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Community Development
Emergency Relief
When support is lacking and all development solutions have failed emergency relief is the last hope.
Our emergency response is based on the needs of the affected population and our capacity to respond.
The Centre for International Voluntary Service (CIVS) approaches its emergency response programming through a framework of activities to save lives and support livelihoods, knowing that these measures are only the first step followed by many others to sustainably support a community to stand on its own feet and build resilience against the cause of the intervention.
ECDE Program
The Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) play a role vital in any child's early years of development. A good ECDE Foundation promotes the positive transition of a child to the next stages of development and learning.
Feeding Program
Higher poverty index has always been witnessed in areas with poor income and low purchasing power. This has been the situation in rural areas around our projects since such areas also experience high HIV/AIDS prevalence, perennial floods, and drought seasons among other challenges.
Water and Sanitation
Water is life. But a reliable, clean source of water is still a far fetched dream for many Kenyans. Nearly half of the Kenyan population lacks access to a source of safe water and nearly 2/3 cannot access adequate sanitation facilities as the country still faces huge challenges in water provision for domestic and agricultural use with erratic weather patterns causing droughts and water shortages. Kenya also has a limited renewable water supply and is classified as a water scarce country.
Food Security
Agriculture is the backbone of Kenya’s economy and central to the Government of Kenya’s development strategy. Kenya’s agriculture sector employs more than 75% of the countries workforce and accounts both directly and indirectly for approximately 51% of Kenya’s gross domestic product.
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What Volunteers Say
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Both volunteering and exploring Kenya has been an amazing experience, even more so with the CIVS. Asante!!!
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I had so many good moments in Kenya and learned a lot about life and cultures. Thank you and see you soon!
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The Community Development Project of CIVS is great. I learned so many things and could actually contribute with my skills knowledge to the project.
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Volunteering with CIVS has been a fantastic experience. I've developed new skills, made some great contacts and been able to support a great charity that is supporting local children.
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Everything was great..It s an unforgettable experience..I really enjoy a lot and created some very strong link. I will come back it for sure..Kenya is in my heart
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Wonderful voluntary project, wonderful safari, wonderful country!
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A great experience thanks to a combination of both challenges and very rewarding experiences. Thank you very much!
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Very welcoming host family, interesting project, all in all unforgettable experience! Asante sana!"
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I'm glad that I had that special&wonderful experience to know the Kenyan lifestyle, I had a really good time here. Thanks for everything!
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Very good experience, I loved children in the orphanage, I learned many new things and I'm happy to have share my time with those people!
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It was a really great time and I wish I could have spent more time in Kenya and with the children in mz prject. I hope I can come back soon! Thanks for everything"
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I have absolutely loved volunteering for CIVS – I have met some incredible people, and felt part of a really supportive and lovely community. I am sad to be leaving at the end of this year!
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"I came here with a friend for volunteering for 5 Weeks. We lived in a very nice host family near the office of CIVS. Two weeks we worked in the MMM Mukuru in Nairobi and other two weeks we worked in a small hospital in Oriang. During weekends we had the possibility to make trips and get in touch with the Kenyan cultures. The whole time was a unforgettable experience. I would like to come back again."
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"I am so excited of this experience and I recommend it to other people for sure. The local people are so nice, gentle and ready to help in every way they can. Africa is the best place to learn about the life to learn how to survive in bad conditions and is the best place to know about happiness, how small, little things could make someone happy. CIVS is a well organized organization."
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"To be honest I loved my experience in Kenya for many reasons. First of all, because me and my Kenyan friends improved the project. That's why, for the first time in my life I was very useful. Secondly, I improved a bit my English. Then, nothing wrong happened to me. Finally, I'm going back to France with a lot of good memories and I want to come back to Ahero to achieve others aims, ideas, and projects."
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"I really enjoy my stay here. The People and the time here was so interesting and so grateful, thank you for the time and met some great people. Asante sana!!!!"
