Volunteer
Education Improvement
Onyalo Primary School lies at the heart of the rural community in Migori with classroom populations up to 60 pupils. A project in this school would include teaching, building desks, reparing the windows to provide the kids with a more condusive learning environment. Volunteer as an individual on a gap year and or summer school expeditions and provide the education development improvement and through inspiration and confidence that is passed on to the children, spend time with the children for their personal development, adding a global dimension to their education.
The impact you will make
- Desk making
- Adding to the pupils stationery to enhance the pupils learning
- Teaching sciences, conversational English, music & arts
- Physical education, life skills training and guidance and counseling
- Sports coaching and dancing classes
The impact you will make
- Part of the fee paid by our volunteers goes to sponsoring this children’s education
- Directly constructing beds and renovating the accommodation house for the kids
- Teaching, elementary child and parental care
- Empowering minors to be self-reliant i.e. life skills lessons and motivational speaking
Childcare and Orphanage
Elective Africa partners with Emmanuel Children's Home. This Center welcomes orphaned and vulnerable children who have either lost their parents due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic or are being cared for by ailing grandparents.
Healthcare Projects
Health and education go hand in hand. We value our healthcare placements at Migori County Referral Hospital and St. Joseph Mission Hospital for health care and pre-health student. Public health outreach programs in the community will make a difference. This includes health campaigns on hygiene and prevention of infectious diseases.
The impact you will make
- Offer the most required support to improve the delivery of healthcare services.
- Creating awareness on proper sanitation & hygiene to reduce malaria and cholera outbreak
- Providing education on prenatal care during pregnancy, testing and treatment for HIV and safe delivery by a skilled attendant
- Medical clinics and child immunization
- Door-to-door jigger eradication campaign
On a gap year volunteer program, obtain great insights of the career life you want to lead by immersing yourself in various projects, appreciating the world outside while discovering the richness of giving back and helping others. Utilize your talents, develop new skills and explore a new place. You will not only be equipped with experience and knowledge for use in future career, but it is a changing point your life.
Don't Leave Your Friends Behind!
Most applications are solo trips that then join other participants in the program. However,
you are free to travel with a group of friends or classmates. Moreover, you have the option
of extending your experience by inviting your family to join you for a memorable safari at
the program's conclusion.
Note that there may be group discounts available for those who choose to travel with friends
or classmates.
Other Placement Options
Besides healthcare, other work placement options available are Teaching, Community Development, Business Treks, HIV work, Orphanage Work, Agriculture, Environmental Protection, and more.
Our programs revolve around volunteering, studying abroad, career exploration, cultural immersion, language study, and gap year programs. Which can all be used for school credit.
Success Stories from Our Alumni Network
Go Elective surpassed my expectations. From the moment I arrived, the GE staff made me feel at ease. The shadowing experience I got from the rural clinics in Mombasa was incredible, allowing me to see things I don't think I would have seen anywhere else.
Kayla Foord, Premed Internship
Success Stories from Our Alumni Network
Working with a skilled surgeon was incredible, but the real highlight was the eye-opening experience at the Coast General Hospital. It humbled me and showed me the impact that the medical profession can have worldwide.
Matthew O'Donnell, Medical Elective
Go Elective surpassed my expectations. From the moment I arrived, the GE staff made me feel at ease. The shadowing experience I got from the rural clinics in Mombasa was incredible, allowing me to see things I don't think I would have seen anywhere else.
Kayla Foord, Premed Internship
