Empower women and young girls, farming and more in Nairobi, Kenya

Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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Details

  • Description

    Description

    HELLO
    My family and I started a program that helps women and girls with food, clothes, sanitary towels, and shoe donation
    Last year we started a program that helps empower women and young girls with vocational courses so as to give them a second chance in society.
    Below are some of the this we do
    Business skills, Fashion and design, Computer, Beauty and makeup courses, making soap, vegetable Farming in different places like in containers, poultry farming and teaching school girls about the reproductive system and menstrual cycle.
    The skills that we offer get to help women and young girls to get employment and some of them start their own businesses which help them to be sustainable.
    We welcome you to teach and share your passion.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Charity Work
    Art Projects
    Language practice
    Help with Eco Projects
    Teaching
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Help around the house
    Hospitality/Tourism
    General Maintenance
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Volunteers will have time to visit local tourist attractions such as lakes, game parks, entertainment spots, giraffe centers, elephant orphanages,s and have a walk in the forest.
    The volunteer will be able to make friends with different people in our community, learn the local language and learn how to make/prepare local foods.
    volunteers will get a chance to experience our cultural practice.

  • Help

    Help

    Website design, video making, photography, and social media promotion.
    Online fundraising so we can add more equipment for learning
    Different ways of farming.
    Mentorship on mental health, encouraging girls to value education, life skills, and drug abuse.
    Networking worldwide.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Swahili (Kiswahili): Fluent

    This host offers a language exchange
    We will appreciate it if you can teach us your language since we are willing to teach you our local language too

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We will offer you a private room that is fully furnished with a bed, beddings, and a pair of slippers.
    Volunteers will have access to three healthy local meals, freshwater, and fruits.
    We will share one big house with my family, cook together and enjoy the meals together, this will give us a chance to talk so as to get to know each other.
    We will offer our volunteers with free WI-FI.
    We will not charge any amount of money, it will be free

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Volunteers will have an opportunity to make new friends locally since they will be interacting with the community.
    You will visit famous and remarkable places around using our public transport which is safe and reliable.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    We have WI-FI at home which we will share with you for free. We would also like you to teach us about online writing and how to write proposals.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    Our home has a perimeter wall for security purposes and has a car parking of 3 cars, if volunteers have a car it will be safe.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    We are willing to accommodate your pets too since we also have pets around the house.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

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    Hours expected

    5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 278543414289

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