Help with community project in Takawiri island along lake Victoria Kenya.

Location: Mbita, Kenya

We mostly need help in the feeding program, widow empowerment and creation of stable organization for the vulnerable children in the Takawiri village who go to school without the first meal of the day as some of them are orphans, and some of them are really poor. As we all know, the first meal of the day is the most important meal but unfortunately, these little ones spend all morning until 1 pm with an empty stomach. This really touched me and i thought of a solution on how to help these children so that they don't starve during their school. So I invested some money I had and began the Food Program just in order make their lives better.

At this very moment, we have over 100 children who are being taken care of under this program.
There are total of 380 students in the two schools but unfortunately we can't cater to all of them because of lack of funds.

The children are very talented, energetic, full of zeal, they get attached to people very easily and once you are here playing with them, you will be their idol as soon as they see you!

EDUCATION

Volunteering with us in the program is a unique opportunity to improve people's lives. The Food Program is not the only project I am handling but it also aims to educate them moral values and skills to make them better persons in their future lives by which they can help their community.

We finally managed to create the first library on Takawiri! Both the children and the adults sorely need something to read. If you have any books you are finished with, or if you can bring any books from home and donate them to our small, but growing collection, that would be very much appreciated. English or Swahili is preferred, however your fellow work awayers may also enjoy books in other languages.

Also, any old or new smart phones, laptops, digital readers or tablets would also help open up the world to the children of Takawiri! If possible it would help if you could download any free content (games, language and educational apps, or books) as we have limited internet here.

WORKING ARRANGEMENT

We mostly need help in the feeding program, widow empowerment and creation of stable organization for the vulnerable children in the Takawiri village who go to school without the first meal of the day as some of them are orphans, and some of them are really poor. As we all know, the first meal of the day is the most important meal but unfortunately, these little ones spend all morning until 1 pm with an empty stomach. This really touched me and i thought of a solution on how to help these children so that they don't starve during their school. So I invested some money I had and began the Food Program just in order make their lives better.

At this very moment, we have over 100 children who are being taken care of under this program.
There are total of 380 students in the two schools but unfortunately we can't cater to all of them because of lack of funds.

The children are very talented, energetic, full of zeal, they get attached to people very easily and once you are here playing with them, you will be their idol as soon as they see you!

EDUCATION

Volunteering with us in the program is a unique opportunity to improve people's lives. The Food Program is not the only project I am handling but it also aims to educate them moral values and skills to make them better persons in their future lives by which they can help their community.

We finally managed to create the first library on Takawiri! Both the children and the adults sorely need something to read. If you have any books you are finished with, or if you can bring any books from home and donate them to our small, but growing collection, that would be very much appreciated. English or Swahili is preferred, however your fellow work awayers may also enjoy books in other languages.

Also, any old or new smart phones, laptops, digital readers or tablets would also help open up the world to the children of Takawiri! If possible it would help if you could download any free content (games, language and educational apps, or books) as we have limited internet here.
We work for 2-3hours daily

LIVING ARRANGEMENT

We stay with our volunteers in our compound and we provide three meals a day and mosquito nets and beds .