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Together with our local partner organizations you can contribute to programs that are specifically designed to educate, uplift and inspire woman of all ages.

The progams also allow for you to bring your own ideas and or organize your own workshops. Let us know if you have something special to share.

Every class from 1st to 8th has two 35 minute modules of ‘Physical Education’ per week. The role of the volunteer would be to prepare and lead these sessions.

Teamwork, generosity, sportsmanship, respect, tolerance and self-confidence are just examples of all the skills that kids can easily develop through sports. The kids from Korando don’t have a lot of experience on playing new games, explained and lead by an adult. For this reason, you will have a lot of room to teach them new sports that will challenge them.

The Kenyan curriculum is extensive, therefore the children need many hours of study to learn the subjects covered and pass their exams. Physical Education can be perfect to relax from the pressure of standard classes and learn some out-of-school skills.

We recommend you to create a professional environment with a structure of activities and games. Starting with some easy games as warm ups, yoga exercises, simple songs with choreographies, introducing the children/group to team games while improving their motor skills with any material you can find available; ropes, balls, tires… This is one of the moments of the day the children enjoy the most and creativity is the key.

At the Korando Educational Center we have 10 computers available to the pupils and teachers. For most of the kids, including the older ones, this is their first contact with a computer. For that reason, you won’t need a big or professional knowledge about informatics to be able to teach them something new when it comes to using them. Learning how to use the touchpad, how to type or how to organize folders are really basic skills that will be essential in their future.

Some kids already learned how to type by writing letters to former volunteers and how to use the touchpad by drawing in paint or playing the games that some of the computers include. And some of the older ones already started to learn how to make small presentations with Powerpoint, and experiment with Excel as well. The possibilities are endless, and for now, we can just imagine the potential of teaching them a bit of programming or graphic design!

Plus, the teachers would also love to learn more computere skills, so there is lots of room for you to share your skills!

The volunteer interested in helping with our nursery pupils, will work in close partnership with the nursery teacher. The pupils from the Nursery Class are 3 to 6 years old. They are divided in three levels, baby class, middle class and final class, depending on their age. The three groups share a classroom and teacher until they are 6 years old, when they start with their primary education.

The nursery teacher is doing incredible work, even though the number of kids and their age differences are a big challenge for one person alone. Therefore, the help of a volunteer willing to add value to the classes and innovate, would make a huge difference. With the help of volunteers, the teacher can splitt the class and organize activities adapted to the different ages. Also working with smaller groups and spending some time doing outdoor activities is an invaluable benefit for the children.

Children at the Centre, from 1st to 8th class, also have two modules of 35 minutes per week dedicated to Creative Arts. Children always expect this lesson with a lot of enthusiasm.

At Better Me, we really believe that creativity is an essential skill to be developed in every human being. The ability to find new solutions relies more on creativity than just on a big amount of theoretical or technical knowledge. Specially here, where the lack of resources is an everyday concern, being able to think of new solutions can be a great advantage for our pupils in the future.

Art can also be a perfect way to develop self confidence, to learn how to express emotions, how to recognize them and deal with them. Art can educate tolerance, respect, multiculturality or equality. Through art, kids express their feelings and thoughts, thus it makes any related conversation much easier. Especially compared to the traditional approach of asking them to express themselves with words.

We are very keen on any new idea that can add value to the children in our programs, the teachers, our partner organizations and ourselves. Having in mind the length of your stay and the possibilities of others volunteers to continue with the activity, we invite you to propose anything innovative, educational and fun.

In the past volunteers organized cooking, sports and music lessons, little adventures into the surrounding nature, a visit to the Kisumu museum, work in the garden, a special lesson about nature or about your country, an art exhibition related to any subject of your interest and much more. You get the idea!

Also experience in fundraising, building, environmental protection, health care, financial sustainability and more is welcomed.