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Welcome to Namamuka Community Based Organisation. This is a place to be. We are located outside Bungoma town. That is where most of our programs are running. I would say that when you volunteer with us you won’t regret. The community and staff will accord you with all the support that you need during all your time with us. We have quite a number of programs and we do believe that they will be to your satisfaction. This organization is working hand in hand with the entire community as the name suggests. As we write this information on the ground we have put in place some projects that are beneficial to the community. It is our prayers that you can be interested in what we are doing so that you can come and join us. We have put up a center for our operations, we have already all the projects named below in operation. We have the living testimony of what goes on the ground. It is our desire that since we are still a young organization we need willing people to come and give their time, ideas, resources and advice so that we can be able to achieve more for the community. As we all know seeing is believing we welcome you to come and join us in what we are doing and you will have an opportunity to help and enable us to do much more to our community. Please we thank you as you take some time to go through what we are doing. We have quite a big variety of programs to choose from. These program areas include:

VOLUNTEER AT THE SCHOOL:

We have been privileged to get a land and built a modern school that takes good care of our vulnerable kids, abandoned kids and other kids from the surrounding areas. We feel that it is our responsibility to build the foundation for these children whom we think some of them are going to be our near future leaders. We have 200 pupils of which three quarters are vulnerable, this means that these kids cannot afford basic education,food,clothing and shelter so we do take care of them. Money received from those kids whose parents are able to pay is used to take care of these needy children. When you come here at Namamuka you will have a great opportunity to teach at the school, donate school stationary, computers, books & working at the library. Your time will be put into wise use and you won’t regret this. The school runs from Nursery class to class 7. Please feel free to come and join us in building/empowering our near future leaders with skills and knowledge. We believe that all things are possible and that is why we decided to sacrifice our time and meager resources to come up with this project. Let’s put together hands and work toward common enemy that is Ignorance, poverty and sickness. Just go a head after reading through our website: www.thenacohomecraftfurnitures.org and get back to our executive director Chrysantus Khaemba and he will get back to you as soon as possible.

The school that we have is one of its kind in this community since the government declared free primary education public schools were flooded with kids and so the concentration and low education standard has been recorded in the past years. So that is the main reason that made us to create this opportunity to offer children quality basic education before they join high school. So we offer the best we can to make sure that these children compete with others. Come one come all to help us build the future of our innocent young ones.


VOLUNTEER AT THE HOSPITAL!!!!!

This organization has made efforts to set up a hospital which is located at the center. Namamuka community lives kms away from the town of Bungoma. It proved to be so hard for people within this community to access medical services at the General hospital so we resolved to get one for the community. We provide medical check ups, mobile clinics, Laboratory examination, treatment, drugs dispensing, wound dressing, jigger removal, maternity services among other services. We need qualified and medical students to volunteer from oversees to come and join hands. We would like them to be involved with what we are doing and be part of this clause.

We need volunteers to come and assist us in:
-Treatment
-mobile clinics,
-Health checkups,
-donation of medical equipments,
-fund raising to expand on our current facilities.
-Counseling and Testing,
-Administration among other services.

Let’s join hands and be useful/resourceful to the community. We value your support be it material, ideas, advice, financial and any other related kind of support.

When you feel touched please visit our website and read more on what we are doing and how you can help. www.thenacohomecraftfurnitures .org and contact our executive Director Rev. Chrysantus Khaemba and he will get back to you as soon as possible.


VOLUNTEER AT THE ORPHANAGE:

Since at the center we rehabilitate vulnerable children, abandoned children we prepare them by ensuring that they go through a healing and learning process, cloth them, feed them and shelter them so that they can be happy as other children. They attend classes with other children from the community and beyond. Some of these children from the orphanage top in their classes. We sacrifice all our time, resources and ideas to make sure that these children access basic needs. But as the saying goes, two are better than one we feel that if we can get get people who can stand with us we can do much more for the community and to these children. We therefore encourage you to write to us, or visit to be part of what we are doing. We have enough houses for our volunteers.

When you come you will have an opportunity to interact with our social and friendly community they will take you round and see for yourself how Kenya is beautiful. This is normally during your free time. So your coming has a big meaning to us you can help us with the following:
-Donate food, clothes and playing materials,
-Donate your time, money and other resources.
-Sponsor a child’s education ($100/70 sterling pounds per year)
-Play with the kids and have fun!!

Otherwise we are highly waiting for you to get in contact with our Executive director Rev. Chrysantus Khaemba .You can also visit our website: www.thenacohomecraftfurnitures.org. We can’t wait to hear from you soon thank you!!!


VOLUNTEER AT THE WORKSHOP:

We are also offering training through our newly established workshop. Most of the youths in this community dropped out of school because of lack of school fees or they are unemployed. So the main reason for us establishing this workshop is to empower these youth with skills and Knowledge so that they can stand a chance of getting employed or self employed in order for them to be financially stable or self reliant. It is our prayer that volunteers world wide who would like to empower us to join us and help us reach the unreached through technical skills. At the workshop as you can read through our website: www.thenacohomecraftfurnitures.org. We make all kinds of furniture and crafts and we do sell them and the money received is then used to assist the vulnerable children at the orphanage. When you feel touched please don’t hesitate to come and work/network/partner/sponsor/fund us so that we be in a better position to reach out to the needy persons. So the following are some of the responsibilities our volunteers can be involved in:

-Donate tools/equipment.
-Volunteer your time/skills at the workshop.
-Marketing of the already finished products.
-Fund raising to help us with capital for running this workshop.


With all this information I believe that you will find a reason to come and volunteer with us. Otherwise we are waiting to read from you.


VOLUNTEER WITH GENERAL ADMINISTRATION:
We are still a young organization and we have no good infrastructure and so things are still hard for us despite of us getting a permanent resource centre, we have not yet finished developing it. It is through volunteers’ efforts that we can move on. So we entirely depend our progress on volunteers, well-wishers, donors/fundraisers. It is true indeed that the world is advancing on fast but the major challenge that we are faced with is that the rural communities are left much behind. We need to put together all our resources and make sure that the technology goes a long with the community. We need you so much to come and assist us in our environmental conservation program we have a well established tree nursery we normally sell tree seedlings at an affordable price to our community members and give some seedlings for free to the widows. Apart from this we also have a land where we do practice farming as business we plant food crops/fruits vegetables e.t.c. You are all welcome, Contact the executive director Rev.Chrysantus Khaemba. You can get more information from our website: www.thenacohomefurnitures.org. The following below are more information on what we want:

-Donation of Laptops.
-Proposals writing.
-Fund raising for the school, clinic and the orphanage.
-Help with manual work/report writing/donor recognition.
-Donation of other used materials e.t.c.


It is our humble prayer that you will go through what we are doing and please don’t forget to get back to us for more information and direction on what next.


FREE TIME!!!!

We love our volunteers to feel at home when you are here with us. During your free time that is weekends/public holidays we shall be making arrangements for you to tour around Bungoma and outside towns by having a walk,jogging,having pick nicks,camping,touring monkey hills,Webuye water falls,Kakamega forest, Crying stone, Lake Victoria,Maasimara,Tsavo,Samburu National parks. Lake Nakuru, clubbing& enjoying Kenyan drinks/foods.
With this you do not have to worry because we have made all the necessary arrangements with the concerned authorities in order for you to get the best services with discount on each safari/tour you make. We shall keep you up-to-date entertained. So please make an effort and join our wonderful country Kenya. Welcome (Karibu Sana)

LIVING & ACCOMMODATIONS:

HOUSING:

The housing situation can be by far one of the most interesting aspects of your trip. In the rural areas of Kenya , there are two predominant types of houses. Many families live in houses made of mud with straw roofs. The floors are made of a mixture of cow manure and water, which is spread smoothly over the surface of the ground (by hand!). Don’t worry, they only smell for a day or two after they are put down. The way these homes are made is absolutely amazing! The straw roofs provide for cool shade from the hot sun in the summer months and are totally waterproof for protection in the rainy season. Others live in cement houses with tin roofs or the mud house but with a tin roof. All options suffice and are plenty comfortable. Most rural homesteads don’t have electricity or running water. But center has a power generator and Solar energy that goes on right before dinner and goes off around 10 pm . Therefore, volunteers are able to charge any items with batteries and will be able to eat dinner with electricity on. Water is drawn from the well on the farm and is boiled and filtered for drinking or heated for bathing. Beds usually consist of a wooden frame with a foam mattress.

Volunteer accommodations on the Namamuka Community Based Organization compound consist of permanent structures and we have also put put grass roofed thatched houses with brick walls and cemented floors for those who prefer them. We also have Gazebos with grass roofs where volunteers relax.

VOLUNTEER FEES & DATES:

1. How much are the Volunteer Fees and what do they include?
The Volunteer Fees for one month per person are $700 USD. This includes program materials and expenses, program transport (such as vehicle repair and gas), salaries for the Kenyan staff, and Room and Board. Volunteers receive three meals a day, seven days a week while on the center. Volunteers are housed within our premises. Not included in this fee are airplane tickets,safari fees, leisure travel, souvenirs, food/drink outside of the home stay and pick up fee from Nairobi where you jet in to our center. Pick up fee is $100. Or our volunteers are encouraged to fly from Nairobi to kisumu airport and then the Director picks them from there by road transport. This is for volunteers who have been in Kenya before, but volunteers who are coming for the first time we prefer to meet them at the Nairobi when they jet in.

Our interaction with others is transparent, open to scrutiny and built on trust and accountability. We continuously improve the quality of what we do by consulting and reflecting on our actions. In the end, what we have set out to do march the products of our Labor as well as those of our partners and well wishers.

N/B We offer a reasonable discount to those volunteers who volunteer to the project for than two months.
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fee distribution...

How are these Fees distributed?


Volunteer Fee Distribution (one month):

in USD, UK Pounds & Kenyan shillings:

1. Room and Board: $200,140P,Kshs 16,000.

2. Salary fee for Kenyan workers:$ 200, 140P, Kshs16,000.

3. Program fee: $300, 210P, Kshs24,000.

Total:$700, 490P, Kshs 56,000.

Thank you very much for considering to be part of what we are doing. We appreciate you very much.

Rev. Chrysantus Khaemba.

We know that you will have every reasons for you to come and volunteer your time with us. So let's keep in touch and see what we can do for the community. We welcome everyone out there to come and see for yourselves what it means to live in the most interior villages in western Kenya!!!!

Just go a head after reading through our website: www.thenacohomecraftfurnitures.org.
Don't hesitate get back to our executive director Chrysantus Khaemba and he will get back to you as soon as possible.

So for more information on volunteering with us contact :

-The Executive Director.
-Chrysantus Khaemba.
-Email :cohomecraftfurnitures@yahoo.com.
-Phone:+254733955827.
-Website: www.thenacohomecraftfurnitures.org.

With the following details:
-Your Names.
-Your age.
-Experience in Africa if any?
-Your country of origin.
-Your volunteer duration(How long & when you are available).
-Personal academic Curriculum vitae(C.V)