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Flexible Schedule
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Nairobi, Kenya
Sport brings the people of Kenya together. It is a way to socialise and almost every youth is involved in sport. Despite there being many exceptional sports players in Kenya, their potential is not reached due to inadequate training facilities and sports equipment. The most common sport played in Kenya is football (soccer) and rugby. The wandering aadvarks have partnered with various local teams and institutions to offer the best experience for our volunteers and to ensure that, as volunteers, you help the community by bringing people together and giving them a focus. The Programme is dependent on the time of the year. During school time you will help teach children P.E. (physical education) when they have lessons scheduled. The soccer programme then runs from 3pm - 6pm, where you will help train the future sporting stars of Kenya. During school holidays (April, August and December), you will help to train the local teams. Volunteers get to work with varied teams so as to share their skills with as many children and youths as they can. You can also volunteer at the weekends, but this is your choice. What will I do as a volunteer? Help to coach young enthusiastic sports players. Run P.E. classes at school. Program requirements: Sporting gear for the sport of you choose to take part in during your stay in Kenya (e.g. a football). For volunteers doing programs like football and rugby, we highly recommend shoes that have rubber studs as most of the fields in the country are dry red soil.
Date Posted: Mar 20, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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Nairobi, Kenya
Many local communities across Africa have young mothers and broken marriages due to domestic violence. We have decided to take a stand by going that extra mile and being more involved with the women through a number of projects that we have put in place for them. In this we are in search of volunteers whom are interested in being the voice of these women, and together we will strive to ease the problem of early marriage and domestic violence. We are not here to give a long statement because we want every volunteer to have their story on how they made it possible through The Wandering Aardvarks and we joined hands and chanced something together. (HELP US LISTEN TO THEIR CRIES AND CHANGE IT TO A SMILE)
Date Posted: Mar 20, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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Nairobi, Kenya
On the teaching programme, you will have the chance to assist teachers in schools or teach your own classes if you feel comfortable. You will mainly teach English or Mathematics but if you are competent in another subject then you would be very welcome to teach your subject. School classes start at 9:00am and finish by 3:00pm. The children will be grade 1 - 4 (year 7 - 11). Volunteers will be placed, depending on your wishes, in schools or orphanages which have schools attached to them. Orphanages will often have a minimum of 70 children and some will not have a school attached to them, however, if you would like to be a part of educating these children then you can also run classes for them. Teaching styles and schools will likely be very different to what you have grown up with. Therefore, to ensure the best experience for you as a volunteer and for the children you will be teaching, we ask that you participate on this program for a minimum of 2 weeks. What will I do as a volunteer? Assist teachers in schools. Teach your own classes in schools. Educate children in orphanages that don’t otherwise get an education.
Date Posted: Mar 20, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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Nairobi, Kenya
The Wandering Aardvarks are here to help organise medical placements within Kenya. Placements will usually be at local hospitals. Please be aware that the hospitals may not be what you are used to at home. We have both in-patient and out-patient hospitals. We also have partnerships with care homes for the elderly, and with drug and alcohol rehabilitation centres. If you would like to gain medical experience in these areas, we can arrange this for you. Some of the services that the hospitals provide are maternity services, immunisations and laboratory testing (e.g. for malaria or HIV). We also arrange for first aid trained people to teach first-aid in schools. This is of particular importance here as often people do not have immediate access to medical professionals in an emergency. What can I do? If you are a practising doctor in your home country then you can work independently as a doctor here in Kenya. If you are a medical student then you will practice as an intern under a doctor here. It is up to the doctor what they allow you to do, as ultimately the responsibility of a patient’s health falls with them. The doctors do appreciate the help and will want to utilise your skills so, if you can demonstrate proficiency in the tasks that the doctor undertakes, they will be happy to let you help. Similarly, if you are a registered nurse then you will be able to practice independently and if you are a student nurse you will practice under a nurse or doctor. You can still be of help if you have no experience. Often hospitals have very few members of staff so your help with the day-to-day running of the hospitals will be very much appreciated. You will get to learn from the doctors and nurses, while also gaining valuable experience and insight into health care in Kenya - a great talking point for university interviews! Program requirements: A lab coat is required for undertaking this placement. If you do not have one, we can assist with sourcing one locally. However, it may be cheaper to buy one in your own country. Also bring copies of any certificates demonstrating your qualifications (depending on what you want to do).
Date Posted: Mar 20, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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Nairobi, Kenya
One of the biggest problems facing Kenyan cities is the rise in numbers of street families. Due to the high level of poverty in the country, most of these families have only the street to call home. Sadly, the highest proportion of people on the streets are children between the ages of 0-15. This is due to children leaving their families to flee domestic violence from their family members. Ultimately, we want to take these children of the streets but at the moment they have no place to go. Therefore, the best way we can help them at the moment is to equip them with the skills they need to develop a business. We also assist with psychoeducation that will educate them on basic life skills that they sadly won’t have got from their own families. This includes, for example, educating them about drugs and alcohol so they don’t turn to them. With the street program a volunteer has an option of sponsoring a kid through school, once we rescue a child we assign them to an orphanage where they can live and find them a school nearby where they can attend. If a volunteer decides to sponsor the child we assign a team member to do follow ups and keep the volunteer updated on the progress of the child. New light: New light is a mini-program where we attempt to reconnect a street kid with their family. Together with the volunteer, we track down the children’s family and attempt t reunite them. Of course, we can only do this is the child will be welcomed and wanted by their family and we know that we are not putting the child at any risk of violence or neglect once they are reunited and living under the care of their families. Some of the children may have been rejected by their families due to disabilities or health conditions. If this is the case we would attempt to contact the families and provide them with the support and psycho-education they require to be able to look after their child. Programme requirements: This program requires the volunteers to be able to build a good rapport with the street children. For this reason, we ask for at least 2 weeks of your time as its unlikely that in 5 working days the children will feel comfortable enough to open up to you.
Date Posted: Mar 20, 2023
