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Join Sindo Victoria Football Academy and experience authentic rural life near Lake Victoria. Help support children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds through football, mentorship, and community activities. Share your skills, immerse yourself in local culture, and contribute to a project that builds confidence, discipline, and hope for the future. ✨⚽🤝🇰🇪
18 hours of help per week
Child Care: Caring for, playing with, and spending time with children.
Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.
Teaching Sports: Teaching or assisting the host, guests, or local communities in practicing sports or physical activities.
Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.
Amount: US$ 5 Per day
Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers, Materials for volunteer activities, and Donation to project
Description: Volunteers contribute 5 USD per day to help cover basic costs such as use of the kitchen, water, electricity, gas and general maintenance. Volunteers may cook their own meals using the shared kitchen. If they prefer, we can also provide three local meals per day breakfast, lunch and dinner for an additional 10 USD per day, making a total of 15 USD per day. Any contribution helps us keep the project sustainable and support our community project
2 days off per week
Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.
Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.
Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.
Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
Beginner English or Beginner Swahili
Between 18 and 80 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Sindo Victoria Football Academy is a community-based initiative located in Sindo, Homa Bay County, Kenya, near the shores of Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa and the second-largest freshwater lake in the world. Through football, mentorship and educational support, the programme aims to empower children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds by promoting discipline, teamwork, confidence and personal development.
In our community, secondary education is not free, and many families struggle to afford school fees. For talented and dedicated young athletes, sporting excellence can provide opportunities for scholarships or exemptions from school fees, allowing them to continue their education and pursue a brighter future.
Volunteers may assist with football coaching, educational activities, English practice and community engagement initiatives, depending on their skills and interests. The programme also offers volunteers the opportunity to experience authentic rural Kenyan life while contributing to a meaningful social project that creates positive and lasting impact within the local community.
Volunteers will support the academy for approximately 18 hours per week, usually spread over 5 days, with 2 days off each week. Activities may vary depending on the needs of the academy and the volunteer's skills and interests.
Possible activities include:
* Assisting with football training sessions and matches;
* Organising sports and recreational activities for children and young people;
* Supporting educational activities, including English practice and homework assistance;
* Helping with social media, photography and storytelling to increase the visibility of the academy;
* Assisting with fundraising initiatives and community projects;
* Mentoring and encouraging children through positive interaction and cultural exchange.
Beyond the practical support they provide, volunteers bring something even more valuable: hope. By spending time with the children, listening to them and believing in their potential, volunteers show them that they matter, that their dreams are important and that people from different parts of the world care about their future. In turn, volunteers often leave with the certainty that these children have touched their hearts and changed their own lives in meaningful ways.
The schedule is flexible and designed to ensure that volunteers have enough free time to rest, explore the beautiful Lake Victoria region and fully experience life within the local community.
House Rules
* Treat everyone with kindness, respect and cultural sensitivity.
* Remember that you are staying in a rural Kenyan community where simplicity and adaptability are important.
* Support and encourage the children through positive behaviour and appropriate language at all times.
* Respect local customs, traditions and religious beliefs.
* Keep shared spaces clean and tidy.
* Inform the host if you plan to travel outside the community during your free time.
* Alcohol consumption should be moderate and should never interfere with volunteer responsibilities.
* The use of illegal drugs is strictly prohibited.
* Always ask for permission before taking close-up photographs of children or sharing images on social media.
* Volunteers are expected to honour the agreed schedule and communicate openly if they need support or adjustments.
* We encourage volunteers to be open-minded, patient and willing to learn from a different way of life.
* Most importantly, come with an open heart. The children and young people of Sindo may not have many material possessions, but they have much to teach about resilience, gratitude and joy.
