Opportunity Details

Arrive enthusiastically invites you to rural western Kenya to volunteer. Currently, Arrive is offering volunteer placement in Uriri, Migori County, Kenya.

Arrive is dedicated to offering the best worthwhile, genuine, and cost-efficient volunteer experience in the world. The founders of Arrive believe every person is different and has different skills, and that those skills should be used in the volunteer project. Flexibility is essential when determining the best possible volunteer program for each individual volunteer. However, most volunteers can choose a wide variety of volunteer activities that fall under one of the three pillars of volunteer work: Education, Health, and Community Development.
Education

Education is vital to development. Arrive believes that education is critical to achieve progress. Helping in the education system directly puts the volunteer in touch with Kenya’s youth. Education is the only hope for many of these children to live a life not under the poverty line, and therefore is simply a vital part of Arrive’s volunteer programs. Education related volunteer programs include: academic (science, math, and English teaching), sports education, dance education, music education, counseling and so much more. Helping to improve the education system by being in the classroom to encourage and motivate students is invaluable.

Health

Health is vital to survival yet is often forgone because of lack of money or accessible medication. Arrive believes in a proactive approach (where a volunteer can help teach people in the community about health hazards and how to avoid these hazards) and traditional medical help (for example, working in a medical clinic). There are many diseases in East Africa, such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, ringworms, tuberculosis, and more. Luckily, most of these diseases can be completely prevented by education about the disease and proactive action, like ensuring mosquito nets for everyone. Other diseases can be cured with medication that costs under $1, but still the diseases go untreated due to lack of money. Even basic knowledge such as correct hair care can eliminate ringworms, and volunteers will help the local people with these issues. Volunteers can also work on clean water projects and other health related improvements.

Community Development

Community development is essential to growth, both economic and social. By adding infrastructure that ensures clean water, for example, will greatly help the people who do not have access to clean water right now. Building homes, making roads, and other projects will enable the small rural communities to begin and sustain the growth they want. Each of these aspects is extremely important in improving the lives of local people and giving them hope and opportunity to progress in life. Volunteers can choose different programs based on what they see – Arrive encourages volunteers to help build the community in many ways.
ho can volunteer?

Anyone who is over the age of 18 can volunteer. You can even volunteer in groups!

Will I need to learn a new language?
Most likely, no. If you are fluent in English, you will be able to communicate with most of the people in Kenya. Most Kenyans, even at a very young age, speak at least three languages: their tribal language, Swahili, and English. Most schools teach in English, and encourage students to speak it daily, because they know it is the most internationally understood language, .

Where will I be placed?
Currently, volunteers will most likely be placed at the Light Home of Hope in Uriri, Migori County, Kenya. If volunteers prefer a different location, special arrangements can be made.

What are accommodations and food like?
Accommodations have amenities meant to make the volunteer feel at home. Western-style toilets and hot showers are not common throughout western Kenya, but are available to volunteers. Food is a combination of traditional cuisine and basic American style. Meals can be made to a volunteer’s reasonable requests, but are limited by the local constraints. Volunteers stay with host families to fully embrace the culture of the region. These homes provide the volunteer with living conditions that exceed their own day-to-day standards.

Can I travel while I volunteer?

Yes, Arrive encourages travel as part of a worthwhile trip to Africa. Arrive can help organize activities in Nairobi (monkey park, Giraffe Center, and more), day trips (such as to the Lake Victoria), professional multi-day safaris to Maasai Mara, visits and extended trips to Maasai tribes, visits to other volunteer placements around Kenya, and even ascents of Africa’s tallest mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro (Mt. Kilimanjaro climbs must be booked in advance). ARRIVE works closely with Kilimanjaro Nature, a climbing company founded by expert climber Baraka Dalali. You can visit Kilimanjaro Nature at www.KilimanjaroNature.com. Arrive also works with the AME – Authentic Maasai Experience, a company founded Mr. Lenny Ole Amponi. The goal of AME is to show foreigners the true lifestyle of the famous Maasai people by having the guest live with the Maasai and take part in all aspects of the tribe’s culture.

How long do I volunteer for?

The minimum length is one week, and we do not have a maximum lengths. most volunteers stay a minimum of two week.

