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Long-Term Volunteering in Kenya
Ajeligwa Community Development Group
Ajeligwa Community Development group that was established in the year 2009 to offer personal development to the poor people in the community. The group is comprised of 6 members who are involved in small projects like poultry keeping, beadwork carried out by women, Early Childhood education for orphans and vulnerable children and small scale agriculture.
Project Profile
There are 50 chicken for income generation, the small kindergarten has 10children and two teachers, while the farm has vegetables and animal feeds. The group also has a borehole for water selling. Life in this project is simple and in a local village with little facilities due to low living standards and poverty. In the year 2011, the group received a grant from the National Aids Council to conduct testing and Counselling of patients. They reached about 650 people who afterward received help.
Location
The project is located in Zululu village, Gambogi Vihiga County of Kenya.
Volunteering activities
- Assisting in working on the project’s farm and in the community farms
- Assisting in teaching kindergarten children
- Playing with the children
- Teaching the community something new
- Assisting in the creation and maintenance of a website and promotion of project activities
Accommodation and food
The volunteer will be accommodated in a host family in the project. Three meals will be provided in a day.
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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!!!!"
