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Water and Sanitation Program
Home based care
Children programme
Sustainable Agriculture
Environmental Conservation
Teaching in the local schools
Behavior Change Communication
Water is a basic need for all communities and essential commodity for all living things. Being a region adjacent to the lake, all the water for cooking, washing, agriculture, and even for drinking is fetched from the lake. There has been a plant called water hyacinth that covers water surface and one must go almost 40 feet through the thick hyacinth growth. People around these villages do not have access to any type of improved sanitation facility. The most affected are the children dying due to diarrhea diseases. living in extreme conditions of poverty with no proper sanitation services, access to sufficient safe water and sanitary disposal facilities is limited. Lack of hygiene is very high as children and even their parents go in the bush to release themselves.You could imagine a barefooted child go to the same spot everyday and some have even marked there positions. - We encourage water catchment technologies e.g. use of water tanks to trap rain water.
- Sensitize on dangers of consuming lake water without treatment thus we encourage the use of water treatment chemicals and boiling before consumption.
- Campaign on proper refuse disposal and building pit latrines around the lake basin to reduce chances of open water pollution.
The community members are involved in water conservation initiatives e.g. elimination of water hyacinth to create more room and accessibility to clean lake water. With a 920 litre water tank at the community resource center, children get fresh well treated water for drinking.
Volunteers will help design and implementing methods for water catchments/conservation technologies to ensure safe drinking water for both human and livestock use. Volunteers pay fees to help and create a sustainable Community Developments catering for the local projects and communities involved. Your fees enable us to directly contribute to the goals and needs of the community you work in. The resources within these communities are very much limited and cannot support your costs for meals, accommodation, transportation and supervision hence we charge minimal fee to take care of the following:--Orientation
-Supervision in programs.
-Certificate of Completion/Participation
-Transportation to the project and return bus to Nairobi.
-Accommodation and meals at the center/Family Home stay.
-First night accommodation at the Nairobi International Youth Hostel
-Pick up from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi What is not included:
-International Airfare
-Visa
-Insurance
-Vaccinations Program Cost for 2008-2009 (this applies to all programs.)
Cost for two weeks US$ 350
Cost for three weeks US$ 462
Cost for one Month US$ 580
Cost for five weeks US$ 690
Cost for six weeks US$ 780
Cost for seven weeks US$ 890
Cost for two Months US$ 950 Visits: This can be arranged during the weekends on extra fee - The legendary kit mikai stone
- Beaches and islands including Ndeda and Oyamo
- Homes of the children
Requirements:
*Must be 18 and over
*No special experts or skills required except in teaching, health, marketing and office management
*have a positive attitude
*Be ready to adopt the living conditions in the village
*English speaking The volunteer fee can be transferred to our organization a/c or payable upon arrival in Nairobi at the Nairobi International Youth Hostel office. To apply and volunteer with us, please click here
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