WORK PROFILE KENYA EXCHANGE YEAR 2016-2017 · ICYE KENYA WORK PROFILE 16/17 3 Letter to Exchangees Dear ICYE Exchangees, We are looking forward to meet you soon and are glad you decided

ICYE KENYA WORK PROFILE 16/17

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WORK PROFILE KENYA

EXCHANGE YEAR

2016-2017


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Contents Letter to Exchangees ..................................................................................................................................... 3

PROJECTS IN NAIROBI ............................................................................................................................. 4

BROTHER BEUSANG EDUCATION CENTRE ................................................................................... 4

MEDGO-DISABILITY EDUCATION ASSESSMENT REHABILITAION TRAINING CENTRE (MEDGO-DEAR) ..... 5

CHESHIRE HOME FOR THE AGED ..................................................................................................... 6

DON BOSCO BOYS ................................................................................................................................ 7

INSITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE SERVICES (IDEWES) ..................................... 8

JUKUMU LETU ....................................................................................................................................... 9

MOTHERLY CARE ............................................................................................................................... 10

ST PETERS SCHOOL ........................................................................................................................... 11

PROJECTS IN RIFT VALLEY .................................................................................................................. 12

CHERISH FOUNDATION .................................................................................................................... 12

KIPTERE HEALTH CENTER ............................................................................................................... 13

PROJECTS IN WESTERN KENYA ......................................................................................................... 14

ANGELS OF HOPE CHILDRENS HOME ........................................................................................... 14

HAPPY HOME ORPHANAGE ............................................................................................................. 15

MATUTU DISPENSARY ...................................................................................................................... 16

KANGA COMMUNITY NETWORK PROJECT ................................................................................. 17

SHINYALU YOUTH SPORTS AND ENVIRONMENT CENTER (SYSEC) ..................................... 17

ST JULIAN UGARI SECONDARY SCHOOL ..................................................................................... 19

UGARI PRIMARY SCHOOL ................................................................................................................ 19

PROJECTS IN NYANZA .......................................................................................................................... 20

OBAMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (OBACODEP) ................................................................ 20

RANGENYA MIXED PRIMARY SCHOOL. ....................................................................................... 21

MUSEKWA PRIMARY SCHOOL. ....................................................................................................... 21

OUR LADY OF MERCY HEALTH CENTRE ..................................................................................... 22


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CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY OF KENYA – ISIOLO......................................................................... 23

PROJECTS IN EASTERN KENYA .......................................................................................................... 24

KANGALU SECONDARY SCHOOL .................................................................................................. 24

MUTUKYA SECONDARY SCHOOL .................................................................................................. 25

CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY OF KENYA – ISIOLO.............................................................................

YENZUVA PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL ...................................................................... 26

PROJECTS IN COASTAL KENYA .......................................................................................................... 26

COMMUNITY ACTION FOR NATURE CONSERVATION (CANCO) ............................................ 26

ICYE KENYA Priority List 15/16 .............................................................................................................. 28


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Letter to Exchangees

Dear ICYE Exchangees,

We are looking forward to meet you soon and are glad you decided to spend your exchange time

in Kenya.

Below you will find a brief description of projects for the exchange year 2016/2017in Kenya. We

recommend that you read it thoroughly before filling in the Priority List. Moreover, it is

important that all Exchangees coming to Kenya are aware of the following points:

You can choose three different options of projects where you would like to work. Please

also look at the National Profile so you can be aware of the features of every region. We

will try to fulfill your preferences but it will depend on the availability of projects and

families in each region.

The projects described below are only some of the possible placements in Kenya and the

ones ICYE Kenya has been working successfully over the last few years. However, we

would like you to know that we keep working with new projects in different parts of

Kenya. Thus, you might be placed in one of these projects providing that they match your

project preferences and interests as shown in the priority list you will send us.

Although in the past Exchangees stayed with Kenyan host families, the situation is

gradually changing, and we have more projects offering to host volunteers and therefore

some Exchangees live within the project facilities.

