Volunteer Kenya: Masai Community Development

  Kenya

• Nairobi: 
Nairobi

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: open

Description: You will be living with the Maasai tribe. The culture in this area is mostly reflected through its people, their customs, traditions, society, art, dance and music. The main influence of this country is the Swahili Culture and the Maasai culture. You will be teaching English and organizing lectures on health and cultural issues. Volunteers help greatly by giving lectures on how important it is to dispose some of these cultural behaviors that lead to high mortality rates among many teenage girls.

Highlights: The culture in this area is reflected through its people, their customs, traditions, society, art, dance and music. The main influence of this country is the Swahili Culture and the Maasai culture. The Maasai clothing is unique with its extremely colorful and heavily embroidered appearance. The people of the tribe also love to wear heavy jewelry, headgears, necklaces, nose rings, earrings, armlets, anklets and others.

uVolunteer believes that you should have a well balanced work and play schedule. This means you will only be required to work 5 days per week (Monday to Friday) for a maximum of 6 hours per day. For the remainder of your time, you will be free to enjoy the vacationing aspects of your trip. uVolunteer anticipates and encourages your desire for travel and adventure. Your time away from volunteering is open for you to decide your activities. You may decide to take advantage of the local culture and spend time within the community over the weekend. Otherwise, there is ample opportunity to explore Kenya and all it has to offer. Our local representative will inform you on the safest places to travel.

Activities Close to Project:
* National Parks
* Swim and Scuba Dive
* Mountain Climb
* Site Seeing
* Safaris

Qualifications: Language Requirement: Intermediate English

Cost in US$: USD 850 for 2 weeks

Experience Required: no

Age Range: Must be 18 years of age years or older.

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Kenya Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Post-Program Services Include:

• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

uVolunteer, Volunteer Travel Abroad's Mission Statement: uVolunteer's mission is to provide meaningful and affordable volunteering placements to our volunteers without sacrificing neither service nor quality; and the capacity to deliver this volunteer resource and funding directly to grass root projects, local non-governmental and public organisations in rural and urban communities in need worldwide.

Year Founded: 2005