Day One:
- – Arrival and ground transportation to Good Villages center
- – Greetings and dinner
- – Introduction to host families
- – Welcome celebration
Day Two
- – Introduction to Good Villages
- – What to expect during your volunteer stay
- – Walk a day in a villager’s shoes – sell bananas in the market, fetch water to prepare dinner, etc.
- – Lunch with host family
- – Resume villager duties – dinner preparation, cleaning, homework help, etc.
- – Dinner with host family
Day Three
- – Skill-based breakout sessions describing Good Villages initiatives to volunteers
- – Agriculture
- – Education
- – Infrastructure
- – Lunch with host family
- – Volunteers share Good Villages initiatives with villagers and break off into small groups to plan skill-based learning activities
- – Dinner with host family
- – Clean up, homework help, etc.
Day Four
- – Volunteer at Good Villages center to help build housing, staff computer lab, help at the library, teach skills classes and collect/distribute school supplies
- – Lunch with host family
- – Continue volunteer shifts at Good Villages center
- – Dinner with host family
- – Clean up, homework help, etc.
Day Five
- – Volunteer at Good Villages center to help build school buildings, staff computer lab, help at the library, teach skills classes and collect/distribute school supplies
- – Lunch with host family
- – Continue volunteer shifts at Good Villages center
- – Dinner with host family
- – Clean up, homework help, etc.
Day Six
- – Volunteer to teach agriculture and subsistence farming techniques to villagers
- – Help work crops, gardens and livestock
- – Lunch with host family
- – Continue volunteer shifts working crops, gardens and livestock
- – Dinner with host family
- – Clean up, homework help, etc.
Day Seven
- – Meet at Good Villages center to wrap up village work
- – Share success stories, challenges and recommendations
- – Lunch with host family
- – Volunteer opportunity of choice: agriculture, infrastructure, education
- – Dinner with host family
- – Farewell celebration
- – Clean up, homework help, etc.
Days Eight, Nine and Ten
- – Travel to Maasai Mara Wildlife Park
- – Three-day photo safari and activities TBD
- – See lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants and the Maasai Giraffe, the largest giraffe species
- – Return to Nairobi and fly home
PACKING LIST
Summers in Western Kenya are hot, humid and dry. Be sure and pack plenty of sunscreen.
- Toiletries (and wet wipes)
- Sunscreen
- Headlamp/LED torches for getting around at night
- Sunglasses to protect against the hot African sun
- Insect repellent
- First aid kit & regular medication
- Sturdy closed toe shoes or hiking boots
- ‘Around the camp’ shoes or flip flops
- Camera (including batteries and SD card)
- Pocket knife
- Solar panel charger
- Rucksack
- Day pack
- Lip balm to protect against dry African air, the wind in your face on safari and dust during dry season
- Refillable water canteen so you don’t have to buy plastic bottles
RESOURCES
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