This Is What A Volunteer Trip Feels Like

OneKid has been working in Kenya since 2006. Our first project was a simple science lab at the Nyamasare Girls School in Mbita, Kenya. Since then, we have built dorms, science labs, classrooms, bathrooms and kitchens, installed solar power and water catchment systems and paid tuition for hundreds of students and salaries for teachers and nurses at more than 15 schools in three different areas in Kenya.

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This is text that makes the point that these trips are driven by volunteers - by people like you reading this now who - this is where we need to really define the "volunteer" text - as this will be used on every Country page and in many different places on the site:

• What is the "promise" of the trip?

• what are the benefits for the children - what are the benefits for the volunteer

• what is the volunteer going to "get" by doing this that they couldn't get anywhere else?

• How many people have gone through it?

• Is there anything "Country" specific

About Our Kenya Projects

Nyamasare Secondary Girls Orphanage
Suba, Kenya

We have built a two-story computer center/library, a science lab, four classrooms, teacher’s quarters, a dorm and a fresh water catchment system (all SOLAR POWERED).  We bought textbooks, school supplies and athletic equipment for the entire school, as well as bunk beds and mosquito nets for the dorm.  We have also paid tuition for over 300 girls at the school.

Lolkuniyani Primary School
Samburu, Kenya

We have built six new classrooms and four teachers’ quarters.  We have paid six teachers’ salaries as well as buying desks, textbooks and school supplies for the entire school.   We have also built a fresh water catchment system for the school.  In three years the school has doubled in size and in 2014 we completed a dorm for the students.

Naiusayni Primary School
Samburu, Kenya

We have bought water for the entire school for six months as well as textbooks and desks.

Dr. Williams Primary School
Rusinga Island, Kenya

We have built five new classrooms at the school as well as buying textbook, school supplies, bookshelves and desks for the students.

Kamensangre Mixed Secondary School
Rusinga Island, Kenya

We have built a new science lab that will allow students to take national exams for the first time, as well as bought desks, bookshelves and books for the entire school.

Uya Primary School
Rusinga Island, Kenya

In our 2014 visit we saw the 6 new classrooms that have been built since we began helping, classrooms in 2011 and in 2012 a science lab.  We’ve provided school supplies like textbooks for hundreds of students and have built bookshelves and paid teacher salaries.

Kaswanga Girls Secondary School
Rusinga Island Kenya

Since we began working with this school we have built 6 separate classrooms, supplied textbooks and badly needed school supplies.  We have also donated athletic equipment so the students can have some fun as well as needed feminine hygiene products.  In 2015 we built a science lab that has enabled the students to take their National Exams for the first time. In 2017, we will be building a new dorm to house many more students.

Stephen Kirindo Primary School
Mbita, Kenya

We have built a science lab and started several school programs, in including a journalism class and school paper.

Rusinga  Girls Secondary School
Rusinga Island, Kenya

In 2017, we will be building a science lab for this school. This will enable the students to take National Exams for the first time.

Check Out Our Previous Trips To Kenya

Click through images below to see the different projects tackled over the years: