KENYA VOLUNTARY DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION
“Development against Dependence”
KVDA MEDIUM & LONG TERM VOLUNTARY SERVICE PROGRAMME 2012
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Who we are
K
enya Voluntary Development Association (KVDA) is an indigenous and membership organization which is non-political, non-sectarian and non-profit started in May 1962 as a work campOrganization. In 1969 the organization widened its scope and diversified its operations in the entire development spectrum with the international voluntary service exchange as the core-competence of the Association.
Our Philosophy
KVDA seeks to promote inter-cultural education, international peace, inter-human understanding and solidarity as well as sustainable community development through voluntary service
“Development against Dependence” captures KVDA’s philosophy
Our strategic objectives
Communities are aware of development issues, mobilized resources and taken responsibility of their own development.
Young people have access to experiential education by offering voluntary service
Our programs
Work camps
Medium and Long-term Voluntary Service Projects
Language i.e. Kiswahili and English training
Performing arts
Educational tours
Enterprise development
Exchange programs
Capacity building and empowerment for self help groups
Awareness creation on thematic issues i.e. HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Civic education, Girl child education, Gender, Peace building and conflict transformation, Protection of world heritage sites, Environmental conservation est.
Mission statement
Mobilizing all-purpose resources to support community development initiatives
Vision Statement
Envisages KVDA as an organization with a large membership working towards the improvement of quality of life of the community
What does it take to volunteer?
This query is often posed at the mention of voluntary service: What will I gain? Can you offer yourself to provide services without material or financial rewards? Do you mean it in principle in your quest to reach out to the deprived in society made destitute be dehumanizing socio-economic structures? And ultimately what drives you as a human being? If you can answer these questions in the affirmative, then KVDA is the right forum for you to serve the people.
A volunteer should have strong motivation and commitment to offer services with dignity without imposing values on those who receive your help. This irrespective of academics, religion, social status, etc and must remain a servant of the people as demonstrated by the values guiding exchange of good practice in society.
KVDA MEDIUM AND LONG TERM VOLUNTARY SERVICE PROGRAM SCHEDULE 2012
Schedule
PROJECT CODE / PROJECT NAME / ACTIVITIES / LOCATION / NO2:01 / Paranga Primary School / Teaching and educational support; Guidance and counseling; environmental conservation activities; coordination of club activities; career development / Taita Taveta County / 2
2:02 / Shartuka Primary School / Teaching and educational support; Guidance and counseling; environmental conservation activities; coordination of club activities; career development; study of the Maasai Culture / Transmara in Narok County / 3
2:03 / Kenya Institute of Organic Farming / Organic farming; social work; educational support; Guiding and counseling / Juja / 3
2:05 / Kilingili Secondary School / Teaching and educational support; career development; coordination of club activities; mentoring the youth to confront drug use and abuse / Vihiga County / 3
2:06 / Nyabosongo Bena Academy / Teaching and educational support; promotion of gender sensitivity in the local community; sports and extra – curricula activities / Kuria / 2
2:07 / Gideon Mosi Primary School & Community Empowerment / Educational support; guidance and counseling; career development; capacity building and resource mobilization; awareness creation focus on human/wildlife conflict / Taita Taveta County / 2
2:08 / Mbulia Dispensary / Awareness creation; pharmacy; registration of patients and observation / Taita Taveta County / 2
2:09 / Esiarambatsi Health Center / Awareness creation; pharmacy; registration of patients and observation / Vihiga County / 2
2:10 / Ebusiralo Youth Polytechnic / Educational support in handicraft, mechanic, driving; mentoring the youth; sports and extra – curricula activities; career development; capacity building and resource mobilization / Vihiga County / 4
2:11 / Mkombosi Chazu Ingidi Friends Secondary School / Teaching and educational support; career development; coordination of club activities; mentoring the youth to confront drug use and abuse / Vihiga County / 2
2:12 / Shimba Hills Forest Guides Association / Social work; sanitation; tour guiding; educational support; environment conservation activities like tree planting / Kwale County / 3
2:13 / Nyamagagana Girls’ Secondary School / Teaching and educational support; career development; coordination of club activities; mentoring the youth to confront drug use and abuse / Kuria / 2
2:14 / Vigetse Primary School / Educational support like teaching; capacity building for youths and self help groups; resource mobilization / Vihiga County / 3
