VOLUNTERRING AT MALILI VILLAGE , KENYA... real place ,real culture , meet the real people

ABOUT MALILI

Ranch is between Salama trading centre(near Kiima Kiu) along mombasa Highway and the Machakos turnoff (junction) .

As you approach salama Market,there is an inverted ‘V’ shaped hill,that is Malili hill which adjoins Kiima Kiu hill. A brand new shopping center which will be the divisional head quarters for new malili division is coming up in the area. About 70km from Nairobi along Msa highway .The Ranch was owned by Whiteman who used the place for cattle rearing.It was then relinquished to Africans who bought it as cooperative society.In the past 5 years the land has been subdivided according to the number of shares one held and ballots have been done. People have now settled the area. The area is served with water from mt Kilimanjaro,though its reliabity is a story for another day since the water is diverted to flower farms.

meet one of the youth leaders and the projects coordinator mr Paul Muthusi as he welcome you to come and enjoy this village and partner with the local community in rewarding work camps which run out thr out the year and are very much helpful to the people of malili,

Karibu and be part of the friends of malili worldwide, we hope to make and introduce our village to 500,000. friends from all over the world just write to us and we will reply and honour you with a certificate

contact person:

PAUL MUTHUSI

EMAIL: paulmuthusi@yahoo.com

VOLUNTEERING AT MALILI PRIMARY SCHOOL........KENYA

Brief history of the project: MALILI primary school is a join government and communitarian initiative for the children of the village. It's main sponsor is the local village and it has classes from stad. 1 to stad. 8 and it boosts of good performance in results of stad 8.

Volunteer work: Volunteers' major duties would include:

-Teaching informatics and information technology (I.T.)
-Teaching the pupils English and Math
-Counseling the young girls and boys

Language: English

Special requirements: Volunteers with strong motivation to teach, knowledge of computers and other useful skills.

Details: The volunteers will be working from monday to friday, five hours a day and are needed to assist in the school. However, volunteers with sports background, like football, netball, basketball etc. are also need as sporting activities are an important part of the project improvements. Volunteers need to contribute/initiate ideas and by that would be promoting the growth of the School. This is an opportunity for the volunteers to work at community/grassroots level in capacity building and training in self-sustainability.

Duration of the project: The schools in Kenya (Public Primary Schools) run from January to April, from May to August and from September to November. Any of the terms is open and welcome to participate in the workcamp.

Orientation: Orientation meeting will take place in Nairobi before proceeding to the project.

Accommodation: With a host family (You only buy your food)

Participation fee: None, but donations of any amount to the school are really appreciated.

Leisure activities: In your spare time you will enjoy the beauties of the countryside and friendliness of the people around. Visits to the MALILI MOUNTAIN where there is plenty of wildlife to see, it is just about 5 km or walking distance from the village, infant sometimes animals come as close as to look for drinking water in near by spring, this is a beautiful Kenya area, no tourist attraction but come and explore this area