Workcamp Details

Description: Neema School is dedicated to academic excellent and character education, it supports parents and guardians raise moral children and promote intercultural harmony. Found on principal that are universal to people of all faiths, the school recognizes the belief the parenthood of God leads to brotherhood of humanity. Neema Good Shepherds School is located in Kenya, Bungoma County, Webuye West Sub-County, Khalumuli Sub-location and Sitikho Location. It’s 13KM from Webuye Town. The school enjoys the scenic views of the Mang’ana whose natural beauty if further augmented by trees planted by vulnerable and orphaned children. The start of the school It started the year 2011, 12th January; this was from ECDE to standard four being proposed by Mr. Moses Makhabila as the vision carrier.

Type of Work: • Manual work and Intercultural activities • Manual work at the School • Social work with the children • Participate in HIV/AIDS awareness including guiding and counselling at the neighbouring community dispensary • Field visits and face to face meetings with the local people • Participate in home visits to enhance inter-cultural education and solidarity • Volunteers will work for six hours daily from Monday to Friday. • They will work together with the local community members on the following activities

Study Theme: Taking care of abandoned and extremely vulnerable orphaned children

Accommodation: • Volunteers will stay in a house provided by the local community 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 also recommended. • The Government policy to install ICT in primary schools has seen connectivity to the national power grid

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 Webuye, Bungoma county

Notes: • In Kenya, it is estimated that there are approximately 3.6 million children aged, 18 years who have been orphaned or who are vulnerable. The examined the data was from the second Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey (KAIS 2012) to determine the number and profile of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Kenya who were aged, 18 years. • It is estimated that there were 2.6 million OVC in Kenya in 2012, of whom 1.8 million were orphans and 750,000 were vulnerable. Among orphans, 15% were double orphans. Over one third of all the OVC were aged between 10 and 14 years. Households with $1 OVC (12% of all households) were usually in the lowest 2 wealth quintiles, and 22% of OVC households had experienced moderate or severe hunger. • Receipt of OVC support services was low for medical (3.7%),