CIVS/MTV-02/2025 ST. MICHAEL DAY CARE AND RESCUE CENTRE Solidarités Jeunesses

PARTENAIRE

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 search for food, water and work and are not able to afford to pay house helps to take care of their children. The daycare takes care of children whose parents have low-income jobs or are unemployed is mostly women with semi-permanent jobs using the daycare. While they go looking for work, St Michael’s Day Care Centre provides a safe place for the small children by providing meals and basic education. The project also seeks to respond to the needs of girls who have been abandoned and do not have a place to call home. The founder takes care of these girls whose age ranges from 7 to 14 years. The girls also go to nearby schools within the community to get access to basic education.

Localisation

Ukunda District, Kwale County

aéroport le plus proche

NBO

Itinéraire vers le point de RDV

When you are booking your flight, please make sure that your arrival is at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. There will be an orientation seminar for new volunteers lasting three days including Nairobi city introduction. Our monthly orientation seminar starts on the first Monday every month. It would be good if the volunteers can arrive at least one day before the orientation starts. However, if a volunteer will arrives on another date, we can still organize for a full orientation.

Informations supplémentaires

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

Remarques

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. The cost of a 3 days safari to Maasai Mara National Reserve is 400 Euros in a Tour Van and 470 Euros in a Tour Jeep.

Travail

At the Centre:  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 4/15 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 At the nearby school: (only during school days) • Assist in planning and facilitating for children's extra curriculum activities such as games and sports. • Coordinate with the teacher in charge to assist in teaching subjects such as English, Mathematics, Arts, Music and environmental science. • Assist in planning for Hygiene and environment days at school and to conduct school weekly general cleaning which includes: landscaping, slashing of weeds, planting and watering trees, collecting, disposing and burning garbage etc.

Logement & nourriture

The volunteer will stay in a host family within the project site. The host family will provide meals.

Emplacement & temps libre

The project is located in the coastal region. There are plenty of leisure activities such as going to the beach, visiting Ukunda town, visiting the coastal forest or Shimba Hills National Park as well as Mombasa town.

Objectifs de développement durable