If we cannot place you in the project of your choice, we will try and offer you a similar

one. We ask you to please be flexible.

WELCOME TO KENYA

KARIBU!!


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PROJECTS IN NAIROBI

BROTHER BEUSANG EDUCATION CENTRE

Location (city, town): Nairobi-Ngong.

Areas of Project: Education

Aims of project: To offer formal education; especially geared towards

Holistic education based on spiritual and character

Formation.

Activities of project: Teaching in school. Assisting in out of school activities

Community Context: It is a small town on the outskirts of Nairobi

Volunteer Requirements: Willingness to work with children¨ Capability of loving

and understanding children¨ Ready to mingle freely and


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cope well with the other staff

Volunteer Tasks: Teaching kindergarten or primary school children (3-15years).Assisting in

extra-curricular activities like sports, class trips and music.

Hosting Situation: Host Family

Number of Volunteers: 2

MEDGO-DISABILITY EDUCATION ASSESSMENT REHABILITAION

TRAINING CENTRE (MEDGO-DEAR)

Location (city, town): Machakos County

Area of project: Children with disabilities

Aims of the project: This is a new charitable project working with the children and young adults

affected with disability both physically and mentally some are severe others

mild it offers education, therapy, vocational training, feeding, and general

rehabilitation services and empowering the disabled to be self- reliant. In

addition, the project also network with local NGOS, schools and other

institutions supporting community based development initiatives. This

initiatives are implemented through CBO s, community groups their

activities ranges from; Education, Rehabilitation Water harvesting, farming,

HIV$AIDS and food security and capacity building. The volunteer’s skills

would be applied appropriately suitably to enhance these activities

Activities of Project: Teaching, Therapy, Feeding, Practical activities/vocational, Changing,

Games especially weekends with neighboring schools for social interaction,

Farming, Guiding and counselling especially HIV$AIDS clients.

Volunteer requirements: Willingness to work with children and young adults with disabilities.

Volunteer Task: The skilled volunteers will be given the opportunity to practice in their area of

specialization in collaboration with our skilled and non-skilled staff and

through there interaction they learn from each other’s experience. The

unskilled volunteers will also be given equal opportunities amongst our staff

on rotational basis as she establish her or his area of interest where they


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have more time on it and enhance wide range of experience ; they will be

assisted on various departments by the staff responsible.

Hosting Situation: Host Project

Number of volunteers: 1

CHESHIRE HOME FOR THE AGED

Location (city, town): Nairobi-Kariobangi

Areas of Project: Aged, Day care for Elderly Persons

Aims of project: Kariobangi Cheshire Home for the Aged is home to very poor elderly men and

women. At the home they are involved in many daily activities and they have

shelter and food. Otherwise most of them would be living on the streets

and begging. Participating in the activities enables them to reap huge

physical, mental and psychological benefits. It also ensures them some

peace and happiness in their twilight years. The home also runs St Joseph Day

Care Centre for old people and people with leprosy, who come twice a week.

Activities of project: Caring and feeding the elderly

Community Context: Urban setting surrounded by low income community

Volunteer Requirements: Willingness to care for the aged.

Volunteer Tasks: Reading books and newspapers to the residents, and also share with them

stories. Generally participating in activities with the old people - Playing

board games and puzzles with the residents. Assisting in the art and crafts

activities. To exercise and take walks with the residents. Assist in collecting

and sorting food donations, distributing food to the day scholars. Assist with


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cooking, washing, and cleaning. Assist in music sessions for the residents.

Assist in gardening

Hosting Situation: Host family


DON BOSCO BOYS

Location (city, town): Nairobi

Areas of Project: Street Children, Disadvantaged

Aims of project: To cater for young people who are in dire need through rehabilitation of street

children specifically boys.

Activities of project: General care and the provision of basic needs. Provide formal education

both at primary and secondary school.

Community Context: Suburban setting


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Volunteer Requirements: Patience and commitment to working with the street boys, creativity.

Ability to provide counseling and take care of babies between one day

old to three years. Participate in activities with the boys such as sports,

gardening and others.

