Wings of a Dove Children's Home Ruai

FOCUS: Social work

MINIMUM STAY: 1 Month

SHORT DESCRIPTION: 

Wings of a Dove Community Centre started as informal group in 2004 in Dandora, Njiru Sub County, Nairobi as a day care Centre where children were taken care off as their mothers went to look for casual work within Dandora. The women group later registered as a community based organization (CBO) with ministry of gender, culture and social services in Embakasi division in 2005. Due to lack of employment and extreme poverty majority of the mothers abandoned their babies and as a result the home started in order to address the needs of the abandoned and neglected children.

All children attend public schools and local churches for religious teachings and academic. with the view of erasing the dark past the children experienced. Through mixing up with other children where they play together and share dreams, it enable them accepted in the society and encourage them do better in their studies and sports for their future benefit. We aim to give each and every child an opportunity to dream again and create new life stories which will transform their lives to have positive worldview and dreams. Our exit strategy is to ensure that every child is given an opportunity to be self-reliant in life through education and sports. We ensure that every child achieves his/her dreams through education and those who don’t succeed are enrolled in different colleges where they acquire skills in entrepreneurship, and other areas which will enable them to be self-reliant.

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES: Elementary child care; Taking care of the children as well as playing with them; Ensuring the compound is clean; Resource mobilization to enhance the development of the centre; Motivational speaking especially to the girls in the centre; Capacity building and administrative work; Educational development need of the children i.e. Teaching; Food preparation and serving.

ACCOMMODATION: You will be accommodated in a host family in Ruai, where you will be commuting to the project on a daily basis.