Activities for this placement will include: Teaching; Extra-Curricular Activities; School Administration Assistance.

School placements can be in private schools or state schools, boarding or day schools.

Teaching Program

Duration: Minimum 2 weeks

Price US $ 990 per person every two weeks 

Program details

Teaching is mainly in primary schools but occasionally in high schools. Such schools will generally be in rural areas. In some schools facilities are very basic. Key subjects for volunteers to teach include: Environmental conservation, English, Computer skills, music, sports, arts and craft. These are challenging placements where volunteers have to adapt to a new environment while teaching in an African cultural set up. There is an environmental day every week when all students and all volunteers participate in an environmental conservation activity. Teaching aids are either not available, inadequate or in poor condition. In such circumstances volunteers have to be creative and train students and sometimes even teachers to make innovative learning aids. For those looking for a life changing placement in the teaching world, this is an excellent opportunity.  

Teaching Extra-curricular activities

Duration: Minimum 2 weeks

Price: US $ 990 per person every two weeks 

Program details

There are many types of extracurricular activities just as there many benefits of participating in one or more of them. You shall explain the benefits and assist in developing new extracurricular activities in schools and strengthen existing ones within the available means. Priority extracurricular activities will include nature conservation clubs, young farmers, drama, choir, and photography, Students against Destructive Decisions, jazz band, computer club, and more all with an extra objective to enhance conservation.

School administration Assistant

Duration: Minimum 2 weeks

Price: US $ 990 per person every two weeks

Program details

School’s administration assistant’s tasks may include such things as duties in the student dormitories, supervision of students after classes, organizing students during dinner, remedial classes for small groups in English, Maths, computer classes, or supervising/training extracurricular activities and assisting with school administration.

Community Programs Placement

Activities for this placement will include working in:  Children Care Homes; Community Rural Development Projects; Public Health Awareness;

Children Care Homes Placement

Duration: Minimum 2 weeks

Price: US $ 990 per person every two weeks 

Program details

In Africa, and Kenya in particular, conservation efforts that are not linked to social development are given little or no attention by the society despite the enormous benefits of nature conservation. As a conservation organization, Mt. Kenya Conservation Forum has a responsibility to the society. By reaching out to the needy we help cement a strong bond between the society and conservation. One way of achieving this is by engaging volunteers who love nature to support social issues. Supporting Children's Homes is a perfect way of a conservation organization to reach out to the community. Placement in a children home will not only help the needy but also act as an ambassador of nature conservation. To support conservation our volunteers to children homes would participate in the following environmental management activities in the children homes:

• Waste management and keeping the general environment clean and safe for the kids

• Water conservation,

• Energy conservation

• Creating environmental conservation awareness to the children, their teachers and caretakers,

• Sustainable farming,

• Donate in kind and sponsoring the children to visit conservation areas and be given the chance to learn something new about nature and many more other creative ways.

Participation in Local Arts and Hand Crafts

Duration: Minimum 2 weeks

Price: $ 1480 every two weeks 

Program details

Volunteers will work in Mt. Kenya Conservation Forum Community Center and get an opportunity to participate and learn local arts and hand craft such embroidery, knitting, hides and skins works, arts, handcraft, jewelry, pottery, collection and preservation of cultural/traditional materials among other creative ways to help communities reclaim their traditional of life.

Special Volunteer Conservation Programs

Our special volunteer conservation programs are specialized programs. They are meant for volunteers who want to gain hands on skills in conservation that may be applied in their profession. Some of these programs have been formulated in form of training courses while others are research based.

Our special volunteer conservation programs include:

• Captive Wild Management

• African Biodiversity Related Research Programs For Professionals

•  African Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Training Course

• Bush Craft, Wilderness Survival And Outdoor Leadership Course

Captive Wildlife Management

Program Title: Captive Wildlife Management

Location: Kenya, East Africa

Placement Field Location: Nairobi Animal Orphanage and Nairobi Safari Walk( within Nairobi National Park).

Duration: 4 weeks minimum (can go for up to 3months depending on participant choice)

Price Per Person: $ 3940 for 4 weeks.

• Pay 50% ( $ 2470) deposit  required to reserve a place for the course

• Pay the other 50% before commencement of the course

• Receive 10% discount if full fees paid three months before the course.

• All meals while undertaking the course provided. Participants to meet cost of extra meals and drinks.

• Accommodation: camping or shared dormitories

• Participants to provide personal effects, clothing and backpacking gear.

• Certificate of completion given after the course

Program details

In this placement, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the management of wildlife under captivity.  Conservation of a wide range of wildlife species under captivity will be explored. Such species include predators including African lion, cheetah, hyena and leopard. Other species under captivity include white rhino, giraffe, zebra, various antelopes, buffalo and more.  Participants will gain practical experience in animal care husbandry, had feeding wildlife, care of abandoned wildlife “babies”, assist veterinary nursing works, rehabilitation of animal cages and cleaning of cages.

Placement in African Biodiversity Research Programs for Professionals

Programs for professionals

Programs for professionals may be tailor made to suit the interests of volunteers, however these programs will include (but not limited to) Africa biodiversity related research activities. Participant can carry out research in their interest areas but within this broad thematic area (African Biodiversity Related Research focusing on Mt. Kenya Ecosystem).

Duration: 3 months (12 weeks)                                      

Research Field Location: High altitude, alpine zones of Mt. Kenya

Target Participants: includes Students, lecturers, and researchers and other professionals in the field of biology, ecology, biodiversity, biogeography, nature tourism, and related fields.

Research Output:  Participants will be expected to write an abstract of their research topics, collect quality data, analyze data, produce/publish a research paper, develop research models that can be used by others, make a presentation of their findings and share research findings with Mt. Kenya Conservation Forum and its associates.

Price per Person: US $ 5940

Program details

• Responsible Travel Related Research

• Environmental degradation in mountaineering and wildness recreation

•  Wild fires and wildness recreation in alpine zones

• Effects of  mountaineering and wilderness recreation on wildlife

• Effects of park rules and regulations, and principles of eco-tourism/responsible travel on visitor behavior

• Community Based Natural Resource Management Related Research.

• Community benefits from nature

• Wildlife/ people interactions

• Forest /people interactions

• Water management; uses, scarcity, conflicts and coping strategies

• Natural resource inventory

• Natural resource planning

• Alternative energy and local limitations

• Philanthropy  and community participation in conservation

• Community Conservation Education and Awareness Related Research

• The role of public awareness in building community participation in conservation

• Developing guidelines for the development of community education

• Developing community education tools

• Community Based Nature Tourism Related Research

• Developing a community guide to nature tourism

• Nature tourism benefits to local communities

• Improving local people’s participation in nature tourism

• Impact of tourism on local communities