How will people contact me?
When a volunteer arrives in Kenya, one option is to buy a Safaricom mobile phone. These cost about $20 U.S.D., plus an additional $10 U.S.D. per week for credits. From this phone, you can make calls and receive international calls as well. There are internet cafes in Kisii, but if you bring a laptop you can also buy a Safaricom mobile hotspot adapter and receive internet in Keumbu. However, a laptop is not necessary

What is a volunteer’s typical day?
On a weekday, a volunteer will wake up between 8:00AM and 9:00AM The volunteer will eat breakfast then go to his or her placement (medical clinic, school, etc), where they will work in the morning, take lunch, and continue in the afternoon until 3:00PM or 4:00PM. Upon arriving home, a volunteer may have free time, or the volunteer will need to complete chores such as washing clothes, tending to livestock, cooking, etc. Dinner is taken in late evening and anytime after dinner before bed is free time for the volunteer. Weekends are left up to the volunteer. Some weekends are spent relaxing and traveling while others are spent doing certain chores (retrieving drinking water, visiting the market, etc).

Can I extend my volunteer stay in Kenya?
It is very easy for volunteers to extend their stay if they wish. All arrangements can be done in Kenya. Volunteers will pay the same weekly cost, but volunteers will be responsible for changing their flights and extending travel insurance.

What if I don’t like my volunteer program?
The management of Arrive in Kenya will determine the most opportune volunteer placement for each individual volunteer by two factors: 1) what type of volunteer work the person plans to do, and 2) the personality of the person. If you do not like your placement, it is always possible to switch.

How much spending money will I need?
Volunteers will spend an average of $20 per week, but may want to bring more money in case they want to travel, purchase goods like a phone a souvenirs, occasionally eat out, or engage in other activities not included by Arrive.

Will I be working with other volunteers?
If other volunteers sign up with Arrive for the same time you do, then you are able to work with other volunteers. However, if you wish to work with just the native people of Kenya, that can also be arranged.

Are there volunteer group discounts?

Yes! If you come as a group of three or four volunteers, each volunteer gets a $15.00 (6.7%) discount on his or her weekly volunteer fee. If you come as a group of five or more volunteers, each volunteer gets a $25 (11%) discount on his or her weekly volunteer fee. Plus, you will pay less (per person) for extra safaris, travel, and other activities!

What about travel insurance, flights, vaccinations and visas?
Arrive in Kenya has experience when dealing with travel insurance, flight options, pre-trip vaccinations, and visas. Being there every step of the way to help each individual volunteer is included in the volunteer cost when you book a volunteer program with Arrive. When a volunteer commits to volunteering, a detailed checklist and instruction packet will be sent to him/her. Arrive requires that volunteers purchase travel insurance before their trip. Volunteers are responsible for arranging flights. Volunteers are responsible for receiving the proper vaccinations before their trip begins (volunteers will receive a list of needed vaccinations upon registration). Visas are available in advance or at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (for a surcharge of $10 USD), and are usually valid for a 3 month stay in Kenya.

How much does volunteering cost, and what exactly am I paying for?
Many volunteer organizations charge people a tremendous amount of money to volunteer. Some organizations charge up to $3,000 (U.S.D) per week! We at Arrive vow to keep our volunteer fees as low as possible. What’s more, the money volunteers pay either gets put back into the local community (for example, using the money to buy food for the volunteer to eat) or is used to support Arrive in Kenya and their volunteer programs. Arrive vows to keep the volunteer fee as low as possible because the founders realize the sacrifice volunteers make and the amazing impact they produce in Kenya. Of course, there are costs involved, but volunteers should know that most money they pay goes toward providing necessities while the volunteer is in Kenya, helping local people in need, and securing the future and continued success of Arrive. Volunteers must pay $225 per week. This includes:

Volunteer projects – flexible programs fit to you!
Homestay-with beds, mattresses, a western-style toilet, and hot shower
Food – most volunteers take an active role in helping to prepare meals, and ARRIVE promises there will be more than enough food
24/7 support
This does NOT include:

Travel insurance
Flights
Pre-trip vaccinations
Extras like safaris or outreaches

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

CAP is seeking volunteers to read with our younger (K-5th grade) students. All volunteer must pass a background check/fingerprinting. Tutoring opportunities are Mon-Thurs from 2:30 to 5:30 during the school year.
CAP also need math tutors for the same times and with the same requirements.
We need help with web design/maintenance, IT, event planning, PR/publicist, and more!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

We take children on voyages as readers and writers, and we’re on the lookout for volunteers to join our crew.