Volunteer Tasks: Take care of the street boys. Teach and provide counseling to the boys.



INSITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE SERVICES (IDEWES)

Location (city, town): Nairobi- Kibera

Areas of Project: Children, Women

Aims of project: Improving the socio-economic welfare of orphans and

vulnerable children in Kibera slums, and empower

disadvantaged, women especially commercial sex workers

Activities of project: Buying school provisions for the kids. Home visits.

Training of caregivers. Schools visits. mobilization and

elevation of the women


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Community Context: Urban setting surrounded by low income community

Volunteer Requirements: Open to learning new things. Have a skill to share with the

community. Assist in the daily activities of the organization,

entrepreneurial skills will be an added advantage

Volunteer Tasks: The volunteer will be working with other staff members

according to the work plan of the organization.



JUKUMU LETU

Location (city, town): Nairobi-Ngong

Areas of Project: Children, Education, Community

Aims of project: Help the community in better health services and a good

education foundation, both at affordable rate to the

community and to empower women


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Activities of project: Teaching, feeding the children and home visits.

Community Context: Rural-urban area on the outskirts of Nairobi. Set-up close to the Mathare

slums

Volunteer Requirements: Ability to work with children and mothers

Volunteer Tasks: Teaching in the nursery school and general care of the children (3-5 years).



MOTHERLY CARE

Location (city, town): Nairobi-Ruai

Areas of Project: Children, Education (Primary and Secondary)

Aims of project: To support, nurture and improve the lives of children that have been subjected

to poverty and abuse. We aim to provide food, shelter and education for all

children that arrive at motherly Care

Activities of project: Teaching both the primary and secondary children, providing

accommodation to the children at the school.

Community Context: Rural setting just out of Nairobi.

Volunteer Requirements: Ability to work with children and community

Volunteer Tasks: Helping out with teaching. Looking after small children. Helping with

organizing after school activities




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ST PETERS SCHOOL

Location (city, town): Nairobi- Loresho

Areas of Project: Children, Disabled

Aims of project: To enable mentally challenged children acquire basic skills.

Activities of project: Providing education to each child despite his/her mental and physical

challenges

Community Context: Sub-urban setting. Assist the special kids from the surrounding community

to get an education.

Volunteer Requirements: Patient, creativity, willingness to work with mentally challenged

children. Computer knowledge


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Volunteer Tasks: Teaching and taking care of mentally challenged children, some of whom are

severely handicapped. Organizing activities for the children, Office work.



PROJECTS IN RIFT VALLEY

CHERISH FOUNDATION

Location (city, town): Rift Valley-Nakuru

Areas of Project: School going Children, Street Children, community

Aims of project: To provide rehabilitation, counseling and education¨ to assist in upbringing of

young children academically, physically and morally.

Activities of project: Education and rehabilitation.

Community Context: Urban setting.


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Volunteer Requirements: Ability to communicate in English. Willingness and ability to teach

children.

Volunteer Tasks: The volunteers will be doing home visits and compiling reports of all the

children. They will also do recruitment of any on-going events. The

volunteers are also involved in teaching the children new skills and games.

Hosting Situation: Hosting family


CURRENTLY NOT ACTIVE

KIPTERE HEALTH CENTER

Location (city, town): Kericho

Areas of Project: Health, Community

Aims of project: Offer health services to the local community.

Activities of project: Treatment and prevention of diseases, such as: Consultation, lab

tests and medication for inpatients. Serving a small number of inpatients.

Health education in schools, in public areas (restaurants etc.) and among


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the community. Voluntary counselling and testing for HIV and Aids. For

HIV and TB patients there is a clinic for support and treatment. Clinic for

pregnant women and infants.

Community Context: Rural

Volunteer Requirements: Willingness to learn is more important that formal health education.

The volunteer should try to learn the local language and Kipsigis

culture, as it’s a community based project. Socials skills are valuable as

well as a general interest in health related questions.

