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CAREER BREAK VOLUNTEERING IN KENYA, WATERRELIEF PROJECT
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Kenya WaterRelief Project cost breakdown
4weeks (£600), 6 weeks (£800)- Project Contribution
Short term costs:
- Food
- Accommodation, beds, pillows, lighting
- All on the ground transport
- Project Materials for all project activities such as sand dam construction, barrage building, water tanks, nursery gardens and school projects
- Local skilled staff wages for all project work
- Local wages for lady to provide cooking, cleaning
- Local wages for two trained night-watchmen
- Communications- mobile phones and internet cost
Medium term support:
- Maintenance and upkeep of project over the next year i.e. funds for maintaining tree nursery, employment of local Excellent Development staff year round
Long term commitment:
- Donation to Excellent Development for ongoing work, development and staff costs.
£75 Weekend activities and orientation in Africa
- In-country orientation and training days
- Food on weekends off
- Accommodation on weekends off
- Transport to weekend location
4 weeks (£805), 6 weeks (£860) - Quest UK
- Pre-departure training course and preparation
- Pre-departure Info-CD expedition manual
- Project Leader wages, flights and on the ground expenses
- Project Leader training
- Safety equipment and first aid kit, emergency contingency planning, continual risk assessments
- Repatriation assistance and emergency back-up funds
- Quest UK staff costs – pre-departure support and 24 hour back-up from the UK
- Quest medical consultant Dr Jon Dallimore– 24-hour medical advice and support when you are overseas
- Negotiating with flight companies and insurers to provide the best deal for you
- Your Quest T-shirt
- Year round planning and development of project- including assessing aims and objectives for the project in the short, medium and long term
- Recces by Operations Managers to assess validity of project aims, maintain quality of project site and continually check conditions for volunteers
- Selection costs associated with volunteers (Interview/Open Evening, support when signing up).
- Selection costs associated with Project Leaders
- Marketing and administration costs
- Office rental and costs