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Kenya was faced with a challenging situation that was born out of the December 2007 General Elections. The Political crisis that Kenya faced requires extra ordinary and concerted efforts to be resolved. As World Corps Kenya (WCK) we are deeply concerned by the current crisis and would like to step up our efforts to find a lasting solution to the effects of the post electoral violence that rocked the country after the December 30th 2007 general elections. Now that peace has returned to the country due to the agreement on power sharing by the two big political parties, World corps is committed to a peace process that will bring tranquility and understanding among Kenyan communities and has brought together more than 100 youths from the Rift Valley province which witnessed the most grizzly of the skirmishes in the whole country as well as youth serving organizations to address the crisis through a unique initiative called Work camps for peace and reconstruction. The volunteers will assist in reconstructing house units which were set a blaze as well as in other peace and reconciliation initiatives which will help bridge the gap of the worrying and the fighting communities in the Rift Valley province and hence bring healing. The Work camps will run for 2 ( two) weeks.
It is possible for volunteers also to donate clothing, household equipments or equivalent to be distributed to the affected community members during the work camps.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF WORLD CORPS KENYA CAMPS

WCK 16/WONGONYI VOI 12/10-26/10 MANU/ENVI 30vols

Work: The type of work that will be done in this project is mainly road building and brick making.
The people live below the poverty level yet they are hard working, land is fertile with a lot of produce only having circumstances against them such as poor road network, leading to poor transport conditions thus the people can not transport their produce to the market. The volunteers will work with the local community mainly the youth which will enable them to interact, share and put into action best practices that they each have through cultural exchange. The theme of the camp will be capacity building through road repair and environmental conservation.

Accommodation: WCK will provide locally available foodstuffs bought from the community. There will be someone onsite to prepare the volunteer’s food but the volunteers could also be of assistance and they will be accommodated in centers of classrooms provided by the host community.
Location: Wongonyi is a beautiful, picturesque and hilly area which borders the Tsavo national park and is about 2 hours from Mombasa town.
Terminal: There is the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi which is the town where all volunteers shall be meeting so as to depart to Wongonyi as a group as World Corps is providing transport to and from the site.
Language: English
Special Remarks: The region is hilly and rugged with jutting rocks thus might prove difficult to some physically challenged volunteers.
Participation fee: Euros 200 – This includes Food, Accommodation ,Eating utensils and Transport once a volunteer is on the work camp at the beginning date, to and from the work camp area.
Extra: What to bring- Sleeping bags, personal effects, Mosquito net or repellant, flash light, Country flags(optional) resource material and working gear.

WCK 17/KIRONGE MWATATE 16/11 – 30/11 MANU/ENVI 30vols

Work: The volunteers will work with the entire community. Most of the people are farmers and the challenge facing this community is the bad road network. The main objective of the work camp will be to inspire and encourage the community, foster cultural exchange and international understanding. The main work that the volunteers will do is building a road that will open the community to the outside world and make it easily accessible.
Accommodation: WCK will provide locally available foodstuffs bought from the community. There will be someone onsite to prepare the volunteer’s food but the volunteers could also be of assistance and they will be accommodated in centers or classrooms provided by the host community.
Location: Wongonyi is a beautiful, picturesque and hilly area which borders the Tsavo national park and is about 2 hours from Mombasa town.
Terminal: There is the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi which is the town where all volunteers shall be meeting so as to depart to Kironge as a group as World Corps is providing transport to and from the site.
Language: English
Special Remarks: The region is hilly and rugged with jutting rocks thus might prove difficult to some physically challenged volunteers.
Participation fee: Euros 200 – This includes Food, Accommodation ,Eating utensils and Transport once a volunteer is on the work camp at the beginning date, to and from the work camp area.
Extra: What to bring- Sleeping bags, personal effects, Mosquito net or repellant, flash light, Country flags(optional), resource materials, working gear.


WCK 18/SONDU 07/12 – 21/12 STUDY/PEACE 30vols
Work: The volunteers will assist the communities in establishing and setting up income generating activities as well as seek ways of ending the cattle raiding between the two communities and come up with a sustainable solution.
Accommodation: WCK will provide locally available foodstuffs bought from the community. There will be someone onsite to prepare the volunteer’s food but the volunteers could also be of assistance and they will be accommodated in centers or classrooms provided by the host community.
Location: Sondu borders the South Rift and the Nyanza province, it’s located along Kisii- Kericho – Kisumu highway, and it’s hilly and home to three rival communities.
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Terminal: There is the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi which is the town where all volunteers shall be meeting so as to depart to Sondu as a group as World Corps is providing transport to and from the site.
Language: English
Special Remarks:
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Participation fee: Euros 200 – This includes food, accommodation, transport and donation towards reconstruction once a volunteer
is on the work camp at the beginning date, to and from the work camp area.
Extra: What to bring- Sleeping bags, personal effects, Mosquito net or repellant, flash light,
Country flags (optional), resource materials, working gear,

