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Organization:
Location: Short-term Missions / Volunteer Internship
Address:
Kijabe
Nairobi, WA, 77777
Kenya

Great For: Great for Families, Great for Groups, Great for Seniors, Great for Teens
Service Area(s): Adult Ministry, Children and Youth Ministry, Construction, Directly Serving People, Health and Medicine, Indirectly Serving People, Skilled Trades, Worship/Music/Choir
Hourly Commitment:
12
Commitment is per:
Day
Number of Positions:
20
Number of Volunteers in this
Position in the Past Year:
20
One-time / Ongoing Position:

Description

More than 11 million children have been orphaned by AIDS worldwide. In Kenya, the number of AIDS orphans is quickly approaching one million. And the HIV/AIDS pandemic has contributed immensely to the extreme poverty in Kenya. You can bring help and hope to the Kenyan people! The Forward Edge trip to Kenya will focus on serving and blessing the poverty-stricken families and youth of Kenya. The team will spend each day ministering to children, performing basic construction work and blessing those who need help most. Team members will work with key Forward Edge International partners in Kenya: 1. Fred and Lydia Kilonzo, pastors of Pneuma Ministries, which reaches out to youth in Kibera slum 2. Mama Beth and her daughter, Jane, who feeds 60 orphaned children three meals every day in Kijabe 3. Garry and Brenda Kean, missionaries in Nairobi, Kenya While on the trip, volunteers will stay in a guest house in Nairobi. All meals and transportation are provided. And, you will get to enjoy the sights and sounds of Africa--take a day-long safari, visit the market, enjoy the music. Requirements: None

Do you require that volunteers for this position be Christian?

No

Organizational Statement of Faith:

No

Group Minimum and Maximum


10 - 25


Short Term Mission Trip Details


Additional Details:


Please contact Matt Harris for more information and details, if interested, at 360.574.3343 or matt@forwardedge.org.

This cost includes:


Room & Board, In country Transportation, Building Materials, Pre-trip Training materials, T-Shirt, daily devotional material, 24/7 on site facilitator.

Application Deadline (MM/DD/YYYY)


10/25/2010

Opportunity Date(s): Start Date:  
12/30/2011

End Date:  
12/28/2012