CHILDREN'S Home and informal school . Nairobi. Teach small groups of older orphans.

The centre is located in Nairobi West estate; it was started in 2001 to cater for the orphaned and vulnerable children from the nearby Mitumba and Kibera slums.
The centre today caters for up to 80 children between the ages of five and 19. Forty five of the children have attained secondary education from the centre whereas scores of them are to do the same next year. There are also those in primary and pre-primary stages of education. The centre has more older children who require one-to-one time.
It lacks an established source of income hence it is totally dependant on donors and well wishers like you. Uplifting and changing the lifestyles of these children would mean a better future for Kenya and Africa as a whole. This would inspire hope and give Nairobi a face worth its radiance and beauty. Nairobi has risen in a single century from a brackish uninhabited swampland to a thriving modern capital faced with a number of globalization discontents. Despite these, Nairobi stands tall and proud as Africa’s Safaris capital – the only city in the world where one can see wild animals living naturally in the wild and side by side to man.The city never seems to sleep. The entire town has boundless energy, thriving human life and great contrasts where race, tribe and origin all become facets of a unique Nairobi character.
Together with Mombasa the two cities paint a vivid portrait of Kenya. They create a diverse melting pot of races and traditional and modern cultures, with a history as rich as the natural wealth, hospitality and topographical beauty that is truly African and could probably be found only in Kenya.

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A volunteer could help cooking, laundry and teaching the children as the centre has classrooms within the compound.
The home has a myriad problems one of the most pressing being rent arrears that has accrued to Ksh 357,000,($2800) over the years due to financial constrains. Today, the centre risks eviction, a situation that would deprive them their only known source of hope, knowledge and solace.
The home has almost no furniture, cooking apparatus and proper learning facilities. Groups of vvolunteers could therefore if they wished, buy timber and hire a local carpenter with whom they he or she can furnish the centre paint it and make it a better place to live in.
One could also initiate economic activities that could earn the home money. With a more than 40 of its children having attained secondary level of education, volunteer(s) could work hand in hand with them to attain multiple and long lasting achievements. Volunteers can also visit the families and younger children in local slums to this placement to assist, teach and support. Would suit mature, flexible volunteers prepared do do a number of hands on tasks.

This program would best suit any one with a humane heart. Someone willing to reach out and inspire hope where there might be none, someone with a niche to leave the world a better place that he/she found it.
This program would also suit groups of two to twenty with a common goal like fund raising to buy such home kitchen equipments or buy them enough food to take them through a month, six months or a year.
Such groups could initiate projects like painting the home, buying more beddings, toys, books, medicine, expand the home building wise to accommodate more children comfortably. This is because Kenya produces an orphan every five minutes as results of deaths from HIV/AIDS and other ailments.
The program would also best for those who wish to teach and work in a children’s home simultaneously. Teaching is paramount here as the children struggle to get an education with such little resources. Any volunteer with particular skills to offer is also welcome to enhance the lives of the teens and equip them for the working world. Counselling is also welcome as each child is old enough to understand the neglect and tragic story of why they live in this world. Like most volunteer projects the volunteers are expected to be flexible and accommodating with tasks and work often under own supervision.

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