St. James Community Orphans School
Breakdown:
- Accommodation and food: 0.00 Euro
- Transportation: 0.00 Euro
- Activities: 0.00 Euro
- Hosting organisation support: 300 Euro
Description: St. James Community Orphans School is a community owned school whose idea was conceived to the challenges that the community has been with over the years. For a long time, parents have passed on leaving their children to be orphans who are either total or partial. Due to constant and continuous death and other related issues, the number of these orphans grew to an alarming rate leading to the intervention. The school has taken good care of most of these orphans since inception on 9th January 2012 hitherto. St. James Community School is located in Mfangano Island, Homabay County in Kenya. It is one of the many islands in Lake Victoria with several beaches. Being an island with many fishing beaches, it is prone to a unique lifestyle that contributes to high prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS
Type of Work: • Teaching • Farming • Home visits to orphans, caregivers and community members to enhance intercultural education and solidarity. • Sports activities with school pupils • Community education on teenage pregnancy • Social work, guiding and counseling for the HIV/AIDS program at the health center.
Study Theme: Teenage Pregnancy in the society
Accommodation: • The host community will provide a house to accommodate the volunteers with 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. • There is no electricity connection at the project but volunteers can charge their electric appliances at the nearest market cent
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: What to carry? 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 DONATION AND GIFTS: These are usually symbolic gestures to enhance the solidarity of volunteers and the hosting community. Kindly contact KVDA for details in case you are willing to support a worthy cause
Approximate Location: St. James Community School is located in Mfangano Island, Homabay County in Kenya.
Notes: Lack of information about reproductive health and high rates of child abuse have caused the upsurge of teenage pregnancy Lack of information about reproductive health and high rates of child abuse has caused an high rate of early pregnancy AIM: To reduce the cases of early pregnancy SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES -To improve and strengthen the health workers methodology on disseminating information among the young people on grassroots level -To create a platform of social workers and peer educators to campaign against sexual harassment within the community -To advocate on children rights within the community ACTIVITIES -Workshops about children rights to the local community -Advocacy against teenage pregnancy TARGET GROUPS -Workshop: health workers, parents and peer educators -Health Camp: