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Description
The KGERC home caters for young maasai girls who have been rescued from early marriages and others who escaped to avoid going through the traditional circumcision which is commonly known as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The two practices are commonly practiced by many communities in Africa but with the enlightenment of communities it has significantly reduced, but it’s still a very big problem among the maasai community.
The center also caters for orphans and girls from poor families from the area offering educational and accommodation support.
The center was started in the year 2000 with a total of 14 girls. The number has since significantly risen and currently caters for 160 girls. The institution has children ranging from the Nursery school level up to from three level with the first girl completing high school next year.
Girls in lower level i.e. nursery school to primary school are educated within the institution but those in high school attend the public school within kajiado district but usually accommodated at the center during holidays because they cannot go back home.

Location
KGERC is located within Kajiado town in the Rift valley Province, Kenya. The town is located south of Nairobi, along Nairobi-Arusha highway about an hour and a half by easily available public vans commonly called ‘matatu’. The town and the surrounding area cater for a population of about 8,400 with majority being the famous maasai community.

Languages
English, Swahili

Qualifications
The center requires individuals who can assist the girls in the following areas;
- Reproductive health issues
- Counseling the girls, some have undergone through traumatizing experience.
- Teachers both for Primary and Secondary school, who can also tutor the girls during holidays and offer evening classes
- Any volunteer who can offer a hand in the center and be a mentor to the girls.

Costs
Euros 100- Registration fee and Euros 300 Monthly
Costs include:
In country orientation and training
In country staff support
Written materials pre departure
Communication
Food
Accommodation
Accommodation/Food
The volunteer will be accommodated in a home stay where he or she shall have a chance to interact with the African family and have a cultural exchange experience. The food provided shall be what is locally available and if the volunteers want anything outside of these they shall have to provide for themselves.
Duration:
The volunteers have a chance to be in the placement for 3, 6 or 12 months
No. of Vols – Three places available at a time

Interested person should contact
Leonard Gacheru
www.worldcorps.or.ke
email: gacheru@worldcorps.or.ke or wagacheru@gmail.com

PO BOX 21428 -00505
Nairobi