KENYA
PROJECTS
2009
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February
KVDA/STV/02/A
7th -28th February
2009
6th February
2009
March
KVDA/STV/03/A
7th -28th March
2009
6th March 2009
March
KVDA/STV/03/B
7th -28th March
2009
6th March 2009
April
KVDA/STV/04/A
11th April-1st May
2009
10th April 2009
April
KVDA/STV/04/B
11th April-1st May
2009
10th April 2009
May
8th May 2009
Western
Rift Valley
Nyanza
Coast
Central
Western
Lugari
Kajiado
Kisumu West
Kwale
Nyandarua
South
Emuhaya
Star Rays
Education
Center
Peace
Building and
Conflict
Transformati
on
Construction, teaching,
physical education, civic
education and advocacy on
peace work
Isinya
Primary
School
Girl Child
Education &
Environment
al
Conservatio
n
Reproductive Health
Discussions, tree planting,
cattle grazing
Masaai cultural talks.
Empowerme
nt:Resource
mobilization
Road construction,
Tree Planting
Poultry Keeping, Luo
community culture talks,
fishing in Lake Victoria
Otiende Thim
Self-Help
Group
Kwale
Primary
School
Masse
Central
Academy
Mukhombe
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3
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3
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Empowerme
nt: Role of
voluntary
service in a
polarized
World
Education:
Together we
can Build
Tomorrow’s
World
Construction, clean up
exercises, teaching, face-toface discussions on girl child,
adventure to Kwale forest,
caves and shrines
Construction of classrooms,
farming sports day, sight
seeing, community get
together, teaching, guiding
and counseling, Nakuru
National Park excursion
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HIV/AIDS-
Construction,
.
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3
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KVDA/STV/05/A
9th -30th May 2009
June
KVDA STV 06/A
6th-27th June 2009.
June
KVDA STV 06/B
6th -27th June 2009
June
KVDA STV 06/C
6th-27th June 2009
July
KVDA STV 07/A
10th-30th July 2009
Primary
School
5th June 2009
5th June 2009
5th June 2009
9th July 2009
Eastern
Nyanza
Eastern
Coast
July
KVDA/STV/07/B
10th -30th July 2009
(Kenya and Israel
bilateral work camp)
9th July 2009
Coast
July
KVDA/STV/07/C
10th -30th July 2009
9th July 2009
July
KVDA STV 07/D
10th-30th July 2009
9th July 2008
Rift Valley
July
KVDA STV 07/E
9th July 2009
Central
Nyanza
Mwala
Kisumu
Machakos
Taita
Taita
Rachuonyo
Sensitization
& fighting
stigma.
Muumba &
Wuumisyo
Self Help
Group.
HIV/AIDS:
Orphans
Support.
Hope Women
Group
Promotion
of gender
equality &
Women
empowerme
nt
Kitunduni
community
Sengeri
Women &
Youth
cultural
group.
Jora Women
Group
Youth
Agenda:
Identity
Crisis
Eco-tourism:
Impact on
community
development
initiatives
Women
Empowerme
nt & Gender
parity
Fencing the school,
HIV/AIDS discussions,
Awareness on socioeconomic challenges and
visits to community projects,
rain makers and historical
caves
Brick making, collaboration
with community based
organizations and
Government departments to
establish structures to support
orphans
Home based care for orphans
& HIV infected & affected
Horticulture
Guidance & Counseling.
Road construction,
HIV/AIDS discussions,
organized youth forums
Sporting events.
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Construction of community
cultural center, Brick work
Stone carrying, sand
fetching, digging foundation
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Construction of Poultry farm
-Micro-finance training.
-Stone carrying
-Enterprise development
training
-Home visits
-Mountain climbing {Kasigau
Hills]
Samanga
Community
Development
Group
Micro
finance
Narok
Ole Sankale
Primary
School.
Cultural
Heritage of
the Maasai
community.
Empowerment, trainings,
savings mobilization
schemes, business start-ups
and general management of
businesses, setting up a
revolving fund
Classrooms Construction
Cattle grazing
Teaching
Community visits.
Kiambu
Ndeiya
Christian
Identity
crisis:
Guidance & counseling
Teaching
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3
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10th-30th July 2009
Counselors
Technology
threat to the
social fabric
Girl Child
Education
and
Advocacy
on female
Genital
Mutilation
Peace
Building and
conflict
Transformati
on
Community
Empowerme
nt:
July
KVDA STV 07/F
10th-30th July 2009
9th July 2009
Rift Valley
West Pokot.