2:15 / Epang’a Primary School / Educational support like teaching; capacity building for youths and self help groups; resource mobilization; promotion of Micro-finance initiatives among the community groups; extra-curricular activities for school children / Vihiga County / 3
2:16 / Nairobi Children’s Center / Child care and support; counseling and guidance; provision of better healthcare, food, shelter services; home tracing and family re-integration / Nairobi County / 3
2.17 / Shining Star Academy / Educational support like teaching; ICT development among school children; recreational activities; participating in economic activities of the local activities people-fishing; awareness creation on common diseases like HIV/AIDS & Malaria / Muhuru Bay in Migori
Lake Victoria Region / 2
2:18 / Credo Children Center / Educational support and orphan support; Guidance and counseling; promotion of better nutrition; social work; capacity building and resource mobilization; career development / Embu in Easter parts of Kenya / 2
2:19 / Kebaroti Health Center / Awareness creation; pharmacy; registration of patients and observation / Gucha / 2
2:20 / Vigina Secondary School / Teaching and educational support; career development; coordination of club activities; mentoring the youth to confront drug use and abuse / Vihiga County / 2
2:21 / Essumba Primary School / Educational support like teaching; capacity building for youths and self help groups; resource mobilization / Vihiga County / 3
2:22 / Star Rays Educational Center / Early childhood development activities; educational and orphan support; ICT development among the school children and the local youth; environmental conservation activities; organic farming and adult education; community empowerment / Lugari in Bungoma county / 3
2:23 / Life Link Youth Group / Training on school set books; forum theatre; marketing and resource mobilization; capacity building on peace activities / Luanda in Vihiga county / 3
2:24 / Riamangutu Dispensary / Voluntary Counseling and Testing program on HIV/AIDS; support medical personnel; Awareness creation; pharmacy; registration of patients and observation / Gucha / 2
2:25 / Nyagancha Primary School / Educational support activities like teaching; environmental conservation activities like tree planting and education on proper waste management; extra curricula activities; capacity building for community groups; Advocacy on FGM and girl child education in the local community / Gucha / 2
2:26 / JAOA Fisheries Self Help Group / Farming activities like construction and maintenance of fish ponds, poultry and other income generating activities; capacity building and resource mobilization / Gucha / 3
2:27 / Poroko Friends Special School for the Mentally Handicapped / Educational support like teaching; capacity building in the local community; awareness creation on issues related to persons with disability; / Transmara in Narok County / 3
2:28 / Ukweli Farmers Community Based Organization / Sensitization of the community on HIV/AIDS and Malaria; Education on Early Child Development; Organic Farming on {horticultural farming}; poultry keeping; growing of tissue culture bananas; awareness creation within the community; resource mobilization and capacity building among the group members / Vihiga Country / 2
2:29 / Usife Moyo Women Group / Teaching in the local primary school, trainings for women’s on enterprise development, caring for the vulnerable and orphans in the community, awareness creation and capacity building within the community / Butere-Mumias / 3
2:30 / St. Augustine Learning Center / Educational support like teaching; ICT development among school children; recreational activities; participating in resource mobilization to enhance the development of the center, capacity building among the stake holders involved in the project; awareness creation on common diseases like HIV/AIDS & Malaria / Central Kenya Region / 2
2:31 / Daughter of Destiny / Social work; Educational and Orphan support; Innovation & creativity; Guidance and counseling / Likoni, Mombasa / 2
2:32 / Great Vision/Revelation Orphanage & Needy Children School / Rehabilitation of youth; provision of vocational training; provision of day and night care to children; provision of skilled education; awareness creation on issues related to HIV/AIDS / Maweni, Mombasa / 2
2:33 / Essong’olo Secondary School / Teaching and educational support; career development; coordination of club activities; mentoring the youth to confront drug use and abuse / Vihiga County / 2
2.34 / Voluntary Associations Consortium of Kenya (VASCO) / VASCO is a wholesale technical service provider building capacities of voluntary organizations by setting up networking platforms, conducting regular trainings (fund raising, organizational skills, development studies, communications, Management), advocating for government recognition and by marketing the idea of voluntarism. VASCO will set standards for the sector and will continue to increase its capacity for the development of multi-sectoral/integrated projects, improved program management, monitoring and fund-raising. An improved multi-sectoral/integrated approach to programming is expected to increase the impact on the clients while at the same time reducing costs. Partnership with selected development players and collaboration with other stakeholders will be strengthened. Expertise will be increased through training and skills improvement.
