If you wish…

Volunteering or Interning

Hailing from Australia, Europe, USA, each and every volunteer or intern has been an integral part of the development of this project.

They came during the summer or gap years; some took leaves of absence from their jobs. Each of them has left a mark in the community and gone home with a sense of belonging to a new family.
Their presence and actions impact the community in multiple ways : teaching math or science, introducing drones, helping in orphanages or in children’s wards in the hospital, creating a youth center, coaching sports, fencing, roofing or building architectural models for future constructions.

Each one has been instrumental in the development of the project, and left a mark in the community. Their Kenyan families still ask about them regularly.

volunteer
Ciara, Nicholas and the soccer teams
Nicholas and the elders
Nicholas and the elders
Volunteer Agatha shopping for souvenirs to bring back
Volunteer Agatha shopping for souvenirs to bring back
Victor French volunteer coaching science
Victor French volunteer coaching science
volunteer Anne teaching at Lelit Primary Chepkanga
volunteer Anne teaching at Lelit Primary Chepkanga
Volunteer Charlotte and children
Volunteer Charlotte and children
volunteer Christopher presenting school model
volunteer Christopher presenting school model
volunteer Ciara Nicholas and soccer teams
volunteer Ciara Nicholas and soccer teams
volunteer Laura celebrating opening of Youth Center
volunteer Laura celebrating opening of Youth Center
Volunteer Mehves Bakery June2010
Volunteer Mehves Bakery June2010
volunteer Millie the twin boys
volunteer Millie the twin boys
Volunteer Nikos with automotive students
Volunteer Nikos with automotive students
Volunteer Victor with host father Michael
Volunteer Victor with host father Michael
volunteer William Christopher on new school house roof
volunteer William Christopher on new school house roof
volunteer William Millie Christopher Charlotte
volunteer William Millie Christopher Charlotte
volunuteer Anne Alia wheat fields
volunuteer Anne Alia wheat fields

If you are interested in volunteer opportunities, please contact us.

Partner

RAFIKI YA MAISHA is proud to have been supported by generous partners.

A special thank you to:

  • Fondation Benina, Basel, Switzerland
  • Misean Cara Irish Aid, Dublin, Ireland
  • The Kenyan Delegation to UNESCO, Paris, France
  • Kenya Embassy, Paris, France
  • French Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Uasin Gishu county, Eldoret, Kenya
  • Ministry of Works, Uasin Gishu County, Eldoret, Kenya
  • Ministry of Education, Nairobi, Kenya
    Rafiki Club, Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel, Paris, France
  • Association of American Wives of Europeans, Paris, France
  • Association Femmes d’Europe, Brussels, Belgium
  • American Women’s Association of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

If you are interested in partnering with RAFIKI YA MAISHA, please contact us.