Wongonyi Primary School
Breakdown:
- Accommodation and food: 0.00 Euro
- Transportation: 0.00 Euro
- Activities: 0.00 Euro
- Hosting organisation support: 300 Euro
Description: • Wongonyi Primary School is a public mixed/day learning institution offering competency based curriculum(CBC) and Early Childhood Development Education (ECDC) • The School is situated in the coast region of Kenya, Taita-Taveta County, Voi sub-county, Mbololo Educational Zone, North West of Voi and 42 Kilometers away from Voi town • The school is located at Mchanga village, Wongonyi sub-location, Ngolia location in Voi constituency.
Type of Work: • Teaching • Tree nursery establishment • Earth brick making for construction work • Home visits to experience challenges of development
Study Theme: YOUTH EMPOWERMENT • This project is aimed at the empowerment of the youths within the rural setting to tackle challenges of development. • Identity crisis is a major drawback to efforts to enhance community development and the majority of the young people are in and out of school and they portend a danger to society is they are not nurtured and supported to establishment themselves into responsible citizens. • The involvement of local and international volunteers serves the critical purpose of sensitization and exposure to challenges of development.
Accommodation: • Volunteers will stay in classrooms at the School 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. • The Government policy to install ICT in primary schools has seen connectivity to the national power grid for most educational institutions in Kenya
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: • The school was set up in a community dominated by the Taita ethnic group found on Taita hills in 1957 next to the famous Mbololo Mwambirwa Natural Forest that is a source of River Voi which drains its water into the Indian Ocean. The school is located on the hills surrounded by beautiful trees
Notes: INSURANCE: KVDA does not provide insurance and volunteers should obtain travel insurance cover. It is a good idea to get medicine you are used to from your home country and seek advice from your personal doctor.