS at your arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi.
There will be an orientation seminar for new volunteers lasting three days including Nairobi city introduction.
You will be accommodated either at the project or in a host family by the project.
All the meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) will be provided either by the family host or at the project. The food is mostly local.
Sleeping bag, sleeping mat, and mosquito net are necessary. You can also bring photos of your country, clothes, books, pens, toys etc
CIVS Kenya organizes tours and safaris to spectacular sites of interest in Kenya. Volunteers, who wish to participate, should let us know as soon as possible in order to enable us to make proper arrangements. The fee charged is all-inclusive of meals, transport, park entry fees, accommodation and tour guiding. The cost of a 3 days safari to Masai Mara National Reserve is 340 Euro. It includes:
Day 1 : Nairobi – Maasai Mara : game viewing drive in the evening
Day 2 Maasai Mara : game viewing drive in the morning and the evening
Day 3 : Nairobi – Masaai Mara game viewing drive in the early morning
Choose the Project that best suits you
You can get involved in the field of Community Life, Healthcare, Small Business, Women Empowerment, Childcare, Teaching, Supporting People with special needs, Agriculture, and Environmental Conservancy.
COMMUNITY
Ahero, Kisumu County
CHILDREN - FARMING - BUILDING - TRAINING
The Ahero Comunity Resource Center is a One-Stop-Shop with an aim to build and strengthen the community’s capacity to be self-reliant and to improve their living standards by offering a variety of services to the local community.
- Working in the Model Farm.
- Teaching computer and work preparedness skills to the youth.
- Organizing games and extra-curricular activities for kindergarten children
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COMMUNITY
Buruburu, Nairobi County
WEBSITE - SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING - PARTENERSHIP
CIVS Kenya is a community development organization with the main objective of contributing towards the socio-economic empowerment of disadvantaged communities with innovative and customized high-quality services.
- CIVS Kenya Website content maintenance
- Regular drafting of articles or blog posts for website
- CIVS Kenya social media accounts updates
- Design upcoming events poster
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COMMUNITY
Hamisi, Vihiga County
CHILDREN - FARMING - BUILDING - TRAINING
Happy Me Happy You Organization is a non-profit organization that was established in 2017 to empower women, youth, and men from vulnerable and poverty-stricken backgrounds to realize a sustainable community.
- Teaching of subjects such as Creative Arts, English
- Assisting children with their homework
- General cleaning and maintenance of the project area
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HEALTHCARE
Mowlem, Nairobi County
HEALTH - COMMUNITY BASED - COUNSELING
Mikulinzi Community Hospital is a private community health facility that was established by a Kenyan Doctor in 2014. The hospital has been providing care and treatment to the people in the poor community estates of Mowlem.
- Assisting with coordinating hospital routines and taking care of patients
- Providing advice and emotional support
- Assisting the medical staff in the nursing home to frequently check on patients
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HEALTHCARE
Kadogo, Homabay County
HEALTH - COMMUNITY BASED - COUNSELING
Holy Family Oriang Health Centre is a non-profit health institution established in 1994 to provide quality, accessible, and affordable health care services to the community. The Centre has opened its doors to all HIV/AIDS patients.
- Assisting the medical staff in the dispensary by Co-coordinating and taking care of the patients
- Providing advice and emotional support to patients facing the stigma for HIV/AIDS
- Assisting in taking care of disabled children
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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
Kuria, Migori County
GENDER AND SEX EDUCATION - TRAINING - COMMUNITY BASED
Msichana Empowerment Kuria project was initiated in 2013, with the main aim of ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and other harmful cultural practices and supporting access to the fundamental human rights of girls and young women.
- Engaging teenage girls in sexual health awareness topics and offering mentorship
- Providing mental guidance and canceling
- Assisting in Writing reports and documentation for the project
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HEALTHCARE
Bumala, Busia County
HEALTH - COMMUNITY BASED
Esikoma Community Health Project was established in 2016. The project offers health services to the local community. The hospital comprises of doctor’s consultation rooms, Maternity wing, a pharmacy, patients waiting bay and temporary wards.
