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Nyamanche Primary School

This project is part of the SCI North South Programmes. Volunteers should be 20 years old, have previous volunteering experience and take part in the Preparation Workshops organised by their sending branch. More details from your sending branch.
Camp code:
KE-KVD 7.2
Country:
Kenya
Start Date:
Apr 08, 2024
End Date:
Apr 29, 2024
Topic:
7: Children and youth
Work Types:
Number of volunteers:
20
Free places for Males:
10
Free places for Females:
9
Free places last update:
Feb 29, 2024
International age:
18 - 99
National age:
18 - 99
Extra fee to be paid in the hosting country:
300.00 Euro [309 US Dollar]
Breakdown:
  1. Accommodation and food: 0.00 Euro
  2. Transportation: 0.00 Euro
  3. Activities: 0.00 Euro
  4. Hosting organisation support: 300 Euro
Purpose of extra costs:
The project participation fees that is all-inclusive for the 3- week work camp is Euro 300 What is not included in the project participation fees: Transport to and from the project will be paid by the volunteers themselves. Project preparation cycle, return transfers from the airport, KVDA administration, orientation, certificate of participation, project coordination, facilitation, evaluation and monitoring
Required Language:
English

Description: Nyamanche Primary School started the year 1981 as a Government School. The School supports children from the neighbouring villages. It consists of 600 (six hundred) pupils, 350 girls and 250 boys. The school has 12 teachers, 1 female and 11 male. It has 10 classrooms, 2 offices and 1 kitchen. The school has good academic record in the County. MOTTO; “Strive for Excellence” OBJECTIVES

  1. To mould future leaders
  2. Maintain high discipline
  3. To reduce illiteracy level in the Community
  4. Create platform for volunteerism. CHALLENGES • Cultural practice such as female genital mutilation • Poor sanitation • Lack of funds to facilitate the proposed development projects • Dependency on external assistance • Poor utilization of available resources

Type of Work: • Teaching primary school pupils • Tree planting • Stones collection and pathways clearing • Sensitization of the community on the side effects of FGM • Home visits and topical discussion with the local people

Study Theme: GENDER SENSITIVITY: FOCUS ON FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM)

Accommodation: • Volunteers will stay in classrooms at the School with very basic living conditions. • Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges. • KVDA will provide foodstuffs and volunteers will cook their own meals in turns. • Water is available from springs and it is recommended that drinking water should be boiled or medicated. Mineral water available at supermarkets is recommended. • The Government policy to install ICT in primary schools has seen connectivity to the national power grid for most educational institutions

Language: English is the language of the work camp. There will be a possibility of learning Kiswahili and other international and local languages as cultural diversity is a major component in international service

Requirements: This is outlined in the detailed info sheet and includes, sleeping bag and mat, toiletries, torch/flashlight, sandals, mosquito net, national flag from your country, among others

Approximate Location: The project is located in South West Kenya closer to the Kenya and Tanzania Boarder among the Kuria people in Migori county

Notes: • Female genital mutilation is a strong tradition in this community. It is illegal. But still more than one third of the women are circumcised and each and every young woman is subjected to the cut. • The church has preached against FGM for decades but in spite of the deep devoutness the priests do not have enough power over the souls. • FGM has nothing to do with religion; it is a so-called culture and tradition in certain groups. • The practice is deeply rooted in views on chastity, transition to womanhood, “purity” for marriage and basically a wish to control women sexually. In certain areas the survival and fertility of the local community is assumed to be threatened if the girls are not circumcised. Many brave young girls who refuse FGM are regarded as “unmarriageable”