In addition to the personal satisfaction from volunteering, there are many other benefits from volunteering;

• Gaining knowledge and skills (professional growth).
• Personal satisfaction and growth (helping others and making new friends).
• Family interaction and involvement.
• Community involvement (learning about and helping your community)

Volunteer Training is provided to new volunteers depending on their role and location in Kenya. We ensure that they are equipped to provide services directly to the communities. This includes an orientation, basic HIV/AIDS information, boundaries workshop, working with vulnerable groups, and other sessions as required or requested. We recruit and place volunteers at different times every year.

Time Commitment: Volunteering at HOPE worldwide Kenya requires a minimum time commitment of 3 to 6 months for local volunteers and from 3 months to one year for international volunteers. There may be exceptions based on the skill set of the volunteer but there are no volunteer opportunities for less than one month. This is related to the time and resources needed for orientation, and the time needed to provide meaningful service.

Volunteer Opportunities

• Most of our local volunteer placements depend on the program site location and volunteers are recruited within the community currently served by a specific program. When completing your volunteer application, please complete the section on location and program preferred and we will liaise with the local program manager in that area. This does not apply to international volunteers.
• We have programs running at different locations throughout the country within our four pillars of HOPE.
• It is important to note that related to the nature of our funding we are unable to provide any kind of monetary incentives, i.e. transport, lunch, stipend or others. The volunteer must be self-sustaining and able to cater for any costs related to the terms of service.

Services offered by volunteers

• Health services provision, especially HIV care and treatment, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) services such as screening and treatment of STIs, cervical cancer screening, family planning, etc.
• Facilitators to support various health related trainings.
• Mentoring youth, caregivers of orphaned and vulnerable children, People Living with HIV (PLHIV) support groups to implement their projects effectively.
• Group formation and structure of management.
• Providing help and advice to marginalized communities, youth, and women in their efforts to generate income to improve their quality of life.
• Entrepreneurship and business skills training.
• Training in financial literacy.
• Teaching vocational and life skills; Fashion and design, hairdressing, computer application skills training, soap and candle making, business skills, and others.
• Providing psychosocial support, education and vocational training.
• Early childhood development training.
• Business and marketing skills to scale up HWWK social enterprise to a profitable venture.
• Create employment to youth.