WCK 19/LONDIANI 11/01 – 25/01 RENO/CONS 30vols
Work: The main activity will be reconstruction of the community household units; there will be assisting in the farms and school outreach programs as well.
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Accommodation: WCK will provide locally available foodstuffs bought from the community. There Will be someone onsite to prepare the volunteer’s food but the volunteers could also be of assistance
And they will be accommodated in centers or classrooms provided by the host community.
Location: Londiani is in Kipkelion district it is 20 km off the Nakuru- Kisumu highway
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Terminal: There is the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi which is the town where all volunteers shall be meeting so as to depart to Londiani as a group as World Corps is providing transport to and from the site.
Language: English
Special Remarks: The region is hilly and rugged with jutting rocks thus might prove difficult to some physically challenged volunteers. It also stretches to the thicker Mau forests which has wild animals and big rivers.
Participation fee: Euros 200 – This includes Food, Accommodation, transport and donation towards reconstruction once a volunteer
is on the work camp at the beginning date, to and from the work camp area.
Extra: What to bring- Sleeping bags, personal effects, Mosquito net or repellant, flash light,
Country flags (optional), resource materials, working gear.



WCK20/CHEPILAT- BORABU 15/02 – 01/03 RENO/CONS 30vols
Work: The main activity here will be reconstructing of the house units, renovating schools and assisting with the farming. There will also be school outreach programs to insist on the need for peace
Accommodation: The volunteers will be accommodated in one of community member’s homes as he owns to houses, which are unoccupied. They have the necessary facilities that are bathroom, pit latrine and ample cooking area. WCK will provide locally available foodstuffs bought from the community. There will be someone onsite to prepare the volunteer’s food but the volunteers could also be of assistance.
Location: Chepilati is in the Bureti district which is found in the South Rift between the Kericho and Bomet district.
Terminal: There is the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, which is the town where all volunteers shall be meeting so as to depart to Chepilat as a group as World Corps is providing transport to and from the site.
Language: English
Special Remarks:
Participation fee: Euros 200 – This includes Food, Accommodation, transport and donation towards reconstruction once a volunteer
is on the work camp at the beginning date, to and from the work camp area.
Extra: What to bring- Sleeping bags, personal effects, Mosquito net or repellant, flash light,
Country flags (optional), resource materials, working gear.

WCK 21/MWAMBIRWA MWATATE 22/03 – 05/04 RENO/ENVI 30vols

Work: Mwambirwa area is mainly a Man-made forest that has been mostly destroyed by the forest fires and other human activities like lumbering. The volunteers will mainly work with the community bordering this forest and the main objective is to raise awareness on importance of forest conservation and restoration to old state. The participants will also help the community to understand community development by appreciating the natural environment and also having a sense of responsibility for their resources. The main activities will be tree planting, creating awareness on resource management and road building.
Accommodation: WCK will provide locally available foodstuffs bought from the community. There will be someone onsite to prepare the volunteer’s food but the volunteers could also be of assistance and they will be accommodated in centers or classrooms provided by the host community.
Location: Wongonyi is a beautiful, picturesque and hilly area which borders the Tsavo national park and is about 2 hours from Mombasa town.
Terminal: There is the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi which is the town where all volunteers shall be meeting so as to depart to Mwambirwa as a group as World Corps is providing transport to and from the site.
Language: English
Special Remarks: The region is hilly and rugged with jutting rocks thus might prove difficult to some physically challenged volunteers.
Participation fee: Euros 200 – This includes Food, Accommodation , Eating utensils and Transport once a volunteer is on the work camp at the beginning date, to and from the work camp area.
Extra: What to bring- Sleeping bags, personal effects, Mosquito net or repellant, flash light, Country flags(optional), resource materials, working gear,



WCK 22/MOLO 26/04- 10/05 CONS/PEACE 30vols
Work: The main activity will be rebuilding houses, healing and reconciliation workshops as well as conducting schools outreach program
Accommodation: The volunteers will be accommodated in a church building within the community. WCK will provide locally available foodstuffs bought from the community. There will be someone on site to prepare the volunteers food.
Location: Molo is located about 50km off Nakuru- Kericho highway
Terminal: There is the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi which is the town where all volunteers shall be meeting so as to depart to Molo as a group as World Corps is providing transport to and from the site.
Language: English
Special Remarks: The rainfall distribution is throughout the year
Participation fee: Euros 200 – This includes Food, Accommodation, transport and donation towards reconstruction once a volunteer
is on the work camp at the beginning date, to and from the work camp area.
Extra: What to bring- Sleeping bags, personal effects, Mosquito net or repellant, flash light,
Country flags (optional), resource material and working gear.