Volunteer Tasks: The volunteer can do customer service, dressing of simple wounds, recording

of drugs, preparation of drugs, do basic check-ups on babies, support VCT and

do lab tests under supervision etc. The task can depend on the interest of the

volunteer and currently busy areas. If there is interest the volunteer has the

opportunity to start their own health related projects.



PROJECTS IN WESTERN KENYA

ANGELS OF HOPE CHILDRENS HOME

Location (city, town): Nyamira-Kisii district,

Areas of Project: Child Care / Community

Aims of project: To improve the living standards of the less privileged in the society. To improve

accessibility to water and health facilities for the community. To enhance

sanitary services and hygiene in the communities. To reduce the spread of

HIV/AIDS in the rural areas. To facilitate accessibility to water in the rural

areas. To involve the community in changing their status in life


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Activities of project: Empowering women and the youth both economically and socially.

Creating awareness on FGM. Advocating for people with disabilities.

Feeding programmes. Education. Supply of school uniforms and

stationaries. Youth seminars and workshops. PLWHAs trainings and

counselling.

Community Context: Rural setting.

Volunteer Requirements: Patient, hardworking and resilient.

Volunteer Tasks: The volunteer will assist the staff in various areas. Part of his her/his tasks will

be home visits, counseling, and preparation of community activities and

organization of creative activities for the children.



HAPPY HOME ORPHANAGE


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Location (city, town): Migori district, Nyanza province, Rural setting

Areas of Project: Education, Children

Aims of project: Give a family to orphans, provide education, take care of their economic needs

and prepare for a better future

Activities of project: Regular activities include, feeding the children, maintaining hygiene,

sports, music, computer talent identification, computer, talent identification

among others.


Volunteer Requirements: Patient, Passionate about children.

Volunteer Tasks: Feeding the children, maintaining hygiene and help out with farming

Hosting Situation: Live in project.


MATUTU DISPENSARY

Location (city, town): Nyamira-Kisii

Areas of Project: Health, Community

Aims of project: Offer health services to the local community.

Activities of project: Treatment and prevention of diseases, such as: Consultation, lab

tests and medication for outpatients. Serving a small number of inpatients.

Health education in schools, in public areas (restaurants etc.) and among the

community. Voluntary counselling and testing for HIV and Aids. For HIV

and TB patients there is a clinic for support and treatment. Clinic for

pregnant women and infants.

Community Context: Rural


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Volunteer Requirements: Willingness to learn is more important that formal health education. The

volunteer should try to learn the local language and Kipsigis culture, as

it’s a community based project. Socials skills are valuable as well as a

general interest in health related questions.

Volunteer Tasks: The volunteer can do customer service, dressing of simple wounds, recording

of drugs, preparation of drugs, do basic check-ups on babies, support VCT and

do lab tests under supervision etc. The task can depend on the interest of the

volunteer and currently busy areas. If there is interest the volunteer has the

opportunity to start their own health related projects.



KANGA COMMUNITY NETWORK PROJECT

Location (city, town): Nyanza-Migori district,

Areas of Project: Child Care / Health Care

Aims of project: Aims to help the needy, especially orphans to enable them to go to school and

promotes health for those who are infected with HIV/AIDS through health

facilities and medical camps.

Activities of project: Providing healthcare to the community.





organisation of creative activities for the children.



SHINYALU YOUTH SPORTS AND ENVIRONMENT CENTER (SYSEC)


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Location (city, town): Western Kenya- Kakamega

Areas of Project: Youth and Sports

Aims of project: To reach young people with special psycho- social needs through sports and

football skills. Use sports as a tool for motivation and integration. Aims to give

the youth an opportunity to exercise these skills for greater social, economic

and community integration benefits. Offer football trainings for boys and girls

of different ages and organize medical camps and environmental activities as

well as activities during school vacations.

Activities of project: Youth empowerment through sports


Volunteer Requirements: The volunteers should be open minded, committed and actively

involved in sports. Computer skills and environmental knowledge

will be an added advantage.