- Assisting the medical and non-medical staff in the community hospital.
- Co-coordinating and taking care of the patients.
- Taking patient information
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HEALTHCARE
Buruburu, Nairobi County
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - TRAINING
The Tumaini Fund for Economic Development International (TFEDI) is a Non-Governmental Organization that aims at providing financial and technical advice to people in order to reduce poverty and thus create income for the needy through micro-finance initiatives.
- Computer Data entry in the project’s database
- Monitoring and evaluation of how loans disbursed is used
- Fund raising for the project
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HEALTHCARE
Kanuni, Igembe South, Meru County
HEALTH - COMMUNITY BASED - COUNSELING
Amung’enti Catholic Parish has a dispensary which is a private health facility. The dispensary provides treatment to the nearby schools and the locals. The facility started as a grass and mud structure but has been improved to a permanent structure.
- Helping in Pharmacy services
- Helping in laboratory services
- Visiting homes of sick people and people of old age
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CHILDCARE
Luanda, Vihiga County
CHILDREN - EDUCATION - COMMUNITY LIFE - FARMING
JNMCC Mercy Home is a children’s residence housing about 47 children while they go to different schools. The home is supported by the Mercy Homes Foundation which pays school fees for children I secondary schools. It admits school-going children from the age of 6 to 18 years.
- Working on the farm to increase agricultural output for feeding
- Providing guidance and counseling
- Playing games with the children
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CHILDCARE
Msambweni, Diani, Kwale County
CHILDREN - EDUCATION - COMMUNITY LIFE
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The daycare, takes care of pre-school-aged children whose parents find themselves away from the area entire day in the quest for food, water, and work and are not able to afford to pay for house help to take care of their children.
- Preparation of meals, serving and feeding of children.
- Developing extra-curricular activities
- Planning for Hygiene and environment days
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CHILDCARE
Nanyuki, Laikipia County
CHILDREN - COMMUNITY LIFE - COUNSELING
Nanyuki Furaha Foundation is a charitable children’s home that was started in 2014 in collaboration with the local community. The project was started to address the growing problems experienced by orphans, and street children.
- Cleaning and care services at the home
- Mentoring and rehabilitation of the children
- Teaching at the schools where children go to
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CHILDCARE
Rodi Kopany, Homabay County
CHILDREN - COMMUNITY LIFE
Vianeey Academy and Children Centre provide education and feeding programs to children aged 3-14 years. The children are from low-income families, orphans, and others who have disabilities and special needs.
- Preparation of meals
- Assisting in provision of basic education to the children
- Planning age-appropriate extra curriculum activities in sports, music, etc…
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TEACHING
Kayole, Nairobi County
CHILDREN - EDUCATION - COMMUNITY LIFE
Fortune Learners Centre is a project that was founded in the year 2013 by 10 social workers. They have established this center for vulnerable children who find themselves on the street due to a lack of funds for school fees.
- Assisting in teaching English, Mathematics, and creative arts subjects
- Supporting early childhood development
- Helping in the preparation, serving, and feeding the kids
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TEACHING
Shinyalu, Kakamega County
CHILDREN - EDUCATION - FARMING - COMMUNITY LIFE
St Gonzaga Primary School was established by the Brothers of St. Charles Lwanga in 2005 to provide quality basic needs such as education, meals, and shelter to vulnerable children from especially difficult circumstances.
- Teach maths, English, and sciences
- Organizing games and playing with the children
- HIV/AIDS campaign awareness
- Farm work in the project’s farm
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TEACHING
Kayole, Nairobi County
CHILDREN - EDUCATION - COUNSELING
The Good Samaritan School is a formal community-based education institution established in 2004 in response to the needs of orphans and vulnerable children in Kayole. It hosts around 63 children both boys and girls.
- Assisting in teaching subjects like English, etc
- Assisting children in kindergarten to read, write and draw
- Providing guidance and counseling services to the children
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TEACHING
Mowlem, Nairobi County
CHILDREN - EDUCATION
Safisha Africa School is a junior school that was established in 2010 by a retired teacher. It is focused on providing education, free lunch, books, access to medical care, school shoes, and uniforms to the orphans, and vulnerable children.
