Volunteer in kenya::Fadhili community

Many People like to volunteer to make a difference in the lives of people. That is a positive attitude! Fadhili Helpers works in collaboration with several orphanages and other Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Shana

registered in Kenya mainly with objectives to alleviate poverty and promote sustainable rural development in Kenya; provide relief and empower the poor (and vulnerable groups) who constitute over 60% of Kenya’s rural population. Fadhili Helpers is a specialized agency with the mandate to, among other things, organize for Group/individual volunteering, student exchange programs and attachments from within and outside the country.

Our volunteer placement are open every month throughout the year. However we are only able to conduct orientation on either the 1st or the 15th of any month and not any other date. So when you book your flights, make sure that you have this in mind.

The many projects that we work with are needy. A helping hand is usually welcome with open hands. The work ranges from teaching children, cleaning, helping with infants and so on. We receive many requests from these organizations to send them volunteers. The people that would want to work in an orphanage can stay for up to a year. Others will choose to stay for shorter periods of time. However we have a policy here in Fadhili Helpers that any volunteer will have to work for a minimum of 2 weeks.

Volunteers that work in these projects will usually live with a local family that lives near the homes. In fact, all the volunteers that we have had before lived in a home-stay with a local family. Work begins at 8.00 in the morning until about 3.00 in the afternoon. Here is a volunteer typical day:

8.00AM volunteer leaves home and is dropped (or walks) to the project;
The volunteer joins with the local staff. You will be given a duty roster and a plan for your work. There is usually a tea break and a lunch break.
Work at the project usually ends at 3.00PM-4.00PM. The volunteer at this point is free to visit and see places around or do shopping. Usually we will have a guide to take you around. You may also want to hang out with the kids up to around 6.00PM. Some Christian volunteers like to take this time to do ministry in the slums or other places.
On Saturdays, Volunteers join local team and we visit other orphanages (or other children helping organizations) to just love the children. Some Saturdays we take the volunteers to site-see and feed monkeys! We also do have a bible club that we do in the slums. We have a team that reaches out to the slum kids every Saturday.
Sunday is church day. It is assumed that volunteers will accompany their host family to their church

The cost of living in a home-stay is relatively cheap compared to staying in a guest house. Please check out our Programs