Childcare Assistance

location
5 - 36 weeks  ·  Age 18 - 50+

rating  Generally Good 3.8  · 
  Verified by Volunteer World
  Excellent response rate

Highlights

  • Experience our local living culture in your daily interaction with the project members
  • Welcoming and accommodative
  • Learn new skills and discover your hidden talents

Highlights

  • Experience our local living culture in your daily interaction with the project members
  • Welcoming and accommodative
  • Learn new skills and discover your hidden talents
  • Learn a new language-Kiswahili
  • Enjoy the local cuisine and foodstuffs


  • Especially good for

    Age 18+
    Singles
    Couples
    Families
    Groups
    Wheel Chairs

    About the program

    Support the academic development and offer social care to orphaned children.

    Do you have a soft spot in your heart for children and want to travel overseas to lend a loving and helping hand? This project needs you!

    • Spend your time helping orphans in Kenya
    • A reputable travel and volunteer in Africa
    • Safety and security are a top priority
    • Your love, compassion, kindness, and to ...

    About the program

    Do you have a soft spot in your heart for children and want to travel overseas to lend a loving and helping hand? This project needs you!

    • Spend your time helping orphans in Kenya
    • A reputable travel and volunteer in Africa
    • Safety and security are a top priority
    • Your love, compassion, kindness, and to improve the lives of countless children

    Choose to spend a more meaningful vacation contributing your valuable time volunteering with orphaned children in Kenya. We invite enthusiastic volunteers to provide care and support to underprivileged children in Kenya. Help is needed to improve the living conditions and provide stimulating educational activities for the children.

    During this volunteering in Kenya at an orphanage project, you will work on the front lines to feed and provide assistance to these forgotten little ones. Children in these centers need your special encouragement to restore their hope for a meaningful future. Your work in this volunteering opportunity in a Kenyan orphanage project will be very challenging, but the children share so much appreciation with the volunteers that it is all worth it.

    Role of Volunteer

    Although this is not an official teaching placement, you may teach conversational English during your volunteering in Kenya at an orphanage program.

    You will support recreational and artistic activities with the objective of entertaining and teaching. You will also help in the kitchen serving lunch in the dining room and assist with location-specific duties like routine maintenance and construction. Your role is invaluable to these children! You can also expect to be involved in duties like:

    • Teaching basic conversational English
    • Developing creative free-time programs such as dance, arts, music and other physical activities
    • Helping children with various health and personal hygiene needs
    • Teaching life-skills
    • Housekeeping, as well as cooking and serving food to the children
    • Farming in the homes garden


    Typical day

    The work starts at 8 am and volunteers will have a lunch break. Volunteers work up to 4 pm. Your schedule will vary with the department attached in withing this project

    Typical day

    The work starts at 8 am and volunteers will have a lunch break. Volunteers work up to 4 pm. Your schedule will vary with the department attached in withing this project


    Free-time activities

    While in the community volunteers will be involved in intercultural learning events during their free time where you will have home visits, language sessions and attending cultural events. This will hence enable you to learn and understand the local population more. In addition volunteers will be ...

    Free-time activities

    While in the community volunteers will be involved in intercultural learning events during their free time where you will have home visits, language sessions and attending cultural events. This will hence enable you to learn and understand the local population more. In addition volunteers will be involved in sporting activities with the local youths, have free time at the coastal beach and get to know more of the history of the town by visiting the historical sites with Mombasa.


    Requirements

    Requirements

    Minimum Age: 18 years

    In order to join the program you need to be at least 18 years old on the program start date. There might be exemptions if you can provide the permission of your legal guardian(s) or if your are accompanied by your parents.

    Language Skills

    You need to speak English (basic level)

    Criminal Background Check

    required

    Required Documents

    CV and motivation letter

    Nationality Restrictions

    No restrictions. Helping hands from all over the world are welcome.

    Other Skills

    volunteers with the following skills are also encouraged to join the project: computer skills, mentorship, capacity building, resource mobilization and fund raising

    Time Commitment

    Your helping hand will be required on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 08:30 - 16:30

    What's Included

    What's Included

    Services by VACK jitolee Africa

    Airport pick up/drop off, accommodation, meals, orientation, project donation, supervision, 24/7 emergency support, placement to project, evaluation, development of new projects, certificate are included in the fees.

    Airport Pickup at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

    One of the VACK team member will be at the airport with a paper that has your name on it for ease of identification. Hence we advice all volunteers to send us their flight and arrival information so that we can be able to facilitate your pick up.

