Claire McAdie volunteering in Kenya

 

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School of Hope, Kenya

[Image: A classroom on Kokwa Island ]
A classroom on Kokwa Island

The Republic of Kenya is located in East Africa, sharing borders with Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. The capital, Nairobi, is home to 2.5 million of the total population of over 35 million.

"Kibera is one of the biggest slums in the world, home to over one million, sixty percent of whom are children. Every person in Kibera lives in absolute poverty; being born in Kibera has been compared to being born in a prison, with no way out and no end to the sentence. No roads, no running water, no sanitation, no electricity, and not a lot of hope."

The School of Hope is a primary school, located in Kibera, with classes from "nursery" to grade 5. There are currently about 80 students enrolled and though conditions may seem basic when compared to an Australian school, the students are happy for the opportunity to attend school.

Claire McAdie

[Image: Claire McAdie ]

Claire began her placement teaching conversational English to students of Talent Academy.

There has since been identified a greater need at the School of Hope in Kibera. Claire will soon begin working with students and staff in Kibera to assist develop programs in extra-curricular activities, guidance and counselling and extra tuition for academically challenged students.

Claire has previously worked for Daylesford Primary School and has been trained by Centacare, Ballarat, as a grief counselling facilitator, Palms Australia, School of Hope and Vision Africa believe Claire is very well equipped for the task.

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This placement has concluded, however Palms Australia needs your support for many ongoing volunteer placements.

Palms' volunteers provide on-the-ground mentoring for local people, to build local capacity and reduce their dependence on foreign aid. The volunteers travel to meet the requests of the local communities, providing the skills they have identified as necessary to reduce poverty.

This is development as it should be done. Please support our work and help Palms Australia achieve our vision of a just, sustainable, interdependent and peaceful world.

 


The poor themselves can create a poverty-free world — all we have to do is to free them from the chains that we have put around them. - Muhammad Yunus

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