T.H.I.V.S 2008 International Placements Opportunities in Kenya

A. Period: Workcamps available for 1, 2, 3 weeks. Voluntary projects in 1 to 12 months in Kenya, East Africa
B. Cost: 1 week: 90 euro, 2 weeks - 190 euro, 3 weeks - 250 euro and 250 euro for every month except for one health.
C. Placement Dates: Select the dates when you are available or the ones provided at our Workcamps and Projects full-lists.

1. Volunteer Work with Children
The Volunteer in this rewarding placement provides important assistance to orphaned needy children who are homeless, parentless, abandoned and lonely. Share in their dreams, emotions and inspiration in life.
a. Project Work
The volunteer spends time teaching, artistic activities, music, providing health care, preparing meals, bedding, counseling, games, picnics and assisting with administration.

2. Environment Conservation           
Help in saving the Kenya's biodiversity and environment which is facing major threats. Your contribution will help community’s tame desertification, protect ancient rain-forest, save water resources and help local communities to access clean water and air for sustainable development. Join in efforts to save it now.
a. Nature of Work
Environmental Education, Scientific study, Research, Nature-based Income-generation Schemes and afforestation.

3. Human Rights, Social Justice and Good Governance
International volunteers are working actively with local grassroots human rights organisations to promote human rights, social justice, good governance, democracy and the rule of law.
a. Project Work: Education and advocacy campaigns in issues like civil and political rights, socio-economic and cultural rights, extra-judicial executions, public accountability, terrorism, administration of justice, crimes against humanity, children’s rights, capital punishment and assisting victims of rights violations among others.

d. Participants are students and practitioners of law, social, history, culture, international, economics and related studies, human rights activists, advocates, lawyers, public educators, media among others disciplines/ interests. 

4. Wildlife Volunteering
Volunteer work with wild animals projects to share our passion for wildlife and its conservation. Many animals face threatened by expanding human population and settlement, poaching and game-sports.
a. Project work: Ecological care, game census, maintenance of infrastructure, game darting procedures, capturing and relocating animals, predator research, game monitoring, assist a wildlife vet with treatment caring of the injured and orphaned animals, natural resource management, patrols and public education.

5. Teaching Projects
Teaching is among our most popular volunteer project and helps impart elementary knowledge to our pupil.
a. Project Work
Teach English, mathematics, history, sciences, geography, social, artistic or religious studies on your gap year. It’s a great opportunity to interact with students and teachers while tasting the Kenya culture.

6. Museum Volunteer Work
Volunteers are an integral part in preservation of our world’s rich historical art-facts and monuments and make essential contribution by transforming the mission of the museums into reality.
a. Project Work:
Research, collections and prepare exhibitions, museum displays, make presentations, administration support, conduct docents, public educational circuits and assist the curatorial staff at this beach-front Museum.

7. Emergences, Disaster Relief and Social Work Volunteering
Join an international organisations working to alleviate human suffering socially, psychologically and emotionally through provision of life-support mechanism in disaster hit areas.
a. Nature of Work: Providing relief to people affected by natural calamities like floods, clashes, blasts, accidents and disease outbreaks. Coordinating blood donations and emergency preparedness awareness, public health education and water and sanitation.

8. Construction ( 3 THIVS Group Placements: 2-20 Volunteers)
Our group construction and renovation projects will help provide decent housing to children, medical access facilities, create learning space and secure a place for public meetings in orphanage, hospitals, community hospitals, schools and social halls respectively at in selected regions.
a. Project Work: The construction and/or renovation include fixing windows, doorframes, roof, the floor, molding bricks, painting, mixing ballast and planning

9. Medical and Health Care
Some of local hospitals have good facilities and equipments but faces enormous deficit in terms of staff and resources to cope with the high number of patients. Come and join to help nurses and doctors to cope with daily work.
a. Project Work:
Pediatrics wards, out and in-patients services, laboratory services, obstetrical and gynecological, wards for male and  female, maternity, dental, Eye-Ear-Nose clinics, post-mortem and funeral home, special medical clinics for diabetes, hypertension, asthma, cardiac, HIV/Aids testing and counseling.

10. Dental Service Volunteering (Special Work-Camps)
Kenya dental units are few and the hospitals are abuzz with patients and doctors can’t cope with the care needs.
a. Project Work: Oral hygiene instruction, extractions of adults and children, fillings, amalgam, dentures and public outreach and education. A great opportunity for dentists and any student of dental study.

 
11. Farm Work Volunteering  
Help local communities boost food production to curb hunger, malnutrition and boost financial income. Farm-work is for everybody! It’ fun and educational, both to first-time farm visitors and seasoned hands.
a. Project Work
Digging, planting, harvesting produce, milking, tractor work, feeding cattle, milk delivery and marketing produces.

12. Children, Girls, Youths and Women Empowerment