Children's Centre Near Mombasa with street kids outreach program.

The centre is situated in Portreitz area which is east of Mombasa 15kms from Mombasa Island and only 5kms from the airport.

Mombasa beaches & town

Local Wildlife at Shimba and Tsavo National parks.

There 30 children all total orphans. They all live at the orphanage.  The age range is between 2years to 16 years.  18 of the children go to school and 12 stay at the centre as they are still very young. The centre is divided into two areas. One for boys and one for Girls.  The boys centre is specifically for the rehabilitation of street boys found. There 27 boys in the centre aged between 13 years and 17 years old.

Many children  became orphans as a result of their parents having died from AIDS. Some children were taken care of initially by their grandparents, who died later or had second thoughts about looking after them. Some of them became street children and others destitute. A few children have mothers who are earning a living on the streets as prostitutes, but they are not capable of looking after them. Others became street children because of difficult circumstances at home. They have been through a lot and some children have even been abused by parents/step-parents. A number of children have just been abandoned by their parents and we do not know where the parents are now. This has caused physical as well as mental damage.

 Activities at the centre
• Pre school ( kindergarten) teaching and playtime
• Rehabilitation
• Day to day house keeping duties i.e. cooking, cleaning
• Street visits twice a week. Here they go out to the streets to feed the street children and provide basic medical care to the street children in Mombasa area
• Community work
• Office duties. Helping in updating the children’s data base and day to day office work.
• Sports and playtime with children.
• Helping out the children with their home work
• Baby sitting
• Basic medical care at the centre

Like all the Inspire Kenya’s programs, one needs not to be a qualified teacher or social worker to go and have an immediate and lasting positive impact on the children and the community. Other than being involved with the regular activities, volunteers are welcome to be innovative and initiate or create programs with the centres owners. One can also volunteer to give the project a face lift by painting it, buying nails and a bit timber to repair broken furniture with the help of a local carpenter who are unbelievably cheap to hire. As with all our programs if you have skills you think will be of use we would like to hear about them.

The centre will benefit from having a nurse/doctor, community worker/ social worker, sports teacher or anyone with experience in handling children. Most of all volunteers must be expected to cover a range of activities in order to help the project get by. Other tasks can be helping in the kitchen, shopping or basic cleaning.
They would prefer to have male volunteers at the boys center (& Females in the girls section) though they don’t mind female ones as well.
They will only take mature and responsible volunteers from the age of 25 years on this project. If you are the following then this could be for you.

-         you love children

-         active

-         patient

-         hands on

-         morning person (getting up early!!)

-         flexible

-         you can easy adjust yourself

-         enthusiastic

Host families on the island of Mombasa is where volunteers will be based. It’s easy for the volunteers to live on the island and use matatus (local buses) to and from the project. The families are located in secure areas and will provide breakfast and evening meals included.

It is usually said of Kenya that, “A visit to Kenya without a stop at Mombasa is no visit to Kenya” The city is a wash with activities ranging from a swimming to basking on the White sandy beaches. For a memorable swim, a trip to Kisite Marine Park would make Kenyan  person’s favorite get away destination. Imagine taking a swim by a perfectly white sandy island at the middle of nowhere. Mombasa is surrounded with a number animal parks including Tsavo National park that is three hours away. Shimba hills game reserve where some of the biggest elephants in the world are found is also a couple of kilometers away from the city. For nature lovers, there are loads of aquatic flora and fauna, and topography to marvel at. The southern coast of Mombasa is full of lagoons to snorkel in as well as a visit to the Mangrove swamps where you can canoe and spot the crocodiles! In Mombasa the party never stops for the out going people. The city has shops, bars and restaurants that are all inexpensive. Cyber cafes, hotels and ATMs are all in easy reach.
(We can add on a Safari when you are in Kenya. You don't have to book in advance if you have not made your mind up.)

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