Support Kenyan youth in Machakos by coaching handball and other sports

We use sport as a developmental tool to help children build life skills, environmental skills and develop their talents.

Play Handball Kenya

"Handball as a tool for social change"

Sport Coach

3 to 24 months

For 3 months from

2270€

Sports activities ²

Handball • Kabaddi • Kho kho • Table tennis • Tchoukball • Teqball • Touch Rugby

Social Change Focus

Gender equality, Girls empowerment, Inclusion, Environmental awareness, Health and well-being, Life skills

Detailed overview

Project ID

KE-PH-HTSC

Project provider

Play Handball Kenya

Type of organisation ⁷

CLG

Country

Kenya

Location

Machakos

Places offered

2-3

Age (min)

Gender preference ³

None

Available months

Jan to Dec

Starting time

Anytime

Work schedule ⁴

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat

Hours per day ⁴

Approx. 8

Transfers

Jomo Kenyatta Airport to Host family

Home « » project

Walking distance

Place to stay

Host family

Meals ⁵

3 meals a day

Spoken languages

English, Swahili

Laundry

Nearby

Wifi home ⁶

Yes

Wifi project ⁶

About the project

Ongoing Activities

Handball, Football, Tchoukball

Future Activities

Teqball, Kabaddi, Kho kho, Table Tennis

Handball is our tool to empower youth. Our vision is to promote a diverse and inclusive sporting environment through the team sport of handball and to impart self-esteem, skills and knowledge to the next generation.

We want to contribute to a world where young people grow up in peace and have the skills to shape a positive future for themselves and others. We promote self-respect, respect for others and respect for the environment as the main tenets of our call to action.

Machakos: The volunteer here will have the opportunity to teach young children in a school in the morning and coach handball in 3 different schools and a community club in the evening, each on their own day.

Help with school work, such as tutoring if interested
Help with school homework
Evening sports activities
Planning sports events/tournaments
Mobilising resources for the organisation

07 am – Wake up, breakfast
08 am – Arrival at work place
03 pm – Sports training
4-5 pm – Return home/end of the day
8 pm – Dinner time with host family

Please note that days and times may vary depending on the project and task.

General

Kenyans are generally overly friendly and welcome visitors wholeheartedly, which can sometimes be too much if you are not used to being the centre of attention.

Dress code: You should wear clothes that are not too revealing and that cover most of your body.

The project is in a low income community where you can experience poverty and middle income at the same time. Our roads are not so good, but we have electricity, water and habitable houses.

We have different means of transport like Matatu, some very colourful and some with very loud music, we have buses, Boda Boda which is a motorbike, TukTuk and also private cars/taxis.

We have four seasons in Kenya, the hot season which is supposed to be from January to March, followed by short rains from March to June, the cold season from July to September and heavy rains from October to December, but due to climate change it is a bit hard to predict the seasons.

We are close to the only national park in a city in the world, Nairobi National Park. In your free time you can visit the city of Nairobi which is 1 hour drive away.

Health & Safety

In Machakos area our source of water is dug boreholes, the water is a bit salty and therefore we can only use it for cleaning but we also have water points where we buy drinking water. We have electricity in most households.
The area is safe but you should be careful not to walk alone at night.
Our public transport is safe and cheap. You should always be careful not to be overcharged. There are various means of transport from buses, boda boda motorbikes, matatu mini buses.
We are not a malaria zone area, no lake and rivers near us.

External information Machakos:

Requirements & costs

Requirements

Age (min)

Language skills

English

Documents

Police Clearance

Required

COACH ABROAD

Form completed

Useful skills / documents

Sporting skills
Languages skills
Lifeskills development and environmental development

Costs

Transfers

Jomo Kenyatta Airport to Host family

Place to stay

Host family

Meals

3 meals a day

Price for 3 months from ^1a

2270€

Duration (min/max)

3 to 24 months

Additional month ^1b

410€

1a) The price is based on the minimum length of stay in the project.
1b) Please note that only whole months are counted.

Own responsibility

These items are not included in the project cost and are your responsibility:

Flights, visas and all necessary documents and associated fees
Travel and medical insurance, vaccinations
Personal activities/travel and related expenses

Do you have any questions about the "Handball as a tool for social change" project?

Just send us a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Please make sure you ask as specifically as possible. Thank you very much!

Social Media "Play Handball Kenya"

Project mentor:

Caroline Nange

"I know from my own story how sport can be a source of empowerment and opportunity for personal growth."

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b) Additional month: Please note that only whole months are counted.
Activities already on offer or to be introduced in the future.
At COACH ABROAD there are no restrictions on who can volunteer apart from a minimum age, sporting ability and a police clearance certificate. Read our FAQ “Are there any restrictions in choosing my project?” to find out why we have included the gender information here.
Please note that the days and times of the activities are flexible. Some (optional) activities as well as tournaments or events may take place outside the specified days.
All meals are prepared to local standards. Special dietary requirements, such as vegetarian or vegan food, should be discussed directly with the host family. COACH ABROAD, the project and the host family cannot guarantee that all dietary requirements will be met. In this case, volunteers are asked to provide additional food at their own expense.
In many countries and rural areas it’s not common to have Wi-Fi or internet at home. Mobile internet is usually available.
NGO: Non-Governmental Organisation / NPO: Non-Profit Organisation / CBO: Community Based Organisations / CLG: Company Limited by Guarantee / Change Maker: Private activist