Joyworld Children's Home & School. Mombasa.

Joy world children home is located in the coastal and sunny town of Mombasa. It is situated in the southern side of the Mombasa Island in an area called Mtongwe. The home is built on a relatively large piece of land adjoined with palm and coconut trees. The home was started by a beautiful yet soft spoken lady called Carol Mbuga. She has a lot of experience working with the under-privileged in society, she therefore purchased a piece of land from her own savings and the local government also donated the land next to her small piece of land. She then built a small building and from there the home has grown through well wishers support. The founder gets children from guardians who are unable to take care of orphans, from the police, from the local district office and the courts. Because for an institution like this to get support from the community around it she started a small nursery or kindergarten school for the poor members of the community to send the children to the school for free. Currently the school houses 25 orphans who are resident in the home and supports 54 others who are placed within the community. The school also educates 82 children for free. The school has now grown to class 5.

Combine your volunteer break with a beach stay, Safari, water sports, diving trip as Mombasa is has so much too offer. Email for further details.

FACILITIES OF THE HOME
a) The home has seven classrooms with classes from baby class to standard 5.
b) Dormitories for both girls and boys
c) A make shift kitchen where they use firewood
d) Smaller kitchen where they use gas when it is available and also use it as storage
e) A living area where the orphans can congregate and relax and watch TV.
f) Staffroom
g) Administration office
h) Kindergarten building for the smaller children
i) A big playground
j) Founders house which is also used as host house
OBJECTIVES OF THE HOME
a) Enhance networking and collaboration with the community so that they can embrace the home.
b) Help in facilitating character and capacity building as these children are vulnerable.
c) Promote information management and sharing with the community with the community and guardians of the children
d) Provide a comprehensive and co-ordinate education system for the children.
e) Provide a home environment for the children where they are nurtured and taken good care of.

CHILDREN HOME Volunteer duties.
a) General cleaning, which includes hand-washing clothes, washing floors, washing dishes, etc
b) Preparing and cooking meals for the children
c) Counseling of children due to the background of most of these children
d) Playing games which is also a part of therapy
e) Tender loving care for these children
f) Putting the children through their normal life.
g) Helping the children with home-work
SCHOOL volunteer duties.
The school is divided into two programs with upper primary school and kindergarten. It should be noted only 15% of the children are able to pay about $4 which the home needs to sustain the running of the school. The rest of the children come to school for free. The school activities are as follows:
a) The school starts at 8.00am in the morning so that the children from the home have time to join in the program.
b) 8.00am – 8.10am Parade or Assembly
c) 8.15am – 10.00am Lessons
d) 10.00am – 10.30am Break and porridge is served
e) 10.30am – 12.30pm Lessons continue
f) 12.30 pm – 2.00pm Lunch is served to all the children
g) 2.00pm – 3.30pm Lessons while the smaller children take a nap at this time
h) 3.30pm – 4.00pm Ball games and basic recreation time
i) 4.00pm children who live with the community leave and the others integrated with the activities of the home.

NEEDS OF THE HOME AND SCHOOL
SHORT TIME NEEDS
a) School books
b) Desks and chairs for both the teachers and children
c) Mattresses for the dorms
d) Teachers supplies
e) Computers to run the place effectively
f) Text books Kenya Curriculum
g) Funds to pay teachers
h) Clothes for the orphans
i) Food stuffs
j) Fencing of the compound to keep the children safe
k) Painting the primary school
l) Constructing smother floor surfaces in the school
LONG TERM NEEDS
a) More classes to accommodate the raising demand for children to go to school
b) A permanent and bigger kitchen
c) More land to develop more classrooms
d) Vocational training facilities for the children once the finish their education
e) More community participation in the program.
 

Caring, flexible volunteers from any background. Providing your willing to muck-in with all the tasks involved with the running of a children's home and school you will have a wonderfully rewarding time. Of course, if you have specific skills and abilities you wish to put to use then let us know at time of booking so we can customize your experience.

The founder of the school has constructed a very comfortable house in the compound and the volunteers can live there very comfortably. The home can also comfortably accommodate 3 volunteers at a given time. Alternatively, Inspire would provide a carefully selected host family with ample space and good 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.)

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