The home is located in the coastal city of Mombasa’s Kiembeni Estate. The estate is sandwiched between a slum a middle class estate and a sprawling slum. It is currently home to over 35 children. The children are between the ages of two and 14.
The Children have a wide range of needs and each dawn to them is a beginning of a race for survival. If it were not for this home that runs on very thin budget, the children would either be urchins, prostitutes or drug peddlers.
The home’s location is about 10 minutes drive from Kenya’s renowned white sunny and sandy beaches of Mombasa and all the tourist wealth that it brings. The city is hailed as the cradle of East Africa’s civilization and the gateway to some of Kenya’s oldest and magnificent tourism sites and sounds. Mombasa is a city endowed with scenes that never leaves the minds of those who have visited it, whether for work or pleasure. The city never sleeps and neither does it stop to throb with beauty, pleasure and sadness – the perfect ingredients of a life either well lived or intended to be lived well.

Work at the home will be perfect for anyone with a heart for the needy and wishes to help in any way possible. The children needs are enormous hence whether one is ready to provide them with a shoulder to lean, a pencil or cards to pass time with, it will not go unappreciated.
In this home, floors are mopped by the children, cooking and laundry is also done by the very children who are orphaned and vulnerable. Despite this, volunteers are expected to take part in all duties to help staff in this location. Tasks included washing by hand, sweeping and helping cooking and other jobs that form an essential part of the running of these placements. Potential volunteers must understand this prior to booking.
Some of the children attend nearby primary schools hence a volunteer working in the home can come up with day time and afternoon programs that can include anything ranging from tuition to out door games. Working 12-7pm or similar would mean that volunteers can spend maximum time with the children as many attend classes during 8AM-3PM.

This project would best suit an individual or a group of 2 to 18 people wishing to work hard towards up lifting an underprivileged person’s life in a place surrounded with both natural and modern beauty. The place would also suit those who wish to experience white sandy beaches under a perfectly hot weather. That taking the project need not to be experienced travellers as the city of Mombasa has excellent social amenities. If you enjoy the company of children and have time and friendship to offer, this could be for you.

For individual volunteers and groups of between two and four, Inspire would provide a carefully selected host family with ample space and basic levels of comfort. For bigger groups of between five and twenty we Inspire will get the group a nice secure beach hotel. (extra cost) Superior accommodation also available.

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 swimming to basking on the White sandy beaches. For a memorable swim, a trip to Kisite Marine Park. Imagine taking a swim around  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 placement and accommodation is a short taxi ride to the white sand beaches where you can spend your time off. Mombasa has a thriving shopping center where you will find bars, cafes and banks.
( 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.)

Local  Mombasa beaches area

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