Morpus
Primary
School
July
KVDA/STV/07-G
10th -30th July 2009
9th July 2009
Rift Valley
Trans-Nzoia
GK Primary
School
July
KVDA STV 07/H
10th-30th July 2009
9th July 2009
Nyanza
Kisumu
July
KVDA/STV/07/I
10th-30th July 2009
9th July 2009
Eastern
Kibwezi
Nyahera
Dago Thim
Self Help
Group.
Mbuinzau
Primary
School.
July
KVDA/STV/07/J
10th -30th July 2009
9th July 2009
Nyanza
Kuria
Nyamagagana
Secondary
School
July
KVDA/STV/07/K
10th -30th July 2009
9th July 2009
Rift Valley
Transmara
Naar-olong
Primary
School
July
KVDA STV 07/L
10th-30th July 2009
9th July 2009
Rift Valley
.Transmara
Iloowaya
Primary
School
Girl Child
Education
July
KVDA/STV/07/M
10th -30th July 2009
9th July 2009
Western
Busia
Siguli
Orphans
Center
Educate
local people
on resource
mobilization
and selfreliance
strategies
Micro
finance and
Enterprise
July
KVDA/STV/07/N
10th -30th July 2009
9th July 2009
Nyanza
Rachuonyo
Oluch Youth
Development
Group
Impact of
HIV/AIDS
on
Education.
Girl Child
Education,
adcritical
analysis of
Female
Genital
Mutilation
(FGM)
Pastoralists:
Marginalizat
ion in the
face of
deadly
conflict
Construction.
Animation & sport events.
Reproductive health training,
alternative methods on
harmful cultural practices,
tree planting and brick
making
Brick making, construction of
classrooms, tree planting,
training on peace building
and conflict transformation
Making soap, tooth paste,
shampoo, lotion, teaching
orphans, Home based care for
HIV/AIDS,
Classrooms construction
Brick work
Tree nursery preparation &
planting, HIV/AIDS
discussions, Identification &
support of orphans.
Brick making, construction of
the primary school,
recreational activities,
teaching, lobby and advocacy
work on FGM
Brick making, construction of
cattle dips, awareness on
socio-economic potential of
the Maasai community and
establishment of livestock
banks to address the rampant
cattle theft
Reproductive health
Teaching & development
education, brick making and
construction work
Brick making, construction
work, tree planting, teaching,
guiding and counseling
lessons
Sensitization of community
on horticulture, network for
storage, transport and
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3
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Developmen
t
July
KVDA/STV/07/0
10th -30th July 2009
9th July 2009
Nyanza
Borabu
Matutu
Primary
School
August
KVDA/STV/08/A
11th-31st Aug 2009
10th August
2009.
Nyanza
Masaba
Rhamakanda
Primary
School.
August
KVDA/STV/08/B
11th -31st August
2009
10th August
2009
August
KVDA/STV/08/C
11th -31st August
2009
10th August
2009
August
KVDA/STV/08/D
11th -31st Aug 2009
10th August
2009
August
KVDA/STV/08/E
11th -31st Aug 2009
10th August
2009
August
KVDA STV 08/F
11th-31st Aug 2009
10th August
2009
August
KVDA/STV/08/G
11th -31st August
2009
10th August
2009
Western
Western
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Eastern
Emuhaya
Emuhaya
Embu
Tharaka
Meru Central
Meru
Emusenjeli
Primary
School
Amka
Twende
Youth Group
Credo
Children
Center
(Kiaragana)
Kabuabua
Primary
School
Peace
building and
conflict
Transformati
on
Impact of
HIV/AIDS
on
Education.
marketing of produce, pest
control, teaching at Samanga
Secondary School,
establishment of community
banks on micro finance
Reconstruction of
infrastructure following
violent clashes and property
destruction after the 2007
disputed presidential elections
Classrooms construction
Tree nursery prep.& planting
HIV/AIDS discussion.
Developmen
t education:
High
poverty
levels
fuelled by
socioeconomic
imbalances
Construction of classrooms,
brick making, digging of pit
latrines, awareness creation
on HIV/AIDS & drug abuse,
orphans support and teaching.
Environment
al
conservation
Planting tree nurseries,
garbage recycling and
community training on waste
management, bee keeping,
open air businesses and small
scale farming
Build cow shed, build
workers quarter and kitchen,
build pit latrine and
bathroom, fence the 1-acre
plot, plant tree and fodder for
the cows, dig and equip biogas unit.
