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Kenya
Helping Hands International currently serves in several villages and cities in Kenya, including but not limited to Rakwaro, Nairobi, Kakamega, and Kiwawa! We invite you to join us in sharing the love of God by bring help and hope to hurting people in this beautiful place!
Join us in: Kenya 2024
Trip Information
DATE: 10/13/2024-10/26/2024
ESTIMATED COST:
Trip fee - $1,500 per person (plus airfare) - please register for the trip PRIOR to paying! :)
FUNDRAISING GOAL:
OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES
This years Kenya trip will include :
- Dental camp for orphans and vulnerable in Kakamega, Kenya's Amati Center for Orphans
- Visit and play with sponsored children
- Giving Bible story lessons and reading books to the children
- Check on projects in Rakwaro, Kenya
- Visiting schools and homes in Nairobi and rural upcountry
- Going to a big Nairobi church and a tiny little village church
- Safari and elephant orphanage
LODGING & FOOD
Where We Stay & What We Eat
We will be staying in local hotels and eating in approved restaurants.
SUPPLY LIST
What to Bring
- Bible
- Bath: bath towel, soap, shampoo, toothbrush and toothpaste, personal items, etc.
- Clothes: work clothes, one nice (not dressy) outfit for church, jacket and/or sweater (cold at night), work gloves, hat
- Shoes: hiking shoes are preferred (e.g. no bare feet at any time) etc.
- Other: baby wipes, camera, flashlight, hand sanitizer, sunscreen, water bottle etc.
TRANSPORTATION
Transportation consists of land cruisers and/or local trucks and vans. There is also an opportunity to walk around the village and local landmarks.
DRESS CODE
- No undergarments showing at any time (guys and gals)
- Dresses/skirts for outreach should be mid-calf to ankle if your not wearing pants
- No tight fitting shirts, tank tops, low-cut or scoop neck (sleeveless is ok)
- Men cannot take off their shirts
HEALTH & SAFETY
Helping Hands International recommends you follow the health and safety recommendations readily published by the CDC and Travel Alert program offered by the US State Department, as well as those recommended by your personal physician. Please click here for vaccination requirements and/or recommendations made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Please note, if you do take prescription medicines, please check with your local pharmacist to ensure the medicines are not considered a controlled substance in the location you are traveling.
PASSPORT REQUIREMENTS
Please be sure to read specific passport and visa requirements listed here, per the U.S. State Department. U.S. and Canadian citizen (adult or child): Must have a current passport with the expiration date no later than 6 months of your return date, plus an e-visa before boarding an aircraft.
THE STORY BEHIND THE PROJECT
We are planning to complete another dental camp for orphans and vulnerable at the Amati Center for Orphans in Kenya, visit various ministries and schools in Nairobi, Kenya, and visit sponsored children (and check on projects) in Rakwaro, Kenya, including a new well!
– Crissy Christian, HHI Team Leader
Completed!
Trip Information
DATE: 10/05/2023-10/18/2023
ESTIMATED COST:
Trip fee - $1,500 per person (plus airfare) - please register for the trip PRIOR to paying! :)
FUNDRAISING GOAL:
OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES
This years Kenya trip will include :
- Dental camp for orphans and vulnerable in Kakamega, Kenya's Amati Center for Orphans
- Visit and play with sponsored children
- Giving Bible story lessons and reading books to the children
- Check on projects in Rakwaro, Kenya
- Visiting schools and homes in Nairobi and rural upcountry
- Going to a big Nairobi church and a tiny little village church
- Safari and elephant orphanage
THE STORY BEHIND THE PROJECT
We are planning to complete a dental camp for orphans and vulnerable in Kakamega, Kenya at the Amati Center for Orphans. We also plan to visit various ministries and schools in Nairobi, Kenya as well as visit sponsored children (and check on projects) in Rakwaro, Kenya.
– Crissy Christian, HHI Team Leader
Completed!
Trip Information
DATE: 09/09/2022-09/21/2022 - (Update as of 6/2/22: This trip is full.)
ESTIMATED COST:
Currently under review but expect $1,200 per person (plus airfare).
Click here for payment schedules
FUNDRAISING GOAL:
$10k (these funds are used to pay for the two houses we plan to build)
OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES
We are currently finalizing our travel plans but expect the service trip to involve:
- dedicating two homes built during Summer of 2022 for women in need, namely single Mom (who has been crippled from birth and is unable to walk) and her caregiver);
- participating in a "Day in the Life of a Kenyan" experience (e.g. helping local villagers with daily responsibilities like fetching water, herding cattle, making ropes out of plant, watching children, helping with laundry etc.);
- checking-in on the status of the wormwood plantings and irrigation installation from prior years;
- visiting students at the Mcedo Beijing School (Mathare slums, Nairobi), Bethany Education Centre (Kawangware slums, Nairobi), Destiny Junior Academy (Mathare slums, Nairobi), Rawkaro Village (Rakwaro) and Amati Center for Orphans (Kakamega); and,
- giving Volunteers an opportunity to meet their Sponsored children and share the gospel.
THE STORY BEHIND THE PROJECT
“With help from the locals, Helping Hands International started sponsoring the Christian Dream School and Child Sponsorship Program in Rakwaro, Kenya (a remote village located in the Northwest portion of Kenya, specifically near the shores of Lake Victoria) around 2016.
Initially, we helped approximately 70 families and over 100 children in this small village.
However, over the past couple of years we extended our Child Sponsorship Program to reach multiple schools in Nairobi, Kenya (e.g. Mcedo Beijing School, Bethany Education Centre, Destiny Junior Academy) and two orphanages - one in Kakamega, Kenya (e.g. Amati Center for Orphans) and another in Andhra Pradesh, India (Bethany Children Home).
We now have over 200 students in the Child Sponsorship Program who receive regular, meals, education and the good news of the gospel, thanks to God and our monthly sponsors.
In 2021, we also started forming a college/trade school scholarship program for students who have graduated from high school and expressed interest in pursuing a higher education.
We invite you to prayerfully consider joining us on a service project in Kenya in 2022 or becoming a monthly sponsor!
– Crissy Christian, HHI Team Leader
Completed!
Trip Information
DATE: 06/13/21-06/25/21
ESTIMATED COST: $1,000 per person per trip (plus airfare)
OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES
This service trip will involve:
- a formal dedication of the 2020 drilled well at the Mcedo Beijing School in the Mathare slums of Nairobi, Kenya;
- a formal dedication of the 2021 drilled well for the Amati Orphanage in Kakamega, Kenya;
- a formal dedication of the newly built Christian Dream School in Rakwaro, Kenya;
- checking-in on the status of the shade nets installed, wormwood plantings, irrigation installation in 2019; and,
- giving Volunteers an opportunity to meet children that are part of HHI's Child Sponsorship Program in Rakwaro, Kenya.
THE STORY BEHIND THE PROJECT
“Rakwaro is a remote village located in the Northwest portion of Kenya, specifically near the shores of Lake Victoria.
Transportation in the village largely consists of walking and bicycling.
With help from the locals, Helping Hands International has been able to sponsor the Christian Dream School and the Child Sponsorship program in this area, which benefits approximately 70 families and has more than 100 children.
These students receive regular meals, school uniforms and the good news of the gospel.”
– Ron Ashpole, HHI Founder & President