Internship at an Orphanage in Kenya

  Kenya

• Mombasa: 
Mombasa

Term: Throughout the year 
Dates: Visit the GVI website for upcoming start dates

Description: As part of this internship you will alongside a dedicated staff supervisor and local volunteer teachers in Mombasa's Bombolulu area. You will typically be working with children aged between 3 and 13 and will be working on basic education and literacy projects as well as childcare. The children's centre aims to combat social pressures that lead to substance abuse and crime. You will also work at a home for HIV / AIDS orphans, helping the dedicated staff care for the children. This internship will allow you to make real differences in the lives of the children most in need, and gain invaluable hands on practical experience in a variety of fields, including project management and team leadership.

How this program makes a difference:

The children's centre aims to provide under-privileged children with free education, and critically, lunch - hunger is one of the most common reasons children fail to attend government schools. In a holistic approach the centre offers counseling to children from broken or abusive homes or who are orphaned, as well as to parents. Entirely reliant on independent donors to rent small, basic classrooms, and volunteer teachers, the centre achieves remarkable results - children sponsored to go onto private mainstream education are typically within the top 10% of their class. The orphanage was set up as a charity to care for HIV / AIDS orphans, often abandoned as young babies. Children receive a secure homelife, education and medical care. This project delivers opportunities to children from disrupted homelives, supporting health and social awareness in an area with high HIV prevalence, prostitution and drug abuse, and limited access to healthcare. Volunteers not only make a direct contribution caring for and educating the children but increase the capacity of the centres to improve facilities, programmes and funding.

Highlights: A life changing experience caring for orphaned and vulnerable children; support primary education and receive training in communicative teaching; develop health, social and environmental awareness programmes through arts and sports; guide children on trips to Haller Park to view giraffe, hippo & crocodile. Put your skills and experience to use improving facilities and resources or fund-raising. Live amongst, learn from and support Kenya's urban impoverished communities; learn Swahili. Explore Mombasa's history, culture, beaches and nightlife.

Qualifications: No special training or qualifications are required as you will receive training in the field.

Cost in US$: USD 1,790 for two weeks

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Kenya Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Global Vision International's Mission Statement: Global Vision International aims to promote the advancement of sustainable development through the creation of partnerships, promotion of local and global education, opportunities and via direct financial support. GVI remains committed to its local partners by ensuring they receive full credit for any research undertaken or achievements reached.

Year Founded: 1998