NGO MONDO
CIVS COMMUNITY SERVICE
NAIROBI, Kenya
⭐️ Activity Title
Teacher Assistant Volunteer
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🔷 Activity Details
Description
Based in the Kano Plains of Western Kenya, this placement supports early childhood education in low-income communities. Volunteers work alongside local teachers at Ahero Community Resource Center and nearby private pre-primary schools, helping strengthen children’s physical, cognitive, and emotional development through play-based learning, literacy support, and creative activities. The focus is on capacity building and sharing skills that contribute to sustainable, long-term improvements in education. Volunteers support the daily activities of preschools, daycare centres, and kindergartens, mainly working with children aged 3–6. The centre’s kindergarten serves around 90 children who are affected by poverty, orphanhood, or HIV/AIDS. They receive free education and meals during the day and return home in the evening to their caregivers or guardians.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Our volunteers will be accommodated either in a volunteer house or in a rented space near the project location. In the accommodation, water and electricity will be available. The volunteer will be required to bring a sleeping bag, mosquito net and pillow. Kindly pay attention to the things you should bring to make your accommodation more comfortable. Volunteers will cook their breakfast and dinner and lunch will be provided at the working sites. Transportation to and from the projects will be either by walking or using moto bikes.
Training during the activity
This opportunity is part of the RISE project (Reinforcing Inclusion through Solidarity and Empowerment), through which volunteers support inclusion, empowerment, and capacity building in vulnerable communities. They take part in field activities, awareness-raising, and capacity-building actions, while developing transversal and intercultural skills in an international humanitarian context. Volunteers also receive orientation, safeguarding and role-specific training, mentoring, local language and intercultural learning, and pre-departure preparation.
Participant profile
Candidates must be 18 to 35 years old, reside in one of the eligible countries (EU Member State, North Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Turkey), have completed the compulsory Humanitarian Aid Volunteering training and not have participated before in individual Humanitarian Aid Volunteering. When adding together this new volunteering opportunity and any previous participation in EU volunteering programmes, the total duration cannot exceed 12 months. Kindergartens teaching is often under-resourced with a genuine need for support. Volunteers should have an open mind and flexible attitude for working in a new and different environment. Volunteers need to be flexible, energetic, open-minded and have a passion for working with children. You should also be proactive and have the ability to take initiative. Previous experience in working with children is a bonus.
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🔑 Key Information
Activity dates
A total of 26 week(s) during the period 03/08/2026 to 01/03/2027
Activity location
KENOL STATION BUILDING BURUBURU, NAIROBI, Kenya
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye
Activity topics
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Physical education and sport
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 28/06/2026 00:00
Project code
2025-1-EACEA-VOLUN-101251290
🔗 Official Project Page
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/52596_en
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