    Accommodation

    Volunteers are either accommodated in the institution or with a host family where they are provided with meals. Volunteers will be given a secure room. Toilet and bathrooms are available.

    Food & Beverages

    You will be provided with breakfast, lunch and dinner on a daily basis. The family will also provide to you safe drinking water during your stay.

    Internet Access

    Limited access at the project site

    What's NOT included?

    What's NOT included?

    Flight Tickets

    The nearest airport is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) in Nairobi. We assist you to find cheap flights to Kenya. FIND CHEAP FLIGHTS

    Travel Insurance

    Going abroad is an adventure and it is always best to be prepared. Sudden illness or injury, cancellation or theft - a travel insurance for Kenya provides security and is a plus to have. GET A QUOTE

    Vaccines

    If you are intending to volunteer in Kenya you should seek medical advice before starting your social journey. Check your required vaccinations for Kenya. VACCINE CHECKER

    Details on arrival

    The project is open for volunteers to join us at any given time of the year.

    All volunteers will be received at the airport upon arrival
    Availability
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

    Program fees

    5 weeks (min. stay) 648€
    6 weeks 768€
    7 weeks 888€
    8 weeks 1,008€
    12 weeks 1,486€
    20 weeks 2,394€
    36 weeks (max. stay) 4,190€
    Average fees 123€/week

    Program fees

    123€ per week 5 - 36 weeks Age 18 - 50+

    Payment methods

    Visa Master Card Maestro American Express PayPal

    NO CREDIT CARD FEES


    Duration

    5 - 36 weeks

    Deposit

    The deposit is simply to reserve your volunteer placement. Payments are handled by PayPal, our trusted global payment provider. If you don't have a PayPal account, you can also pay using a credit card.


    Final Payment

    Your final payment will be agreed with VACK jitolee Africa during the application process. Common solutions are either via bank transfer or a cash payment at the project site.


    Meet your organization

    VACK jitolee Africa

    Generally Good 3.8 rating (3 reviews)

    Non-profit - founded in 2013

    Verified by Volunteer World

      Excellent response rate

    Coordinated by

    Fanuel

    About the project

    VACK provides services promoting development, youth mobility and information exchange among Kenyans and within the international community.

    Meet your organization

    Volunteer Action for Change Kenya (VACK) was founded in April 2013 to offer equal opportunities to the youth and women to be actively involved in the development process through volunteerism. Since its inception VACK has continuously given opportunities to both skilled and unskilled volunteers to contribute to service delivery in community projects within Kenya.
    Volunteer Action for Change Kenya is a voluntary service organization. Our aim is to bring people from different cultures to work together towards a common goal. In turn this helps break down cultural stereotypes and lead to greater international understanding and peace. We do this by volunteer programme which works on offering services to community projects across Kenya where both local and international volunteers are actively involved on a global stage.
    Volunteer Action for Change Kenya is a non-profit and non-governmental organization that provides services using the voluntarism approach that enhances the development process and service delivery of community development initiatives. Our main purpose is to promote peace, understanding, justice, development, and information exchange among Kenyans and within the international community.

    VACK wants to build a society in which the dignity of every person is safeguarded and promoted, in which each individual person may enjoy fundamental liberties, have access to resources and services, have the possibility to live in a healthy environment and improve the quality of life in all aspects; a global society in which every single individual and all communities have the right of self-determination consistent with the cultural rights of other peoples and every man and woman on earth. This is realized by giving a change to the youths, women and community members a chance to be actively involved in the development process in the event realizing self-development through service delivery.

    3 reviews · rating3.8

    Birgit Garcia rating5

    2023 at Childcare Assistance

    From the minute I arrived at the airport, I can only report the best. After having a look at different projects, I decided that I would like to help teaching in PP2 class at Many Fishes Academy in Ukunda. In the class are 17 children, aged 5 to 6 years. It was a great experience I made and I am ...
    George Myers rating1.8

    2018 at Rehabilitation of Street Children

    I was not picked up at the airport upon arrival and it took at least 36 hours and visit to the British High Commission to get many contact with VACK. Once I had met up with them they informed me that the project I was meant to be on had already closed, and they offered no similar alternative. I ...
    In the Orphanage, I strongly think that both mine and the other volunteers’ work had a huge impact given that the family has no money to employ external people and therefore it is very helpful for them to have volunteers working for free, since there is a lot of work to do to take care of the ...

    Location

    Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya > Mombasa

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