WCK 23/RONG’E JUU MWATATE 31/05 – 14/06 MANU/ENVI 20vols

Work: The volunteers will mainly partner with the youth groups from the community. The main activity will be road building as the road is extremely bad, helping to repair classrooms, building gabions to conserve the top soil by preventing soil erosion due to steepness of the area. The main objective of the camp is the aspect of cultural exchange and also learning through experience for the volunteers as well community members.
Accommodation: WCK will provide locally available foodstuffs bought from the community. There will be someone onsite to prepare the volunteer’s food but the volunteers could also be of assistance and they will be accommodated in centers or classrooms provided by the host community.
Location: Ronge Juu neighbors Wongonyi and the biggest town nearby is Mwatate.
Terminal: There is the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi which is the town where all volunteers shall be meeting so as to depart to Rong’e Juu as a group as World Corps is providing transport to and from the site.
Language: English
Special Remarks: The region is hilly and rugged with jutting rocks thus might prove difficult to some physically challenged volunteers.
Participation fee: Euros 200 – This includes Food, Accommodation , Eating utensils and Transport once a volunteer is on the work camp at the beginning date, to and from the work camp area.
Extra: What to bring- Sleeping bags, personal effects, Mosquito net or repellant, flash light, Country flags(optional), resource materials, working gear.

WCK 24/SHIBALE BUSIA 05/07- 19/07 CONS/ENVI 30vols

Work: The project is a partnership between WCK and the Busia Umoja Community based organization (CBO) which is a youth group situated in the entire constituency. The group is involved in income generating activities like mushroom farming and sensitizing the community on the need to conserve the environment. They have identified projects that are already running in Shibale where they are building stalls in the market and making compost pits to be used for disposing organic food wastes from the market. There will be clean up exercises around the market. The aim of the project is to improve the quality and safety of the foodstuffs sold at the market by providing compost pits for the waste and encouraging the use of stalls instead of putting foodstuffs on the floor.
Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in Bumutiru secondary school in one of the classrooms and dormitory not used by students. The school is situated about one kilometer from the work station. There will be someone onsite to prepare the volunteer’s food but the volunteers could also be of assistance.
Location: Shibale is in Busia district in the western province of Kenya. It is one and a half hours from Kisumu which is a town near the Lake Victoria.
Terminal: There is the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi which is the town where all volunteers shall be meeting so as to depart to Shibale as a group as World Corps is providing transport to and from the site.
Language: English
Special Remarks: The work is manual and involving but there is the possibility of accommodating the physically challenged people.
Participation fee: Euros 200 – This includes Food, Accommodation , Eating utensils and Transport once a volunteer is on the work camp at the beginning date, to and from the work camp area.
Extra: What to bring- Sleeping bags, personal effects, Mosquito net or repellant, flash light, Country flags (optional), resource material and working gear.

WCK 25/WONGONYI VOI 09/08- 23/08 MANU/ENVI 30vols

Work: The type of work that will be done in this project is mainly road building and brick making.
The people live below the poverty level yet they are hard working, land is fertile with a lot of produce only having circumstances against them such as poor road network, leading to poor transport conditions thus the people can not transport their produce to the market. The volunteers will work with the local community mainly the youth which will enable them to interact, share and put into action best practices that they each have through cultural exchange. The theme of the camp will be capacity building through road repair and environmental conservation.

Accommodation: WCK will provide locally available foodstuffs bought from the community. There will be someone onsite to prepare the volunteer’s food but the volunteers could also be of assistance and they will be accommodated in centers of classrooms provided by the host community.
Location: Wongonyi is a beautiful, picturesque and hilly area which borders the Tsavo national park and is about 2 hours from Mombasa town.
Terminal: There is the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi which is the town where all volunteers shall be meeting so as to depart to Wongonyi as a group as World Corps is providing transport to and from the site.
Language: English
Special Remarks: The region is hilly and rugged with jutting rocks thus might prove difficult to some physically challenged volunteers.
Participation fee: Euros 200 – This includes Food, Accommodation ,Eating utensils and Transport once a volunteer is on the work camp at the beginning date, to and from the work camp area.
Extra: What to bring- Sleeping bags, personal effects, Mosquito net or repellant, flash light, Country flags(optional) resource material and working gear.

WCK 26/KIRONGE MWATATE 13/09 – 27/09 MANU/ENVI 30vols

Work: The volunteers will work with the entire community. Most of the people are farmers and the challenge facing this community is the bad road network. The main objective of the work camp will be to inspire and encourage the community, foster cultural exchange and international understanding. The main work that the volunteers will do is building a road that will open the community to the outside world and make it easily accessible.
Accommodation: WCK will provide locally available foodstuffs bought from the community. There will be someone onsite to prepare the volunteer’s food but the volunteers could also be of assistance and they will be accommodated in centers or classrooms provided by the host community.
Location: Wongonyi is a beautiful, picturesque and hilly area which borders the Tsavo national park and is about 2 hours from Mombasa town.
Terminal: There is the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi which is the town where all volunteers shall be meeting so as to depart to Kironge as a group as World Corps is providing transport to and from the site.
Language: English
Special Remarks: The region is hilly and rugged with jutting rocks thus might prove difficult to some physically challenged volunteers.
Participation fee: Euros 200 – This includes Food, Accommodation ,Eating utensils and Transport once a volunteer is on the work camp at the beginning date, to and from the work camp area.
Extra: What to bring- Sleeping bags, personal effects, Mosquito net or repellant, flash light, Country flags(optional), resource materials, working gear.

Interested volunteers should send their resumes to Serah Mucha at address info@worldcorps.or.ke