Teach in Kenyan Schools

  Kenya

Rural

Term: Summer, Throughout the year, Trimester 
Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months, 7-12 months, 1-2 years and over 2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 years
Dates: Inquire for specific dates

Description: Our volunteers are placed in exciting community schools, public schools or orphanage schools. Many of the schools we work with are constantly understaffed and are always in need of new volunteers. In this program, volunteers can work by themselves or alongside other teachers and volunteers. Typical subjects taught include English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Art and Physical Education. School in Kenya runs for three terms a year (Term One January to April, Term Two May to August, Term Three September to November).There are short breaks between rereferd to as mid terms, these terms during which time volunteers can take a break, travel, engage in tourist activities such as safari, take tutorials for senior students, or participate in another placement.

Highlights: Other volunteer work available includes teaching at both primary and secondary schools. All children at the schools come from local villages {communities}.

Subjects taught include English, Mathematics, Science, Christian Religious Education, Arts & Crafts, Music and Social Studies. Volunteers are also encouraged to use their initiative to come up with extra-curricular activities, sports and other learning activities.

Qualifications: Teaching

N.B. Volunteers DO NOT need to be a qualified or experienced teacher.

Minimum Education: Diploma/Certification

Cost in US$: 450 Two weeks

The volunteer in Kenya program fee covers in-country orientation, training, meals and accommodation, and supervision.

The Youth Hostels volunteer in Kenya costs you need to meet are: Your flight to and from the country, visa fees, vaccinations, and travel insurance, and airport taxes. You will also need a weekly budget to cover your expenses like bottled water, personal costs, public transport, beverages and entertainment.

Salary / Pay: Self-satisfaction after giving time, efforts and energy to be of service to the elderly and community at large.Also the supervisor at your volunteer work station will allow the volunteer to submit their name as a reference when applying for jobs. And when completing those employment applications as it makes positive impressions to the interviewer when the application shows the potential employee was a youth volunteer.Youth Volunteers are a ray of sunshine to our communities especially to the aging population.

Experience Required: no

Age Range: 18 to 70

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Kenya Independently Or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups of 4 to 10

Application Process Involves:

• Disciplinary Clearance Form
• Essay
• In-Person Interview Required
• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Other
• Resume
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Exit DebriefingAbroad
• Job and Internship Network
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

Kenya Youth Hostels Association's Mission Statement: Kenya Youth Hostel Association is a non-profit organization, which promotes youth hostelling in Kenya and gives the opportunity to Kenyan young people to travel abroad, because the membership card of international hostelling is valid worldwide. So if you have this card, you are accepted in all of those seventy countries and all of those youth hostels without any differences. We would like to see more Kenyan people travel around and use the infrastructure, because all countries are very well covered by youth hostels. Our main task is to promote youth traveling as something which is not only for people who have a lot of money. We are here to help people to travel more easily, quickly, safely and to find people of their age around. We are promoting traveling with no differences between races, nationalities, without any kind of discrimination.

Year Founded: 1957