- Assisting teachers in writing lessons and teaching children to write
- Playing and organizing games
- Telling stories of different countries to the children to motivate them
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TEACHING
Ruai, Nairobi County
CHILDREN - EDUCATION - COUNSELING
The Catholic Brothers of St. Charles Lwanga founded St. Charles Lwanga Secondary School & Child Support Centre in 1970. Their aim was to address the needs of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Kenya by providing them with quality education, accommodation, shelter and health care.
- Teaching Mathematics, Sciences, Computer
- Organize debates and symposiums
- Organizing extra-curricular activities such as sports, games and music
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TEACHING
Mutarakwa, Kiambu County
CHILDREN WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES - COMMUNITY LIFE
Ntimi Home of Hope orphanage is a community-based organization in Nairobi. The project’s initiatives encompass Rescue, Rehabilitation, Reintegration, and Prevention (3RP) to safeguard the rights, safety, well-being, dignity, and development of children.
- Helping with dressing and feeding of the smaller kids
- Organizing of creative games through sports and music
- Assisting the children with their homework
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TEACHING & SMALL BUSINESS
Nyahururu, Laikipia County
TRAINING - MANAGEMENT - SMALL BUSINESS
New Birth Institute is a vocational training institute that was established with to impact youths with employment and entrepreneurship skills and support their linkages to employment and business start-up opportunities.
- Assisting in training of computer classes
- Assisting in training hospitality/hotel management, entrepreneurship and related skills
- Promote project activities through social media and providing links to institutions abroad
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TEACHING
Komarock, Nairobi County
EDUCATION - COUNSELING
Brown Hill Group is a registered community-based organization that offers community services. The group immediately embarked on running an education facility that best suits the interest of its community member.
- Teaching a combination of subjects
- Counseling sessions on issues to drug and substance abuse and HIV/AIDS
- Visiting and helping orphans and vulnerable children in the nearby slums
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TEACHING
Kapenguria, West Pokot County
CHILDREN - EDUCATION - COUNSELING
St Charles Lwanga Children’s Home and School hosts children with physical disabilities ans a an Early Childhood and Development Education Center(ECDE). The aim of the project is to provide children with proper education, shelter and clothing, medical care services to disabled children.
- Cleaning the disabled children
- Assisting in the preparation and serving of meals
- Assisting in teaching at the primary and secondary schools
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COMMUNITY
Kaimosi, Vihiga County
CHILDREN WITH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES - COMMUNITY LIFE
The Kaimosi Special School was founded in 1987 with an aim of empowering disabled people (both mentally and physically) and also giving them basic education and hope for future life as well as making them integrate them into society.
- Helping in the preparation of meals, serving and feeding the children
- Training the disabled persons in vocational skills such as agriculture, weaving, tailoring…
- Taking them for outdoors events
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FARMING
Rusinga Island, Homabay County
PERMACULTURE - CONSERVATION
Badilisha Eco Village aims to bring change to the lives of people on Rusinga Island, who face several challenges. It also seeks to inspire change in the general paradigms of the local population toward a more holistic and responsible way.
- Permaculture generally involves farm work activities
- Engaging in environment conservation activities
- Assisting the old in their homesteads
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CONSERVANCY
Kimintet, Narok County
ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION - COMMUNITY LIFE - FARMING - CHILDREN
The project was established in 2015 by Jeff, a local conservationist, with the aim of assisting in wildlife conservation, and creating a sustainable environment in order to improve life within the Maasai bushes.
- Working on the model farm
- General maintenance and improvement of the campsite
- Participating in initiatives to improve the life of the Maasai
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Any Question?
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ABOUT US
The Center for International Voluntary Service (CIVS Kenya) is a Community Development Organization working with local marginalized communities in Kenya to support them in their development and fight the poverty through volunteering and community development programs.
REACH US
- +254 (20) 780909
- +254 722 210968
- info@civskenya.com
OUR LOCATION
- Mumias Road, Buruburu Business Center, Kenol Station Building P.O. Box 824 00515 Buruburu, Nairobi, Kenya.