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Expanding Opportunities
Kenya
Expanding Opportunities is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and a registered NGO in Kenya.
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Current Projects
The organization has several projects. The main focus is in Kenya. One of Expanding Opportunities' major projects in maintaining and expanding the Joseph Waweru Home School; an orphanage in the Nakuru district of Kenya. A Girl's Rescue project near Isiolo, Kenya. Other programs include: an artisan support project in Africa and Peru with ecommerce sites, Aina Moja,and 1st African Clothing, Peru Art and Crafts, KangaUSA a micro-loan project and educational support project called Success Through Education, Money and Support, or STEMS, an informal feeding program for street children, a books and other supplies distribution project, and a developing Distance Learning Center Project. The Artisan Support Project has expanded to the Ucayali area of Peru and some service volunteer projects are offered there as well. Expanding Opportunities also has a project in the United States, Kenya and Peru. Camp Forest brings indigenous wilderness and survival skills from around the world to enrich the lives of children and engender an appreciation for the natural world around us.
Partner Needs
Education Nursery, Primary and Secondary school operate on a 3 term per year schedule. Schools are open January through March; May through July; and September through November. The public schools welcome visiting teachers to teach the Kenyan curriculum or special subject areas and presentations. There are few teaching aids. Bringing materials and/or creating teaching aids to correspond to the curriculum are extremely welcome service opportunities. Many schools have no library or an inadequate library. Assisting with the creation of a school library is a welcome service as well. Community Health There are many small rural clinics and hospitals. Depending upon your desires and expertise, you can carry and deliver needed medical supplies, or assist and work side by side with Kenyan medical staff in the clinics. Several of our health Service Journey participants have had the joy of assisting with a birth. Our children's home enjoys hosting volunteers. We are seeking someone who is experienced in alternative technologies and organic intensive gardening to help with the gardens and teach our staff. We are also in need of someone with food service business experience to help us make the most of our kitchen by creating lines of food for sale to the local area as a source of income for the Home.
Financial Needs
$1.00 per day feeds a child one meal , $5,000.00 builds a dormitory for 8 boys, $15,000 builds a complete family home (we have one and plan one more to provide housing for parents and 8 small children). $90.00 per month provides everything a child needs, food, shelter, clothing, medical, education, surrogate parents, recreation and love.
In Kind Needs
We are always in need of black leather shoes of all sizes. (School shoes)
We need aprons and pot holders.
Solar powered anything - flashlights, radios etc.
Mission Statement
Expanding Opportunities works to support education and economic development in Kenya through several projects: an artisan support project, Children's home, girl child rescue, distance learning center, Education support, volunteer coordination, and camping experience.