Sustainabilit
y: Initiating
income
Generating
activities for
selfsustainabilit
y
Female
Genital
Mutilation
(FGM) &
Girl child
Education
Timau
Primary
School.
Drug abuse:
Recipe for
youth crisis
Community
Initiatives for
Rural
Development
(CFORD-
Agriculture:
Horticulture
promotion
for
sustainable
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3
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3
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3
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3
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Construction
-Brick making
-Joint sessions on Girl Child
Education and impact of
FGM
3
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Brick work, construction,
sessions on substance abuse
and potential remedy for
sustainable development
Gardening on small scale
farms, construction,
HIV/AIDS awareness
campaigns and training on
environmentally friendly
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3
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August
KVDA STV 08/H
11th-31st Aug 2009
10th August
2009
August
KVDA/STV/08/I
11th -31st Aug 2009
10th August
2009
August
KVDA/STV/08/J
11th-31st Aug 2009
10th August
2009
August
KVDA/STV/08/K
11th-31st Aug 2009
10th August
2009
Western
Western
North Eastern
Coast
Hamisi
Emuhaya
Wajir
Malindi
Kenya)
development
agricultural activities.
Goibei
Primary
School.
Universal
education:
Millennium
challenge
Awareness
on alcohol,
drug abuse
and identity
crisis among
the youth
Construction, tree planting,
teaching and recreational
activities
Classroom construction
Tree planting
Community forums with
youths, sensitization on
dangers of drug and alcohol
abuse
3
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Gender:
Equal
educational
opportunitie
s.
Tourism:
Pedophiles
& upsurge
of sex
tourism
Classroom construction
HIV/AIDS discussions,
Camel riding and training on
Gender
3
0
Classrooms construction
Teaching and joint sessions
on sex tourism with
stakeholders and the
community
3
0
Ebusiralo
Youth
Polytechnic
Wajir
Primary
School
Mijomboni
Primary
School
August
KVDA/STV/08/L
11th-31st Aug 2009
10th August
2009
Coast.
Taita.
Mbulia
Primary
School
Universal
primary
education.
Brick work
Classrooms construction
Tree nursery preparation &
planting and teaching
August
KVDA/STV/08/M
11th-31st Aug 2009
10th August
2009
Coast
Kwale
Mbuguni
Primary
School
EcoTourism:
Socioeconomic
challenges
and effects
on education
Girl child
education:
Women
status in
socioeconomic
development
Brick making, tree planting,
empowerment on income
generating activities and
teaching at the Primary
School
Environment
conservation
Brick making, teaching and
awareness on environmental
conservation activities
August
KVDA/STV/08/N
11th -31st Aug 2009
August
KVDA/STV/08/O
11th -31st Aug 2009
10th August
2009
10th August
2009
Nyanza
Nyanza
Gucha
Nyamira
Nyagancha
Primary
School
Marindi
Primary
School
3
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3
0
3
0
Construction of classrooms,
empowerment on income
generating activities, teaching
at the primary school
3
0
3
0
September
KVDA/STV/09/A
5th-25th Sept 2009.
4th September
2009
Central
Nanyuki
Naru moru
Youth Group.
Youth
empowerme
nt.
Sharing ideas on Income
Generating Activities{IGAs}
Information exchange.
Construction
5
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September
KVDA/STV/09/B
5th-25th Sept 2009
4th September
2009
September
KVDA/STV/09/C
5th-25th Sept 2009
4th September
2009
Rift Valley
Central
Kajiado
Murang’a
Isinya
Primary
School.
Karunge
Primary
School
Global
partnership
for
Developmen
t
Health
Education
with focus
on personal
hygiene
Reproductive health, tree
nursery preparation &
planting
Cattle grazing
Masaai cultural talks.
Picking coffee, road
construction
School visits and health
education of personal
hygiene.
Community sensitization,
brick making, educational
campaigns, open forums to
create awareness and cleanup exercises at Luanda
market
Brick making, construction of
water tank, Teaching and
empowerment on income
generating activities
September
KVDA/STV/09/D
5th -25th Sept 2009
4th September
2009
Western
Emuhaya
Essumba
Primary
School
Drug and
alcohol
abuse:
Impact on
HIV/AIDS
October
KVDA/STV/10/A
6th-26th Oct 2009.
5th October
2009
Western
Butere
Bukwala
Dispensary
Poverty
Reduction:
Establish
community
banking for
savings
Food
Security.
