Sam Education Centre (SEC), Kenya

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We do also run a three week work camp to raise funds for school infrastructural development like building classrooms. Volunteers who want to came for a team workcamp to are expected to pay EUR 400 to cater for the following:

• Food during the workcamp

• Airport Pick-Up from Kisumu, Kenya to Rusinga Island

• Airport Drop-Off at Kisumu, Kenya from Rusinga Island.

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It is an interesting and meaningful way to travel with purpose and spend 2-3 weeks in a foreign environment. Our work camp Programs are made up of 8-15 people from different countries. They work together towards a certain aim, like building a house for a widow, constructing a new schoolroom or raising awareness about a certain topics, like HIV/AIDS. A short orientation session is given to the volunteers before the project begins to help them get acquainted with the project aims, the host organization, the local customs and culture.

Participating in aworkcamp program has many benefits. Working and living together with other volunteers from around the world provides an excellent opportunity to make many new friends, learn about unknown places and cultures, and gain new skills and experience while making a difference in areas where help is really needed.

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Arrival and Orientation

 

All volunteers taking part in this project will be picked up from Kisumu International Airport, Nairobi. SEC School will transportation from the airport to the workcamp venue in Rusinga Island.

There will be a one-day orientation for all participants the day before the workcamp starts.

Participation Fee

Volunteers participating in a workcamp will be required to pay 265 Euros. The fee has to be paid upfront on arrival in full. The workcamp fee includes the following:

• Airport pick up upon arrival & Airport drop off after the workcamp

• Up to 1 nights’ accommodation in Kisumu if your flight arrives late (Before you book, contact us for more detail on the arrival time)

• Introduction to Kenyan life through a our local coordinator

• Workcamp Orientation at the SEC Centre Rusinga Island (workcamp site)

• Food (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

• Workcamp facilitation and mentoring of volunteers by an experienced workcamp leader

• Certificate of participation for the volunteer

• All administrative costs 

The following costs are NOT included:

• Cost of drinks like soda, beer, mineral water etc

• Cost of sightseeing

• Visa costs

• Direct donations to the project

• Local traveling

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What to Bring

 

• Sleeping bag, sleeping mat and mosquito net are necessary. You can also bring photos of your country, clothes, books, pens, toys etc.

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Tours and Safaris

SEC School organizes tours and safaris to spectacular sites of interest in Kenya. Volunteers, who wish to participate, should let us know as soon as possible in order to enable us to make proper arrangements. The fee charged is all-inclusive of meals, transport, park entry fees, accommodation and tour guiding. The cost of a 2 days safari to Lake Victoria Islands and Ruma National Park is 165 Euro. It includes:

• Day 1: Rusinga - Mfangano and other nearby Islands

• Your Safari to Mfangano and other nearby Islands will start in the morning at Rusinga Island. From here you will be driven across the lake to other Islands to watch birds, meet the fishermen community as well as other local museum.

• Day 2: Ruma National Park

• On the second day you have a game viewing drive in the morning and in the evening at Ruma National Park. You will return to the camp in the evening.

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