Volunteer Tasks: Working together with other staff members and local volunteers. Help with the

recruitment and training of talented children and youth in football. Come up

with new activities to nurture the talents of the youth and organize activities

during the school vacations. Make reports on the children’s progress and be


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involved in home and school visits. Create awareness for the project activities.

Participate in environmental and health activities.



ST JULIAN UGARI SECONDARY SCHOOL

Location (city, town): Western Kenya-Migori District

Areas of Project: Community

Aims of project: To up lift the community’s way of living. Providing basic primary Education.

Activities of project: Teaching. Community. Tree Planting

Community Context: Rural setting

Volunteer Requirements: Willingness to teach in a primary school. Ability to communicate in

English. Ability to teach a new language (German, French). Ability to

participate in communal activities, and a good team player.

Volunteer Tasks: Teaching of regular subjects. Co-coordinating the planting and selling of

seedlings within the school and community.

Hosting Situation: Host family.


UGARI PRIMARY SCHOOL

Location (city, town): Migori District, Western Kenya


Aims of project: To up lift the community’s way of living. Providing basic primary Education.

Activities of project: Teaching. Tree nursery


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Volunteer Requirements: Willingness to teach in a primary school. Ability to communicate in

English. Ability to participate in communal activities, and a good team

player.

Volunteer Tasks: Teaching of regular subjects. Co-coordinating the planting and selling of

seedlings within the school and community.



PROJECTS IN NYANZA

OBAMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (OBACODEP)

Location (city, town): Sare- Awendo, Nyanza

Areas of Project: Community / Health Care

Aims of project: Aims to mobilize, sensitize, educate and empower the community on health and

development issues.

Activities of project: Providing empowerment and healthcare to the community.





organisation of creative activities for the children.




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RANGENYA MIXED PRIMARY SCHOOL.

Location (city, town): Western Kenya-Migori district

Areas of Project: Education, Agriculture

Aims of project: Providing formal education to primary school children (5 –15 years),

Activities of project: Tree planting.


Volunteer Requirements: Planning, organizing and monitoring the tree planting activity.

Willingness to teach primary school children.

Volunteer Tasks: Tree planting. Classroom teaching. Teaching extra- curricular activities like

sports, drama, etc.



MUSEKWA PRIMARY SCHOOL.

Location (city, town): Western Kenya-Migori district

Areas of Project: Education, Agriculture

Aims of project: Providing formal education to primary school children (5 –15 years), Tree

planting.

Activities of project:


Volunteer Requirements: Planning, organizing and monitoring the tree planting activity.

Willingness to teach primary school children.

Volunteer Tasks: Tree planting. Classroom teaching. Teaching extra-curricular activities like

sports, drama, etc.


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OUR LADY OF MERCY HEALTH CENTRE

Location (city, town): Kebirigo, Nyamira


Aims of project: To provide quality and affordable medical services to the location

community. To reach to those who are unable to go out and seek medical

treatment, this is done through the mobile clinic.

Activities of project: Laboratory services, internal clinics, mobile clinics, counseling services,

dispensing and drugs departments.


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Community Context: Nyamira is a small town, with a rural set up.

Volunteer Requirements: Have basic training in the medical field. Be interested in working with

the youth. Be flexible in terms of working schedule.

Volunteer Tasks: Working in the pharmacy i.e. packing and dispensing medicine to

patients. Registering patients. Providing mobile clinics. Assisting in other

tasks like temperature taking, blood pressure, etc.

Hosting Situation: The project will provide food and accommodation.


CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY OF KENYA – ISIOLO

Location (city, town): North Eastern Kenya-Located 1 km from Isiolo town

Areas of Project: Children

Aims of project: Protection of interests and promotion of welfare of all children in the republic

of Kenya. Increase levels of literacy and self-development among the children

for self-reliance and self-employment within and away from the family.¨

Improve income levels of very needy families to overcome acute problems of

poverty and access basic needs for their children. Establishment and

maintenance of model homes and reserve centers, which offer temporary

shelter and protection to children in difficult circumstances.