October
KVDA/STV/10/B
6th-26th Oct 2009
5th October
2009
Eastern
Mbooni
Muuo Wa
Syumbe Self
Help Group
3
0
3
0
3
0
Tree nursery prep. & planting
General cultivation
3
0
October
KVDA/STV/10/C
6th-26th Oct 2009
5th October
2009
Coast
Taita
Migori
Ghazi
dispensary
November
KVDA/STV/11/A
7th-27th Nov 2009
6th November
2009
Nyanza
Kopala
Primary
School.
November
KVDA/STV/11/B
7th-27th Nov 2009
6th November
2009
Nyanza
Kuria
Mowankwe
Women
Group.
November
KVDA/STV/11/C
7th-27th Nov 2009
6th November
2009.
Eastern
Makueni
Kyakwasi
Gomeni Self
Help Group.
November
KVDA/STV/ 12/A
30th Nov-20th Dec
2009.
29th November
2009.
Coast
Taita
Paranga
Primary
School
Combat
HIV/AIDS,
Malaria and
other
diseases
Eradication
of extreme
poverty &
hunger.
Impact of
“Harmful
Cultural
practices”Female
Genital
Mutilation
(FGM)
Ensure
environment
al
sustainabilit
y.
Human
/Wildlife
Conflict.
Brick work
Digging foundation
Construction
Community health screening,
diagnosis and treatment.
Sand harvesting
Stone collection
Construction.
Brick making
HIV/AIDS discussions
Construction, sessions on
FGM and teaching
Dam construction
Tree nursery preparation &
planting-/Road construction
HIV/AIDS discussions.
Sand fetching
Stone carrying
Classroom construction
Tree nursery prep.& planting
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3
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2-WEEK INTERNATIONAL WORKCAMPS SCHEDULE
MONTH/DATE/
ORIENTATION
PROVINCE
DISTRICT
CODE
January
8th January 2009
Rift Valley
Trans-Mara
KVDA/STV/01
9th -23th January
2009
PROJECT
THEME
ACTIVITIES
Enemasi
Primary School
Peace building
and conflict
Transformation
Animation
Construction
Brick making
Peace Building
Games.
Brick making,
construction of
classrooms, topical
discussions on sports
and cultural heritage
of the Nandi people
February
KVDA/STV/02
7th -21st February
2009
6th February 2009
Rift Valley
Nandi South
Kamagap
Primary School
Education:
Focus on the
sports prowess
of the Nandi
community
March
KVDA/STV/03
7th -21st March
2009
6th March 2009
Nyanza
Kuria
Mowankwe
Self Help
Group.
FGM & Girl
Child
Education
Girl Child rights
discussions, insight
of female Genital
Mutilation (FGM)
April
KVDA/STV/04
11th -25th April
2009
10th April 2009
Nyanza
Kuria
Kiburanga
Women Group
Women
Empowerment
HIV/AIDS
discussions
Brick work
May
KVDA/STV/05
9th -23th May 2009
8th May 2009
Western
Emuhaya
Green Devils
Youth Sports
Club
Talent: Hidden
potentials in
sports
June
KVDA/STV/06
6th -20th June 2009
5th June 2009
Western
Emuhaya
Zingatia Post
Test Club
July
KVDA/STV/07
10th -24th July
2009
9th July 2009
Eastern
Machakos
Kyang’ombe
community
Behavious
change
communication
and HIV/AIDS
awareness
Food Security
Brick making,
leveling access road
in the village, organic
vegetables farming,
Counseling and
Testing
-Theatre Group
-Condom Promotion
August
KVDA/STV/08
11th -25th August
2009
10th August 2009
Eastern
Kangundo
Kivaani
Township
Primary School
and community
projects
Horticulture
and water
project
Organic farming,
irrigation for small
scale farmers
Farming, irrigation,
income improvement
of the community,
7
September
KVDA/STV/09
5th -19th September
2009
4th September 2009
Central
Kiambu
Masse Central
Academy
Income
Generating
Activities
(IGA)
Construction of the
Primary School
October
KVDA/STV/10
6th -20th October
2009
5th October 2009
Western
Emuhaya
Ebwiranyi
Primary School
Agriculture
and
Environmental
Conservation
Renovation and
construction of
classrooms, brick
making,
November
KVDA/STV/11
7th -21st November
2009
6th November 2009
Rift Valley
West Pokot
Morpus
Primary School
Female Genital
Mutilation
(FGM) & Girl
Child
Education
Reproductive health
training, alternative
methods on harmful
cultural practices,
December
KVDA/STV/12
29th Nov-12th
December 2009
28th November
2009
Rift Valley
Nakuru
Child
Happiness
Organization
Orphans
support
Construction work,
guiding and
counseling,
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