KENYA / Volunteer Capital Centre
Duties and responsibilities for Interns and Volunteers
The programs available are for English speaking individuals who are 18 years and older. There are no educational requirements but some programs need some academic qualifications like working in a clinic. We have flexible programs where you can pick how many hours you want to work in a day. Our program durations are between one week and three months. We also offer customized programs where you choose how you will work and the best times for you.
The programs that we offer include the following:
Teaching
Volunteers will teach public schools, orphanages and community schools. Schools are in demand for teachers and the students are willing to learn this gives you a chance to impact the life of a young child. The volunteer will be involved in teaching English, Math, Science social Studies and physical education. The volunteers will partner with local teachers and other volunteers to provide proper education to the children. Volunteers are needed especially for the special needs students who require extra time and more effort for them to learn. Other duties include:
• Work as a teaching assistant: teaching classes, grading books,
• Work as a social worker with the Administrator
• Help in cooking and cleaning
• Help in sports activities
• Playing with the kids
Health professionals
There are many clinics and volunteer organizations in such areas that offer medical help to the poor. In conjunction with the clinics and the health centres (dispensaries) the volunteer will work alongside them to provide medical services. Other duties include
• Filling in forms and charts
• Diagnosing diseases
• Giving out prescriptions
• consultations
HIV/ AIDS program
As a volunteer you will be asked to help in the outreach programs to help educate the local and create awareness about the disease. Supporting the infected and affected will be done through provision of food and medical supplies. You will be counseling them, encourage and help empower them. Our partner organization will be carrying out outreach programs in schools, community centres and public occasions.
• Intensify comprehensive HIV/AIDS awareness
• Intensify advocacy
• Demystify HIV/AIDS by encouraging people living with HIV to talk for them and advocate for greater understanding by the society.
• Design, develop and disseminate materials fighting stigma and discrimination
Caring for people with disabilities
As a volunteer you will be expected to help through capacity building. Empowering the disabled is important as they will be able to be independent from other people and can be self reliant. There is also a social aspect to the help given to the disabled. There is a wonderful effect felt caused by the special care and attention given to the disabled. The impact felt by the organization is tremendous; the disabled people’s lives are changed for good. You will be working with children as well as adults.
Duties
• Taking care of them
• To help empower them through innovate methods
• Spending time and playing with them
Orphanages
Many of the babies are orphaned because their parents had abandoned them, while other are because the parents died of HIV/ AIDS. Some kids are very young and they don’t understand why their lives are like that. As such they need special care and attention so that they don’t feel abandoned
Duties
• Spending time with the kids
• Work as a teaching assistant: teaching classes, grading books,
• Work as a social worker with the Administrator
• Help in cooking and Cleaning
• Help in sports activities
• Playing with the kids
Community Development
We work with organizations that provide a number of services to the local community. Our volunteers have the unique opportunity to become involved in a number of activities on a daily basis, including education, empowerment, construction, and vocational training. The organizations provide sex education to the girls and the local community which you can assist with. It also involves empowering women through activities that make them financial independent. This is done through marketing their products, skills development and giving them access to information.
Contact: mukuba@volunteercapitalcentre.org
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