Uriri Education Project
Overview
Day to day Activities
Teaching, sport and drama coaching, community outreach, cooking and serving food and much more!
What's Included
24/7 Support, accommodation, 3 daily meals, coordination during your stay.
What's Excluded
Flights, visa and visa extension fee, travel insurance, personal expenses and excursions.
Accommodation
Homestay with the Project Initiator Jack Bambo.
Requirements
Independant thinking and be able to adapt to a foreign culture.
Working Hours
Volunteers can chose to teach in Early Childhood class which starts from 8:00am to 3:00pm or choose to handle classes 1 to Class 8 which starts from 7:30am to 4:30pm according to the Ministry of Education Guidelines in Kenya.
Nearest Town
Uriri
Guaranteed
Working with children that need your help and support.
About
Light School is a school in Uriri, Kenya, which provides orphans and vulnerable children with food, clothing, education and the proper care they require. Currently there are 196 pupils in the school of which 30 of them are orphans. The mission of the school is to challenge every pupil to achieve and be the best they can academically, behaviorally and spiritually. The purpose of the school is to provide a safe environment for the children of the Uriri area to live and learn in. The school is built on ethical values and strives to promote culture and tradition to the students together with an understanding and appreciation of the modern world.
The school was created due to most the people in Uriri living so far away from good schools with good infrastructures. Due to the high rates of poverty, disease and harsh living conditions, children often lose one or both of their parents. These children are often taken into the care of other villagers to provide them with shelter but because they are often poor themselves, they cannot provide the children with food, clothing and an education which they receive from Light School.
Having a positive influence on the children by providing them with food, clothing and a chance to develop themselves academically, physically and spiritually will hopefully extend out to the local community as well by providing jobs and transferring knowledge.
As a volunteer on this project you will benefit by gaining new experiences and ways of life by helping others in need.
Needs
Light School is a non-government school and is completely run by volunteers. All funds for food, clothing, education, construction and running of the school has to be raised by the School itself. Due to this there are many ways in which you can help the school by volunteering to teach, supporting feeding programs, making general donations to support construction, furniture and equipment costs, stationary, books and materials.
More specifically the following is needed:
- Public Relations or Good-will ambassador volunteers
- French, German and English teachers
- Volunteers to mobilize more volunteers and interns around the globe and manage the programme
- Volunteers to mobilize global citizens to sponsor child education
- Volunteers to help with Fund-raising towards our many programmes
- Volunteers to run feeding, computer and Library programmes
- Volunteers to coach pupils in outdoor games, songs and dance
- We need more computers and internet installations
Guidance and Supervision
- Volunteers will be guided in lesson planning, book management and timing on the feeding programme
- Volunteers will be guided on where to visit and when
- Volunteers will be taken through Ministry of Education Policies and guidelines
Tasks
- Resource Centre/Library
- School Feeding Program
- Computer Studies
- Sport, Drama and Dances Coaching
- Fun and Art Moments
- Educational Tours
- Community Outreach
Prerequisites
To be a mature, independent thinking person who can work as part of a team.
Accommodation
Accommodation is a home-stay with the project initiator, Jack Bambo. The house is safe, secure and close to the township of Uriri where you'll be working. Sleeping arrangements are in either bunks or single beds both of which have mosquito nets. There's a fully serviceable kitchen, hot showers and no water restrictions. You will be provided with 3 meals a day.
Fees & Dates
2 weeks USD 350
3 weeks USD 500
4 weeks USD 650
All extra weeks will cost USD 150 per week.
An extra booking fee of USD 80 is required if you need Khaya to arrange transfers, accommodation and bus tickets as well as external travel arrangements. This fee lets Khaya handle your travel arrangements completely.
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