This program seeks to work with local community to ensure food security through sustainable farming! The development of human resources is essential for food security in asembo. An educated and informed populace is fundamental to any policies and strategies to reduce poverty, excessive population growth, environmental degradation and other factors that are most often the direct causes of hunger. This is especially true in the low-income, food-deficit communities where there is an urgent need for human capacity development and for increased knowledge and information about food production
Food security to come:
Clearly, a major effort is needed to eliminate poverty and achieve food security in our communities- an effort that requires innovative strategies by the community members themselves and support by local and international development partners. This cannot be achieved without investing in human resources. This means putting people back to - their knowledge and information - at the Centre of agricultural and rural development efforts.
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We offer a unique volunteer experiences that will give you the chance to:
Work as part of a team.
Get involved at grass roots level working closely with the local communities
Develop a passion for Africa!
All we ask is that you are enthusiastic, self-motivated, and passionate about making a difference, and prepared for adventure before you join us in Asembo, