Blog: Volunteer in Kenya

I knew from the moment I came across Better Me on Facebook that I wanted to volunteer with them at Korando. Halfway through 2016, I made the decision that I was going to quit my job, sell my house, car, and belongings, and travel around the world.  I knew that I...

Back from my adventure in Kenya I would like to give a little insight into the work of BetterMe, the Korando Education Center and the lives of the children. Primarily, I wanted to visit my daughter Sandy who is working there for one year. But I was quickly engaged as...

We encouraged our kids to be creative and come up with ideas for a new school anthem and poems about Korando and it's just amazing what we got back!!! So we want to share these wonderful ideas with you ♡ Korando ooh Korando what a wonderful school! A school of great...

I had the best experience in my life. When I remember the faces, smiles, kisses, hugs and the words of children and adults of Korando, I am very happy. I don’t want to change any minute of what I experienced in volunteering.  Every minute was unique, special, full of...

While I am writing, Brooklyn is sitting next to me in the dome house. He has been sick with malaria for few days now, so he’s feeling tired and need to rest. We are just sitting next to each other without saying anything… sometimes we look at each other, we smile, and...

Since 4 weeks I am here in Korando and it already feels like home! My definition of home is not the place where I actually live or where I'm born, but the place where my heart is, where I feel part of a family, where I laugh and cry, where I can depend on people and...

It has been already two months that I am back from my volunteering experience in Korando Educational Center and I can't even imagine how empty it would be my life without having been in Kenya, without having touched the Africa's soul! There isn't a single day since...

If you are thinking about starting to work as a volunteer in Korando Education Center, then I can definitively guarantee you, that you will never regret it. Going to Kenya and work as a volunteer at Korando was one of my best decisions. After having worked for 3.5...

I will try to tell you why Korando is one of the richest places I´ve ever seen. It may surprise you because we are talking about a school in the marginalised outskirt of Kenyas 3rd largest city Kisumu. Most of the people live in huts made of iron sheets, skinny cows...

When I first set foot on the plane in July 2016, I never expected to end up in Kenya. Kenya wasn’t the plan. I was going to Tanzania. I was going to Tanzania and I was going to stay there for a full five months and work and have fun and enjoy and learn. Or so I...

  Recently, we connected with our friends at LakeHub in Kisumu. LakeHub is a technology hub for creatives, entrepreneurs and professional technologists. It’s a wonderful community space for tech enthusiasts to connect, work and share ideas. Besides offering a...

When I started to think about spending some months in Kenya, one of the first things I did was to read through the experiences of previous volunteers. I was hoping to get an idea of how it was like to live there. Which kind of people should I expect to meet, the daily...