VASCO strategy will focus on developing a learning organization that builds on its past and is flexible to the changes in the environment
Sharing of innovations, information and knowledge will result in the implementation, by competent and motivated staff, of appropriate programs.
VASCO will facilitate staff to achieve higher levels of professionalism, while holding themaccountable for their respective objectives presented in this strategy statement. Skill development programs will be implemented for staff. A review of the existing systems and structures will be undertaken to align them to the strategy.
Opportunities will be sought to further integrate programs through the acquisition of additional resources, resulting in growth of program value / Nairobi capital city / 3
KVDA MEDIUM AND LONG TERM VOLUNTARY SERVICE PROGRAM SCHEDULE 2012
2:01 Paranga Primary School
Project Overview
P
aranga Primary School was established as a result of community and volunteer’s initiative. The initiation of Paranga Primary School came in handy with the many challenges that affect the community. Their struggles can be defined as follows: Human/Wildlife conflict; Alcoholism, drug and substance abuse; adverse climatic condition {unreliable and unevenly distributed rainfall}; early pregnancy for teenage girls.
The source of income for the community is charcoal burning which is detrimental to the environment as regards to sustainable development.
The school has over five hundred students who undergo basic primary school education. The school is also involved in nurturing the young kids’ skills, guiding and counseling and thus career development.
Target Group: The target group consists of school children from the local community and community members.
Location: The project is located in Paranga Village of Taita Taveta County of the coastal region of Kenya approximately seven hours drive from Nairobi city.
Nature of Work: The work includes involvement in the promotion of the education growth of the children both through classroom work and also practical work in science based and Mathematics subjects as well as sporting and club activities in the school, you will also be involved in involving the children in innovation and creativity activities that will also promote the education growth of the children. You will also be very instrumental in the creation of an environmental club in the school that will eventually take part in the conservation activities in the local community. Volunteers will also involve the students in the process of career development which will eventually assist them during the process of choosing what they want to pursue in life. This will be instrumental since the children will be guided in nurturing their talents in and out of school. Moreover volunteers placed in this project will engage the community members in a study topic: focus on human/wildlife conflict which has been a major factor hindering the development growth of the community.
What's included in the project cost
Airport Pickup: The volunteer will be picked up at the airport upon arrival as well as brought to the airport for departure.
Accommodation: The volunteer will live in a host family within the community and this will thus provide you with the opportunity to learn more from the local people and also share in their daily way of life.
Food: the basic meals will be provided in the host family from what is locally available in the local community. Volunteers are therefore advised to be flexible and open minded to be able to integrate freely and easily in the local way of life since there will be no special diets in your host family.