Activities of project: Teaching the children in nursery school. Social work and providing

counseling. Discussions and empowerment on HIV/ AIDS


Volunteer Requirements: Interests in children matters and community issues

Volunteer Tasks: Going to primary and secondary schools to give talks on HIV AIDS. Teaching

in the nursery school. Helping in the kitchen and farm.¨ Social work e.g.

admission of children in the home and restoration back to their families when

time is right, identification of needy children through home visits, assisting


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children at the home with their homework, organizing recreational activities for

the children.

Hosting Situation: Will be given a room to stay and a kitchen for cooking at own pleasure but the

volunteer is free to eat with the children at the Dining hall or staff when she

feels like.



PROJECTS IN EASTERN KENYA

KANGALU SECONDARY SCHOOL

Location (city, town): Eastern Kenya- Kitui

Areas of project: Education

Aims of project: Provide education

Activities of project: Teaching of students (13-18 years)

Community context: Rural setting

Volunteer requirements: Should be fluent in English, Mature and responsible

Volunteer tasks: The volunteer will support the staff in school. He/she will help the teachers with

teaching and preparing learning materials. He/she can teach German and

English and help with the sports classes and games as well. The volunteer is free

to organize other activities in the afternoon. He or she will also help to guide

and counsel the students.

Hosting situation: Host Family



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MUTUKYA SECONDARY SCHOOL

Location (city, town): Eastern Kenya- Kitui

Areas of project: Education

Aims of project: Provide education

Activities of project: Teaching of students (13-18 years)

Community context: Rural setting

Volunteer requirements: Should be fluent in English, Mature and responsible

Volunteer tasks: The volunteer will support the staff in school. He/she will help the teachers with

teaching and preparing learning materials. He/she can teach languages and help

with the sports classes and games as well. The volunteer is free to organize

other activities in the afternoon. He or she will also help to guide and counsel

the students.

Hosting situation: Host Family




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YENZUVA PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL

Location (city, town): Mwingi

Areas of Project: Education

Aims of project: To provide education to children in Primary and Secondary school.

Activities of project: Teaching various subjects at the school


Volunteer Requirements: Ability and willingness to work with children and help in the

Community work

Volunteer Tasks: Assist and support teachers.



PROJECTS IN COASTAL KENYA

COMMUNITY ACTION FOR NATURE CONSERVATION (CANCO)

Location (city, town): Nairobi

Areas of Project: Environment and natural resource management

Aims of project: Oil and Gas advocacy and awareness project, conservation of Water and

Wetlands, Marine and Coastal Programmes

Activities of project: Buying school provisions for the kids. Home visits. Training of caregivers.

Schools visits. Mobilization and elevation of the women

Community Context: Urban setting


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Volunteer Requirements: Open to learning new things. Have a skill to share with the community.

Assist in the daily activities of the organization

Volunteer Tasks: The volunteer will be involved in project design, implementation and reporting

Minute taking during management meetings (weekly), Organizing for training

workshops (quarterly), Trainings for local communities on various

developmental issues (occasional), Assisting community projects





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ICYE KENYA Priority List 15/16

Please, fill in this form in English and give us your interests and project preferences by

numbering the alternatives (1 as your first choice, 2 as your second and so on). We will try to

match you with the project you would like to work in, but we cannot guarantee that you will be

placed in that specific project.

Please list the three projects you would prefer to work in and explain why:

1._______________________________________________________________________

Reason: _________________________________________________________________

2._______________________________________________________________________

Reason: _________________________________________________________________

3._______________________________________________________________________

Reason: __________________________________________________________________

Please feel free to add any other useful comment about your expectations, interests and skills that

could be of help to choose a better project for you.

Volunteer’s Signature: For the Sending Committee:

_______________________ ____________________________

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WORK PROFILE KENYA EXCHANGE YEAR 2016-2017 · ICYE KENYA WORK PROFILE 16/17 3 Letter to Exchangees Dear ICYE Exchangees, We are looking forward to meet you soon and are glad you decided