St. Michael Day Care

About St. Michael Day Care

Childcare Program

The project was established in 2013 to take care of the pre-school aged children within Diani area and its environs. Many of the parents find themselves away from the area the entire day in the quest for food, water and work and are not able to afford to pay house helps to take care of their children. The day care accommodates for free vulnerable children whose parents have low-income jobs or are unemployed.

HIGHLIGHTS

Live in a local community
Take care of the children
Free time on the weekend to discover Kenya
CIVS organizes tours and safaris to spectacular sites of interest in Kenya
Affordable fees which include airport pick up, accommodation, meals, orientation and 24/7 support

KEY INFORMATION

CHILDCARE WORK

Children, Education, Community life

DURATION

1 to 6 Months Available year-round

LOCATION

Diani, Kwale County of Kenya

PARTICIPATION FEE

300 euros

ACCOMODATION & FOOD

Host family / Local Food (3 meals)

TOURS AND SAFARI

CIVS organizes tours and safaris

Project Profile

The parents/guardians mostly are women with semi-permanent jobs therefore leave their kids at the day care. While they go looking for work, St Michael’s Day Care Centre provides a safe haven for the small children by providing meals and basic education. The project also seeks to respond to the needs of homeless girls who have been abandoned and neglected. The founder takes care of these girls whose age ranges from 7 to 14 years.

The girls attend to nearby schools within the community to get access to basic education. Since the target group is quite poor and due to the scarcity of foodstuffs, many of the children at the center find their only meal of the day here. Recently the project has started a kindergarten class with 40 children aged 3-4 years old so that they can have some form of school learning within the center. Some children stay in the project while others go back to their homes. The day children stay from 8am to 2pm.

General Information

Participation Fee

CIVS solely depends on volunteer contributions to support its activities.

The fee has to be paid upfront on arrival in full.

300 Euros

It covers the following services:

Airport transfers (Arrival and Departure)
3-day orientation seminar
Introduction to the city
Accommodation and food during orientation and during placement duration
Coordination and office support

The following costs are NOT included:

Visa costs and ticket flight
Local travelling: from the office to the project
Direct donations to the project
Cost of sightseeing
Cost of drinks like soda, beer, mineral water

Orientation Day

All volunteers taking part in this project will be picked up from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi.

There will be an orientation seminar for new volunteers lasting three days including Nairobi city introduction.

Accomodation & Meals

You will stay with a host family within the project location. The host family will provide all meals.

What to bring

Sleeping bag, sleeping mat, and mosquito net are necessary. You can also bring photos of your country, clothes, books, pens, toys etc

Sites of Interest

During weekends, volunteers can visit :

Diani beach
Mombasa
Wasini Island
Shimba Hills National Reserve

Tours & Safari

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.

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Assisting in the preparation of meals, serving and feeding of the children, Cleaning the utensils, ensuring the center is clean and the hygiene of the kids is considered
Assisting the day schooling children with their homework (The rest are boarding)
Developing and facilitating age-appropriate sports activities for the kids for leisure
Developing and facilitating extra-curricular activities such as drawing, arts and crafts, music and dance to help the children discover and promote their talent
Coordinate with teacher in charge to assist in teaching subjects such as English, Mathematics, Arts, Music and environmental science.
Assist in teaching children about hygiene
Assist in baby sitting

MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

EMAIL US YOUR REQUEST

WE WILL SEND YOU THE INFOSHEET & REQUIREMENTS

PROJECT PLACEMENT BEGINS

AWAITING YOUR ARRIVAL

Any Question?

CIVS will respond to any question.

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.