Expanding Opportunities
Service Journey
Service Opportunities
OPPORTUNITIES
Whether you have a short time to give or want to serve for a year, we are ready to assist you. Educational internships, school cultural exchanges, ministry opportunities. Here are a few of our most common service opportunities. Call or email to discuss your interest.
FOR OUR SPECIFIC SCHEDULED JOURNEYS for 2009
Click the Experience Art in Kenya and Experience Education in Kenya links at the bottom of this page.
An individualized journey can be scheduled at any time.
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General Service: Many of our Service Journey participants are not certain how they would like to serve. Don't let that stop you from experiencing Africa. Come along and you will find your area of SERVICE. Just being YOU is often the biggest gift you can give |
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Education Nursery, Primary and Secondary school operate on a 3 term per year schedule. Schools are open January through March; May through July; and September through November. The public schools welcome visiting teachers to teach the Kenyan curricuum or special subject areas and presentations. There are few teaching aids. Bringing materials and/or creating teaching aids to correspond to the curriculum are extremely welcome service opportunities. Many schools have no library or an inadequate library. Assisting with the creation of a school library is a welcome service as well. |
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Community Health There are many small rural clinics and hospitals. Depending upon your desires and expertise, you can carry and deliver needed medical supplies, or assist and work side by side with Kenyan medical staff in the clinics. Several of our health Service Journey participants have had the joy of assisting with a birth. |
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Street Children Unfortunately street children are a common site in most of Kenya. Expanding Opportunities has a small feeding program for children in Kericho, and often feeds street children anywhere the paths cross. |
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Joseph Waweru Home School Expanding Opportunities has a small Children's Home. There are always many opportunities for service at the Home. Short term assistance as simple as helping with the dishes and long term assistance as a House Parent. The needs may change but there is always plenty of work. |
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Alternative Technologies The Joseph Waweru Home School is one of the few "Green" Children's Homes. It utilizes solar power for both lighting and cooking, humanmanure composting, grey water irrigation, rain water catchment, drip irrigation, organic gardening, and is raising funds for a biogas generator for cooking. These technologies need further development, maintenance and community awareness. The children and adults in the Home need training updates regularly. |
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Workshops The Children's Home also desires to be a Community Center. The Commons building is perfect for offering short term, or one session workshops. Solar cooking, international cooking, public health, soap making, organic gardening, or any number and type of workshops would enhance community awareness and development. |
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Construction The Joseph Waweru Home School is still under construction and a girl's home is pending funding. There is always some sort of construction project needing assistance. |
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African Art Expanding Opportunities' Artisan Support project seeks out artists and works with a variety of artist to increase their markets. Selceting, buying, discussing process, quality and price points is also an area of service. |
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Business Development Expanding Opportunities seeks 100% sustainability. To assist the community with employment opportunities and to generate funds for its projects, the organization seeks to develop viable small businesses. One such business is the current Debley Rentals. Assistance with businesss research, plans and marketing is always welcome. |
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Public Relations This service area is ongoing. Writers, photographers, professional and amateur, are always welcome to help spread the word about Africa and its people, the work of the organziaiton and the human stories that need to be told. |
* This is a unique opportunity to travel to Kenya, give of your talent and skill, enjoy some rest and relaxation and build life-long friendships
For more Information:
Write: Expanding Opportunities, 84 Payson Road, Brooks, ME 04921
Call 1-888-760-7943; 1-207-722-3708
Email: info@expandingopportunities.org
Visit: www.exop.org
