*The 2009 Kenya year long program is postponed due to unforeseen circumstances.*

WorldTeach volunteers on the Kenya Year program will have the unique opportunity to assist classroom teachers in the Nyumbani Village. In addition, volunteers will spend two weeks at its sister institution, the Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi, the first home of its kind in Kenya for HIV positive orphans.  Founded by the visionary Jesuit priest, Fr. Angelo D’Agostino, both are important prongs of his initiative to care for children hit by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Kenya. 

Nyumbani Village (which means "home" in Swahili) is in Kitui, about three hours northeast of Nairobi, in a reasonably safe region of the country.  The Village was created solely for these children and their care-givers, who are usually grandparents; children without relatives to care for them are assigned to other caregivers. Houses are clustered in groups around the center of the community buildings, including the school. Each “family” has a small piece of land for their own cultivation, but the large-scale farming for the community is on the land surrounding the central Village.  Organic farming is practiced, and water conservation taken very seriously in this semi-arid countryside.  Just opened in 2006, construction of houses and other buildings for the community continues. 

WorldTeach volunteers will assist the elementary school teachers at the local school.  Volunteers spend time in an orphanage in Nairobi and also at the Village for the remainder of orientation training.  The volunteers also assist with second semester classes, from August-November, and then after a long break in December (during which they may remain at the Village if they wish) they will return to assist for the first semester of the following year.

In particular volunteers will assist with English in the classrooms.  Children from the surrounding villages may also attend the school at the Village.  WorldTeach volunteers will also be highly encouraged to engage the students in extracurricular activities of all sorts. Volunteers may also work on the farm if they are interested.

Volunteers will live in special volunteer housing at the Village.  Their food will be provided, and they will be given a living allowance of approximately US$100 per month.

Unlike most of our programs, and due to the small number of volunteers, there will not be a WorldTeach field director in Kenya. 

All volunteers will pay a participation fee of US$5,990 per person.

Please begin the online portion of your WorldTeach application now, or write to us at info@worldteach.org with questions, which we will respond to immediately!

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