AIDS Education

  Kenya

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: Year Round

Description: Volunteer Kenya is a grassroots volunteer organization located in the rural village of Kabula, Kenya. We run 4 humanitarian aid programs:
(1) Healthcare
(2) HIV/AIDS Education
(3) Education
(4) Microenterprise Development

Volunteer Kenya / ICODEI is a non-religious, non-political volunteer organization run through a partnership of past overseas volunteers and local Kenyans. We are a grassroots organization with no marketing or fundraising overhead. All programs (including our heath clinic and grade school) are run through donations from volunteers and individual donors. We are a registered 501c3 non-for-profit in the US and registered as a CBO in Kenya.

Highlights: Since 1998, we have been implementing and supporting community development programs in the rural villages of Western Kenya , where large international aid programs rarely venture. Our unique partnership between international volunteers and our on-the-ground crew in   Kenya allows us to reach those people in the interior villages who most desperately need our help. It also facilitates maintaining our running costs at a minimum.

We have no international overhead, fundraising, or marketing costs. All of those activities are run by our International Coordination Staff, who are all unpaid past volunteers working via an email network. Since all of our on-the-ground work is done in Western Kenya and run by local Kenyans and overseas volunteers, we have no need for big, expensive offices in Nairobi or Washington D.C.

As a result of this, we are able to run community development, education, and healthcare programs that reach hundreds of thousands of Kenyans in the very remote and rural villages on a budget of around $120,000 USD per year.

Qualifications: The AIDS Education Program requires that volunteers take the Red Cross HIV/AIDS Instructor Training Course in their hometown. This is the responsibility of the volunteer to arrange and attend. You should also read over the contents of our HIV/AIDS presentations and the Empower Peer Education Course before your arrival. Email us and we can provide this information. Please note that if the Red Cross course is not offered, you may be able to substitute a similar course.

Cost in US$: 1,000 per month

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: There is no typical volunteer. We have volunteers from all over the world and all walks of life. Many are medical students, doctors, teachers, businessmen/women, undergrad students, etc.

Age Range: 19-60

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Kenya Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network

Volunteer Kenya's Mission Statement: To fight HIV/AIDS, provide primary school education, encourage microenterprise development for women, and provide healthcare for the people of Western Kenya without regard to religion, politics, ethnicity or nationality.

Year Founded: 1998