KENIA

Anmeldecode: siehe unter “Projektbeschreibung”

Partnerorganisation

Centre for International Voluntary Service (CIVS)

Kurzbeschreibung

CIVS community service is a non profit agency without political or religious affiliation involved in offering innovative and competent support service to empower communities and organisations aimed at stimulating self development initiatives especially among the disadvantaged as well as developing harmonious relation among people of different backgrounds and culture. CIVS is involved in three programme areas: International Voluntary Service (IVS), Microfinance and Capacity Building.

Einsatzbeginn

ab Juni 2009. Beginn täglich möglich, am besten zum 7. eines jeden Monats.

Dauer

3 bis 6 Monate

Programmbeschreibung

In der Regel Mitarbeit an konkreten Projekten im Bildungswesen, Krankenpflege, Landwirtschaft, Kinderbetreuung, Umweltschutz, Microfinance, Sozialarbeit etc.

Unterbringung erfolgt normalerweise in Gastfamilien, in städtischen und ländlichen Gegenden.

Gebühren

280 € Projektgebühr bei Anmeldung zu entrichten

CIVS-Gebühr, die in Kenia zu zahlen ist:

• im ersten Monat ca. 200 € (inkl. Airport-Pickup) und Unterbringung in Nairobi
• jeder weitere Monat ca. 170 € für Unterkunft und Verpflegung

Leistungen durch CIVS

Unterbringung und Verpflegung ab dem ersten Tag während des gesamten Einsatzes. Individuelle Einführung in Nairobi, bevor der Einsatz im Projekt beginnt.

Pick-up am Flughafen. Die Ankunftsinformationen müssen CIVS durch den Teilnehmer selbst mitgeteilt werden.

Länderinformationen

http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/de/Laenderinformationen/01-Laender/Kenia.html

Visainformationen

www.embassy-of-kenya.de

PROJEKTE

IMANI Children Home

Anmeldecode: PI-KEN-01

This project is situated in Nairobi, Kayole estate. It is approximately 15kms to City Centre. The institution has currently over 350 children both boys and girls. The home is focussing in training them to be responsible citizen and become self reliant. Everyone is called ‘uncle’ or ‘auntie’ hence expect your name to change to uncle or auntie!!!

Imani’s goal is to rehabilitate street children and children living under difficult circumstances. Imani does this through the provision of basic needs: food, clothing and shelter, education, counselling and training in various vocational training (cake baking, dress making and child care). Most importantly, Imani provides the children with love.

Imani has three branches i.e. Imani A, Imani B and Malindi branch. It caters for children from day one to 18years old, that are abandoned, neglected, orphaned or battered.

The volunteers will be involved in the following areas:

• Guidance and counselling
• Empowering the minors to be self reliant
• Working alongside other social workers in provision of basic needs
• Promotion of education and other related affairs
• To train children on creativity

Igangara Secondary School

Anmeldecode: PI-KEN-02

ACK Igangara is a secondary school (approx. 200 students, age 15-20) set up as a boarding school where teachers and students stay for the whole term because of a far walking distance to the next town. The school is located in Meru South district, 200 kms from Nairobi. Mount Kenya is about 70 kms far away.

In priority, the school needs help in teaching languages – especially German and English, but also coordination and participation in extracurricular activities like athletics, football, drama… Therefore, the volunteer shall have teaching skills and/ or experience, the ability and willingness to organize, coordinate and participate in extracurricular activities.

Kakamega Rainforest

Anmeldecode: PI-KEN-03

The Kakamega rainforest is the only remaining rain forest in Kenya and is the eastern most remnant of the Guineo-Congolian forest. Due to its isolation from similar forest type, it is the home to many unique and rare animal and plant species. Because of high human population, this has exerted negative pressures on the forest like illegal logging, charcoal burning, cattle grazing, harvest of medicinal plants and general clearing of the forest for agriculture.

Kakamega Environmental Educational Program (KEEP) was thus established to educate the residents around the forest about its fragile ecosystem and to involve them in its co-existence and preservation, ensuring the forest is cherished as a healthy, unique and diverse ecosystem for and by future generations. 

Farming is the mainstay of the local economy and is widely practiced through livestock, poultry rearing, small scale farming of maize, beans, coffee, sweet potatoes, bananas, pawpaw and vegetables. Also tourism within the forest generates a substantial income to the local economy.

Project activities

• Farm work

• Forest Conservation activities

• Butterfly farming

• Working at local tree nursery

• Cultural exchange with the Luhya

• Identifying indigenous plant species