Workcamp Details

Description: • Esikoma Community Health Volunteers (ECHV) is a community self-help group established in 2014 by local volunteers operating within Butula Sub County with its main office at Esikoma Market within Marachi central Ward, focusing on Health and community development and other health related issues. • Having realized all these problems within the community, few members from Butula who were trained, decided to establish a group which could address the above mentioned health issues. The group was then referred to as Esikoma Community Health Volunteers (ECHV). • Most orphans whose parents died from HIV/AIDS. Were infected by jiggers, this was as a result of parental and guardian poor care. In generals these children lacked basic needs such as health care, shelter, education and clothing

Type of Work: • Rehabilitation of Busia wetlands • Environmental education to schools • Conservation of Busia wetlands • Support of venerable children in the communities • Rural renewable energy management and conservation • Nature based livelihood support

Study Theme: To Build the Capacity of youth on reproductive health

Accommodation: • Volunteers will stay in a homestead provided by the local people 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 Butula Sub County with its main office at Esikoma Market within Marachi central Ward in Busia county

Notes: • Gender equality implies a society in which women and men enjoy the same opportunities, outcomes, rights and obligations in all spheres of life. • Equality between men and women exists when both sexes are able to share equally in the distribution of power and influence; have equal opportunities for financial independence through work or through setting up businesses; enjoy equal access to education and the opportunity to develop personal ambitions. • A critical aspect of promoting gender equality is the empowerment of women, with a focus on identifying and redressing power imbalances and giving women more autonomy to manage their own lives. • Women's empowerment is vital to sustainable development and the realization of human rights for all. • The project aims to empower the women.