Through our after-school programme, we develop the literacy, confidence and perseverance of children aged 9-13, who are falling behind in class and have fewer opportunities in their personal lives, so that they can succeed at school and beyond.

Children join our weekly afterschool program, either online or at our Pirate themed space in Hackney to practise their reading and writing. By welcoming them into our joyful spaces, publishing their work in the real world, and celebrating everything they do, we develop their literacy, confidence and perseverance.

We’re looking for people who are positive about social change and love literacy. No experience working with children or young people is necessary as full training is provided.

Sessions run during term time Mon-Fri, 3:45-6:15/45pm.


Location of Pirates Ship.

Hackney Location -138 Kingsland High Street, E8 2NS.


Join Our Crew

Find out more and sign up to volunteer by visiting: https://literacypirates.org/volunteer/

Email: volunteering@literacypirates.org

Opportunity Details

38,000 people benefit in just 7 months

Join us on Thursday's in Novato to pass out food, set up, show your Zumba skills, enjoy yourselves while helping the less fortunate in our community.

Free, nutritious food; health education; cooking demonstrations; screenings for diabetes and hypertension – and Zumba dancing!

It all comes together at Marin Community Clinics’ weekly Health Hubs, held at our San Rafael and Novato clinics.

Despite its overall high income level, Marin County continues to have great economic disparities. Some can’t afford to put healthy food on the table, and others don’t have easy access to important health information, let alone screening for common chronic diseases.

Building health and communities
The goal of the Health Hubs is to serve families, seniors, and the working poor who often have to choose between buying healthy food, purchasing gas to travel to work, or paying for needed medical care.

Our Health Hubs are unique
The program is multi-lingual and multi-cultural, providing relevant resources while creating opportunities to promote healthy lifetime choices.

Partnership among participants - SFMarin Food Bank, ExtraFood.org, Marin Community Clinics, and many other community-based organizations.

Rain or Shine - We have a drive-through line for the food bank, which is great when the weather is bad.

“Interactive, fun, and family-oriented. It’s about building health and stronger communities.” - Florencia Parada, Health Hub Supervisor

Snapshot : June – December 2015
11,700 attended (average 450/week)
38,298 household members benefited
505 screened for diabetes and hypertension
170 referred for screening follow-up
30 volunteers/week (more are needed!)

Health Hubs are held:
~ every Wednesday in San Rafael (3110 Kerner Blvd.) 2:30 – 5:30 pm in winter; 3 – 6 pm rest of year
~ every Thursday in Novato (6100 Redwood Blvd.); 2:30 – 5:30 pm in winter; 3 – 6 pm rest of year.

What participants say
“There are times when we don’t have money to have food on our table, so the bag of food that I can get from the Clinics helps us a lot…especially in winter when my husband can’t find work and because I am not working because of back issues. “(translated from Spanish) –Lucia Rodas, community member

“…many people don’t know where to go for support and help… The Clinic is an ideal place to get medical help and a place to learn about other resources that can help patients’ health, like the Health Hubs.” –Carole Hirokane, Clinics patient

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Hub Helper	10	n/a	n/a
Health Hub Set-UP	10	n/a	n/a
Hub Helper	10	n/a	n/a
Hub Helper	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Do you enjoy networking and business development? Want to help empower children in under-served communities? Join Books of Joy as a volunteer Corporate Relations Development Manager.

Books of Joy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to empower children in under-served communities to achieve their full potential through education. We partner with local communities to provide books, school supplies, create educational programs and establish learning environments to promote literacy. Our organization is entirely run by volunteers. We are seeking a volunteer Corporate Relations Development Manager to identify and build strategic relationship with corporate partners who share similar values to Books of Joy, and help broaden our impact of empowering children with education.

Responsibilities:
- Research and secure corporate partner support for our cause and build strategic alliance
- Develop and implement a corporate development strategy, researching and identifying prospective corporate partners with synergies in mission with our organization
- Conduct business development activities, identifying appropriate contacts and building partnership opportunities
- Collaborate with companies' giving departments in designating corporate contributions, workplace giving and matching gifts to our children's educational programs
- Co-design programs with corporations that bring transformational change in children's education

Qualifications:
- Ability to present our vision to potential partners and funders
- Knowledge of corporate businesses and potential partners
- Strong interpersonal and networking skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team

Commitment:
- Flexible; 2 hours per week

If you're interested, please email us at volunteer@booksofjoy.org. Thank you for your support in providing the opportunity of education to every child in the world.

