What we need
Dehecco orphaned/vulnerable children project
As well as donations,Dehecco Foundation heavily relies on volunteers in order that our many pro gram mes can continue. We welcome people from all over the world, of all ages and genders, who can offer help through their experiences, skills,ideas and hard work. Although there are specific roles that need filling, we also encourage individuals who have alternative project ideas (as long as they fit in with the foundation’s aims and objects) to contact us. We want you to get as much out of your experience as possible whilst at the same time, making a difference in the lives of some of the most poverty-stricken people in the rural villages of Kenya.
We are pleased to inform you that we actually do appreciate your interest to come and join us here in Kenya to help us with work in our organization.So we are giving you more details about us based on what we offer to the community.The following are major areas of focus that we do particularly deal with:
VOLUNTEERS SKILLS REQUIRED:
24 Ministry work
25. Training the community in alternatives to organic farming,micro business development,Income generation activities to support widows and Orphan rehabilitation.
SOCIAL CHALLENGES
Firstly due to increased orphans in the community there is a large population of the people who are living with HIV/AIDS viruses or have already died of it.Therefore families often suffer even if only one parent dies while the children are young.most of these families consists of many children an average of 5-10 children per wife.Therefore when a parent dies the children become orphaned due to inability to care for many children economically,socially and spiritually.The children are being left with neighbors/family members however many of them are not properly cared for and eventually end up living on the streets of the nearest town.The streets lead the children to begging for food,sniffing glue to keep them warm in the night.So it is our responsibility together with volunteers who join us each year to work hand in hand so as to rehabilitate them,feed them,clothe them and educating them so that they may be able to compete with their peers when they enter job market.Apart from that they are also on counseled how to live positively and how to adapt life without parents.While also being made to feel an important and productive part of the society.We now have over 200 orphans aged between 1-15 years and we have divided them into different age groups where we do attend to them easily at the center.Secondly the community around us is living in poverty and exposed to many environmental hazards which increases the risk of a child being born with disability.There is is no schools/community based organization around us which assists individuals with disabilities and teach them how to adapt and earn a living.This has resulted them to begging so children who are born with or acquire a disability are faced with discrimination and segregation due to their physical or mental limitations/appearance which has proven to leave them stressed,depressed or psychologically wounded.We have therefore been trying as much as we can to go round the community identifying them and trying to help them in anyway that we can.We are still struggling with some of the willing volunteers who come educating the community on how to handle their fellow members with disability with love and care.I know there is so much that we are doing out here to save the community so we do encourage you to go ahead and arrange your trip here in Kenya and join our us and you will be able to see for yourself what we are doing.You will have a lot to do while hear with us.We welcome you to come and join us together with other volunteers whom we work with.We promise you all the best.In regards to the payments we do provide a safe and a conducive environment, home stays housing and food to our volunteers at an affordable cost per volunteer. In addition to that we do have contribution to the organization to help us run /sustain our programs.
So we take this chance to officially welcome you to join us.We shall reserve for you that chance to come and work with us. Just feel free to contact us we are ready to receive you.We do hope to reading from you giving us details on when to come and how long you expect to stay here with us.
We are pleased to inform you that we actually do appreciate your interest to come and join us here in Kenya to help us with work in our organization.So we are giving you more details about us based on what we offer to the community.The following are major areas of focus that we do particularly deal with:
VOLUNTEERS SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Accounting
- Carpentry
- Clerical
- Computer
- Hardware and installation
- Data base design
- Financial planning
- Fundraising
- Graphic design
- IT support
- IT training and workshop
- Medical and Nursing
- Sales and online marketing
- Special events planning
- Education Teaching exchange program(Primary, secondary and college teachers)
- Tutoring and typing
- Community development
- Micro-finance
- Business management
- Environmental, management research and training.
- Agriculture
- HIV/AIDS
24 Ministry work
25. Training the community in alternatives to organic farming,micro business development,Income generation activities to support widows and Orphan rehabilitation.
SOCIAL CHALLENGES
Firstly due to increased orphans in the community there is a large population of the people who are living with HIV/AIDS viruses or have already died of it.Therefore families often suffer even if only one parent dies while the children are young.most of these families consists of many children an average of 5-10 children per wife.Therefore when a parent dies the children become orphaned due to inability to care for many children economically,socially and spiritually.The children are being left with neighbors/family members however many of them are not properly cared for and eventually end up living on the streets of the nearest town.The streets lead the children to begging for food,sniffing glue to keep them warm in the night.So it is our responsibility together with volunteers who join us each year to work hand in hand so as to rehabilitate them,feed them,clothe them and educating them so that they may be able to compete with their peers when they enter job market.Apart from that they are also on counseled how to live positively and how to adapt life without parents.While also being made to feel an important and productive part of the society.We now have over 200 orphans aged between 1-15 years and we have divided them into different age groups where we do attend to them easily at the center.Secondly the community around us is living in poverty and exposed to many environmental hazards which increases the risk of a child being born with disability.There is is no schools/community based organization around us which assists individuals with disabilities and teach them how to adapt and earn a living.This has resulted them to begging so children who are born with or acquire a disability are faced with discrimination and segregation due to their physical or mental limitations/appearance which has proven to leave them stressed,depressed or psychologically wounded.We have therefore been trying as much as we can to go round the community identifying them and trying to help them in anyway that we can.We are still struggling with some of the willing volunteers who come educating the community on how to handle their fellow members with disability with love and care.I know there is so much that we are doing out here to save the community so we do encourage you to go ahead and arrange your trip here in Kenya and join our us and you will be able to see for yourself what we are doing.You will have a lot to do while hear with us.We welcome you to come and join us together with other volunteers whom we work with.We promise you all the best.In regards to the payments we do provide a safe and a conducive environment, home stays housing and food to our volunteers at an affordable cost per volunteer. In addition to that we do have contribution to the organization to help us run /sustain our programs.
So we take this chance to officially welcome you to join us.We shall reserve for you that chance to come and work with us. Just feel free to contact us we are ready to receive you.We do hope to reading from you giving us details on when to come and how long you expect to stay here with us.