For more information about your participation in this project please contact us through:
Executive Director,
Kenya Voluntary Development Association,
Kirichwa Road,
House no. 77(1), Kilimani, Nairobi,
P.O. Box 48902-00100
Nairobi-Kenya
Telephone +254-020-2500120 or +254-20-721650357
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Website: ,
2:02 Shartuka Primary School
Project Overview
S
hartuka Primary school was started in 1957 to promote the educational standards of the Maasai children from the local community. The school offers primary education in the Kenyan educational curriculum 8-4-4, which is the first level, where children undergoes an eight year training system in various subject. This stage is basically a point at which a foundation in the life of the child is laid from which they can now be able to build on in achieving their talents and goals in life.
It was started by Missionaries of A. I. C. Church to help the community on the literacy level and currently it has 400 students and 40 from the Early Childhood section and at the primary level there are about 420 pupils. The school has contributed enormously in assisting the local children to pursue various professional fields in life and promotion of literacy levels in the community. Teachers are 14 in number Male teachers are 7 while female teachers are 7.
Challenges faced by the school
The Maasai community is one of the few communities in Kenya that are still entrenched and guard their cultural practices. Some of the practices have had a negative impact on the educational development of the local people especially the girl child. Some of these practices include; Cultural e.g. Female genital mutilation of the girls, thereafter the girls are married immediately.
Target Group: The target group consists of children form the local community who attend school and also the community members.
Location: The project is located in Shartuka Village in Kilgoris of Narok County which is about six hours drive from Nairobi city.
Nature of Work: The work includes involvement in the promotion of the education growth of the children both through classroom work and also practical work in science based subjects and Mathematics subjects as well as sporting and club activities in the school, you will also be involved in involving the children in innovation and creativity activities that will also promoter the education growth of the children. You will also be very instrumental in the creation of an environmental club in the school that will eventually take part in the conservation activities in the local community. Volunteers will also involve the students in the process of career development which will eventually assist them during the process of choosing what they want to pursue in life. This will be instrumental since the children will be guided in nurturing their talents in and out of school. Moreover, this project will have an aspect of the study part where the volunteers will be involved in knowing more about the cultural heritage of the Maasai people and thus involving the community in an open minded discussion that will be aimed at promotion of the education standards in the community for both the girl and the boy child and also gender sensitization activities.
What's included in the project cost
Airport Pickup: The volunteer will be picked up at the airport upon arrival as well as brought to the airport for departure.
Accommodation: The volunteer will live in a house in the school compound but will also have an opportunity to interact with the community members so as share in their daily way of life.
Food: The basic meals will be provided from what is locally available in the local community. Volunteers are therefore advised to be flexible and open minded to be able to integrate freely and easily in the local way of life since there will be no special diets in your host family.
For more information about your participation in this project please contact us through:
Executive Director,
Kenya Voluntary Development Association,
Kirichwa Road,
House no. 77(1), Kilimani, Nairobi,
P.O. Box 48902-00100
Nairobi-Kenya
Telephone +254-020-2500120 or +254-20-721650357
Email: , , ,
Website: ,
2:03 Kenya Institute of Organic Farming (KIOF)
Project Overview
K
enya Institute of Organic Farming (KIOF) is a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) operating throughout Kenya and the Eastern Africa region. It is not operated for profit nor other commercial purposes but for the benefit of the public at large, promoting rural development and education in the areas of organic agriculture and related marketing services.
KIOF was a pioneer in Kenya’s organic agriculture movement. It is based in Juja town near Thika, 30 Km Northern of Nairobi. It was established in 1986 to promote organic agriculture among small-holder farmers though training and awareness creation with focus on youth, women and self-help framing groups. KIOF maintains demonstration centers in five locations of Eastern, Central and Rift Valley provinces. KIOF works with NGO’s, government, departments and research organizations in this initiative. The instate has published several books on smallholder organic farming practice .KIOF trains stallholder farmers in organic farming methods using locally available resources, including local indigenous knowledge, for maximum production to feed a growing population. This can be realized through a holistic approach to the farming system and including such factors as choice of crops, composting techniques, planting systems, crop storage, animal husbandry, crop protection and soil erosion.