Opportunity Details

Do you enjoy writing and researching? Want to help empower children in under-served communities? Join Books of Joy as a volunteer grant writer and researcher.

Books of Joy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to empower children in under-served communities to achieve their full potential through education. We partner with local communities to provide books, school supplies, create educational programs and establish learning environments to promote literacy. Our organization is entirely run by volunteers. We are seeking a volunteer grant writer to research, identify and write grant proposals to foundations, corporations, government and other grant-making organizations.

Responsibilities:
- Work with the team to understand Books of Joy's mission and programs
- Research and identify potential grant opportunities
- Write persuasive grant proposals

Qualifications:
- Grant writing and research experience preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team

Commitment:
- Flexible 2 to 4 hours per week

If you're interested, please email us at volunteer@booksofjoy.org. Thank you for your support in providing the opportunity of education to every child in the world.

Opportunity Details

We are looking for individuals to help teach our 5K to 8th grade students for our summer program. Our curriculum includes dance, step, Zumba, aerospace, biology, technology, art, music, money management, and nail tech. We are also looking for tutors.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	20	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

With our program, volunteers (Reading Buddies) work one-on-one with 2nd grade students reading below grade level. Our Reading Buddies commit to just one hour a week to work with two 2nd grade students (thirty minutes with each student) for an entire school year. 

Our staff at San Antonio Youth Literacy provides an hour and a half training that prepares all our Reading Buddies for reading tutoring. We also provide continued support throughout the year, so you never feel like you are in this alone! Your school choice will be based on your preferred location and time you are available during the day. We always work to place you in a school that is most convenient for you! 

Please visit our website to sign up for a training and begin the journey to become a Reading Buddy!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Reading Buddy Volunteer	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

38,000 people benefit in just 7 months

Join us on Wednesday's in San Rafael to set up for Farmers Market style food distribution, pass out food to the less fortunate in our community, show off your Zumba skills while teaching great exercise practices, be a part of a community that supports each other.

Free, nutritious food; health education; cooking demonstrations; screenings for diabetes and hypertension – and Zumba dancing!
It all comes together at Marin Community Clinics’ weekly Health Hubs, held at our San Rafael and Novato clinics.

Building health and communities
The goal of the Health Hubs is to serve families, seniors, and the working poor who often have to choose between buying healthy food, purchasing gas to travel to work, or paying for needed medical care.

Our Health Hubs are unique
The program is multi-lingual and multi-cultural, providing relevant resources while creating opportunities to promote healthy lifetime choices.

Partnership among participants - SFMarin Food Bank, ExtraFood.org, Marin Community Clinics, and many other community-based organizations.

Rain or Shine - We have a drive-through line for the food bank, which is great when the weather is bad.

Snapshot : June – December 2015
11,700 attended (average 450/week)
38,298 household members benefited
505 screened for diabetes and hypertension
170 referred for screening follow-up
30 volunteers/week (more are needed!)

Health Hubs are held:
~ every Wednesday in San Rafael (3110 Kerner Blvd.) 2:30 – 5:30 pm in winter; 3 – 6 pm rest of year
~ every Thursday in Novato (6100 Redwood Blvd.); 2:30 – 5:30 pm in winter; 3 – 6 pm rest of year.

What participants say
“There are times when we don’t have money to have food on our table, so the bag of food that I can get from the Clinics helps us a lot…especially in winter when my husband can’t find work and because I am not working because of back issues. “(translated from Spanish) –Lucia Rodas, community member

“…many people don’t know where to go for support and help… The Clinic is an ideal place to get medical help and a place to learn about other resources that can help patients’ health, like the Health Hubs.” –Carole Hirokane, Clinics patient

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Hub Helper	10	n/a	n/a
Health Hub Set-UP	10	n/a	n/a
Hub Helper	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

My Very Own Library is a literacy initiative that helps students build their own home libraries. On June 2nd, we will be hosting the culmination event at the Blue Rocks Stadium in Wilmington, We are looking to serve 5,000 students, teachers, families and other people within our local communities. United Way of Delaware is seeking volunteers to assist in the rolling out of the event on this day. From Setting up, to registration, guiding our VIPS, to being a exhibitor assistant to joining the planning committee, your help is a vital part of this event.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a