Community Building in the Rift Valley
Experience life in the heart of Kenya, working together with local projects that help to house and feed displaced families who have nowhere else to go. This rewarding initiative is changing lives for the better across the country.
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- What's Included
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These projects would greatly welcome extra pairs of hands as they continue to evolve local communities. Building work in Kenya varies from minor refurbishment to providing permanent housing for displaced people.
The KenyanAdventure Building Co-ordinators help guide volunteers and provide materials/supplies and plans to carry out the day’s work. You may also be asked to help renovate one of the local schools as it continues to be refurbished and has extensions built.
This project is ongoing and makes a distinct difference to people’s lives.
No formal qualifications are required, just a willing and positive attitude. Materials can be basic – so do not expect to be using a crane to erect a block of flats – but they are adequate and efficient to ensure as many people as possible can be helped.
You can also drop by and visit the families you've helped afterwards or enjoy an Art lesson at a school you've helped to refurbish!
A Typical Day...
A typical day will start at your designated meeting place, where you, other volunteers and the Building Coordinator will discuss the plan of action for the forthcoming day. You will need to decide on and source:
- Materials
- Equipment
- Tools
- Transport (if required)
- Delivery schedules
The Building Coordinators will be happy to teach you the basics if you are not already familiar with them, such as mixing cement, aligning poles/pillars and laying bricks.
Depending on where and what you are building, you’ll first need to dig and lay the foundations before constructing walls (either brick/iron) and affixing doors/windows. The Building Coordinator/school/family may decide to paint the exterior/lay concrete flooring/apply any interior decorating.
You’ll eventually have the pleasure in presenting the completed home to the family!
(Please note that the itinerary may be subject to change and dependent on location).
It is important to know exactly what you get with your trip so you can plan ahead with no unwanted surprises!
What's included:
- Project placement for duration of your stay.
- Accommodation with family home-stay for duration of your stay.
- Airport pick-up.
- First night stay in hotel.
- Transfer from airport to project location.
- Project Orientation.
- Breakfast and evening meals.
- In-country support through Project Co-ordinators and In-Country Co-ordinator.
- Emergency support in UK.
- Cash injection into the project you work on to help supply equipment.
- Transport to project if required (provided if longer than 30 minute walk from homestay).
What's not included:
- Flights.
- Personal travel insurance.
- Visa.
- Return Airport Transport.
- Lunch.
Arrival Airport: Nairobi (Jomo Kenyatta International)
Project Start Dates: 1st or 3rd Monday of every month throughout the year
Project Length: Minimum one week, maximum six months
Minimum Age: 18. 16+ considered with parental approval
Qualifications: No formal qualifications required
Remember, unlike many other volunteer travel companies, every time we send a volunteer to Africa, we donate a part of your trip fee directly into the project you visit Africa to work with to fund materials and equipment. If you work with this project for just two weeks, your donation money will help to fund one of:
- Foundations of a family home
- Paint to redecorate three school classrooms
- A small set of basic tools
