AGV VOLUNTEER::What is work like

Children Projects: Working with children in nursery schools, parish projects, children with special needs, education of children, playing, teaching music, art and craft, sports, counselling and so on.

Environment Conservation: awareness creation on conservation, tree planting sessions, empowerment on relationship between human beings and environment.

HIV/AIDS Projects: There are many projects dealing with the prevention or/and management of HIV/AIDS with special focus on women, children, youth, families and so on. Some are home based care whereby the beneficiaries are supported within their families. Some are special hospitals, Voluntary Counselling Centers (VCT), hospices.

Hospitals/Clinics:  There are various clinics where work includes: counselling, nursing services, offering treatment, mobile clinics, and so on.

Micro Enterprises: Projects aimed at empowering locals in both urban and rural areas in the field of economic development. These includes: micro credit, saccos, merry go round and other group guarantee projects.

Outreach Programmes: visit families in their homes, children, and youth to follow up on their progress, identification of needy cases, counselling and accompaniment.

Sustainable Agriculture: Especially in rural areas participate in training on sustainable agriculture, marketing products, teach modern agricultural practices.

Teaching at Schools: Opportunity to teach both at pre-school, primary, secondary school in various subjects (such as languages, maths, science, music, art), dance, career counselling, behaviour change programmes.

Water and Sanitation: Participate in coming up with methods for water catchment, conservation for safe water projects for both human and livestock use, irrigation on small scale. Help in sanitation projects for the locals especially in slum areas and rural areas.

Women and Girl Child Projects: There are lots of projects that focuses on women empowerment, education of girl child. The opportunities are unlimited. For example, women agricultural projects, advocacy on their human rights, awareness creation, and so on, involvement in skills training, building their self esteem, reproductive health education.

Youth Projects: work with youth both boys and girls in income generation activities, skills development, training in various fields such as behaviour change, self esteem, small business management, education, vocational training, sports, music, exchange programmes.

Note that this list is not complete. We are open to explore other programmes depending on the needs of our volunteers. Therefore, if your interests or areas of specialisation are not covered above, get in touch with us and we will make the necessary arrangements.

There will also be time for safaris and tours for the volunteers which can be organised by the AGV coordinators. This is an opportunity to sample and appreciate what the country has to offer in terms of culture, wildlife, nature, and so on and even in neighbouring countries.

Voluntary Costs 

Volunteers pay a minimum amount of money that will help the projects and communities involved towards sustainability. The amount will also enable us to cater for your various needs related with your work in the projects. Remember that the resources within these communities are much limited and cannot support your costs.

Therefore, the amount to be paid covers the following costs:

Registration fees

Administration fees

Supervision in projects

Certificate of completion

Transportation from JKIA to the place of accommodation

Accommodation and meals in family/apartment

 The amount does not cover the following: 

Insurance

Medical bill

Vaccinations

Visa

Tours and safaris

Transport within the country during project visits

The cost for volunteering is provided once the volunteer contacts our Association and is open for discussion in order to suit the need of both parties i.e. AGV, the projects and the Volunteers.

The school was started in 2007. It has around 100 children from baby class, pre unit, nursery school, class one to two. The founder of the school is a choir member in her local parish and the children are great singers, thanks to her talent and passion for music! The children burst into song and dance when visitors arrive, under the guidance of their talented founder, Ms Jane Njeri Njoroge. The school has five teachers currently.

Opportunities for volunteers: teaching English and other languages, maths, music, art, sport, accompanying children in educational trips, environment conservation exercises? and any innovative activities from the volunteers.

AMKA is a Swahili name meaning Wake Up! AMKA is a health project that focuses on prevention and treatment of Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS treatment and management.

The services provided include a clinic for HIV/AIDS related illnesses, a VCT center, provision of ARVs, counselling, TB testing and treatment. All these services are provided free of charge.

The project has an intensive and varied weekly programme with interesting and engaging activities:

Monday:        Office work at the Center at Dagoretti Corner, Nairobi

Tuesday:       Clinic for Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS at the Center Clinic, Dagoretti Corner

Wednesday:   Mobile clinic at St. Joseph Clinic, Gando Racecourse, about 20 kms from the Center, in an informal settlement.

Thursday:      Mobile clinic at Gatina, Kawangware, another informal settlement, around 30 kms from the Center.

Friday:          Feeding programme at the Center in Dagoretti corner for HIV positive people and those suffering from TB.

Other activities include: home visits, hospital visits for the sick, follow up on beneficiaries; orphans follow up programme including scholarship sourcing, support and placement.

The vocational Center was founded by the Catholic Church at Dagoretti Corner; St Vincent Parish. The Center offers training in various skills especially for the poor youth in the community who cannot afford to continue with formal education.

The courses offered include: masonry, carpentry, beauty and hairdressing, cloth making, beadwork, soap making, mechanics, electrical engineering.

Volunteers are welcome to participate in any of these activities.