Kenya Project

Dates

March 4 - 17, 2020

Location

Kenya

Participation Fee

$1,800

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Overview

****This project is currently FULL. If you register for this project, you will be placed on a waiting list. If a spot opens up, we will confirm from the waiting list on a first-come, first-serve basis.****

Join Maranatha in the fascinating country of Kenya! There is a great need for churches and school in this eastern African country, and local church leadership has requested Maranatha’s assistance.

Volunteers on this project will be working at the Kajiado Adventist School and Rescue Center. This school started in 2000 with the mission to empower the Maasai girls and to give them a safe place to escape the culture that encourages child marriages and female genital mutilation. Once the girls move in, they basically become orphans since their families do not want them to come back. Since it began, the school has helped more than 2000 students. Currently they have 92 girls and 22 boys who help the girls form positive friendships with both genders. In addition, there are 50 high school and university aged girls who return on break. And there are another 100 girls on the waiting list!

This group will be building the primary boys dormitory. Depending on the skills of the volunteers who join the team, there may also be opportunities to conduct local community outreach, children’s programs, and health education.

This project will also include a safari excursion in the world-famous Amboseli National Park at the end of the project.

Scope

Masonry Construction at a School

Community Outreach

Wednesday, March 4

Arrival in Nairobi

Thursday, March 5

Work

Saturday, March 7

Worship in a Maasai village

Sunday, March 8

Work

Saturday, March 14

Worship at the Kajiado Adventist Church

Sunday, March 15

Full day Safari at Amboseli National Park

Monday, March 16

Full day Safari at Amboseli National Park

Tuesday, March 17

Nariobi activities. Evening departure from Nairobi

ARRIVALVolunteers will arrive in Nairobi, Kenya (airport code NBO) between 6pm and 10pm on Wednesday, March 4, 2020.Please wait for confirmation from Maranatha before purchasing your airfare to ensure there is still space on the project.

DEPARTUREVolunteers will depart from Nairobi, Kenya (NBO) after 5:30pm in the evening of Tuesday, March 17, 2020.

Hotel

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During the project, the group will stay at the Enchula Resort in Kajiado. It is approximately an hour and a half from Nairobi and only about 10 minutes to the job site at the Kajiado School.

The hotel is quite nice with clean rooms, comfortably furnished with either two twin beds or one queen. Each room has a private bathroom with hot water. Linens are provided, but washcloths are not commonly included in Kenya, so plan on bringing your own. The rooms do not have AC. Weather in Kajiado will range from the 60’s to 80’s during this time frame. If you want it to be cooler, you may consider bringing a battery-operated fan to use during the project. WiFi is available, but it will not be as fast of a connection as what you might expect at home. The group will meet together for meals and worship at the hotel. Each day, the group will travel to the Kajiado School by private buses.

On the excursion, the group will stay at the beautiful Sopa Lodge. The hotel rooms are large with queen and king size beds, mosquito nets, hot water, Wi-Fi, and private bathrooms.

Volunteers should plan on staying in double occupancy rooms with a roommate. If you would like to room with someone in particular, please let us know before the final deadline for the project. During the project, there may be some single occupancy rooms available for an extra cost.

Travel Information

Volunteers will purchase their own plane tickets to and from Nairobi, Kenya. The dates posted are the arrival and departure dates from the project, but due to travel time, you may need to leave a day or two before the arrival date. Maranatha representatives will meet volunteers upon arrival in Nairobi.

More information is available in an information packet available for download above.

Please wait for confirmation before purchasing your airfare. Booking outside the advertised flight windows could result in additional fees and missed portions of the project.

Travel Resources

CI Azumano Travel:
800-454-4099 or by email with Erle or Azumano Team at corporatetravel@ciazumano.com

Butler Travel:
503-879-5005 or by email with Nathanael at nathan@butlertravel.com

Kayak:
www.kayak.com

When contacting the Azumano or Butler travel agencies, make sure you mention Maranatha for discounted booking fees.

Amboseli National Park and Nairobi

At the end of the project, volunteers will experience some of Kenya’s extraordinary wildlife. On Sunday morning, the volunteers will depart from Kajiado and drive approximately two hours to Amboseli National Park.

Located southeast of Nairobi, on the Kenya-Tanzania border, Amboseli National Park is one of the top ten national reserves in Kenya and boasts amazing views of Mount Kilimanjaro. The park is famous for being the best place in Africa to get close to free-ranging elephants and it is possible to see the “Big Five” (lion, leopard, water buffalo, rhinoceros, and elephant), as well as many other wild animals including cheetahs, giraffes, zebras, antelopes, crocodiles, and much more! The group will spend two full days in the park.

On Tuesday, the group will return to Nairobi where they’ll visit one of Nairobi’s most popular attractions: The Giraffe Centre. Here volunteers will get to experience an up-close-and-personal encounter with giraffes. Then volunteers will get a chance to stop at a local market for any souvenir shopping before heading to the airport that evening for their flights home.

The excursion is considered part of the project. All hotels, food, transportation, activities, and park entrances during the excursion days are covered by the excursion fee paid to Maranatha.

Contact Us Want to speak with someone at Maranatha directly? Please call our office at 916.774.7700 to speak with a volunteer specialist. Alternatively, you can send us an email.

Thank you for your interest in one of our mission projects. You have been added to the interest list, and you will be notified via e-mail as soon as more information is available and registration has been opened. Typically registration is open three to six months in advance of the project dates; although, sometimes it can be delayed as we lock in accommodations and budgets. Thank you for your patience.

Please note that putting your name on the interest list ensures that you will be notified when registration is available, but does not guarantee you a place on the project. You will still need to complete the online registration form to reserve your spot on the trip.

Feel free to contact us at anytime to find out the current status of this project.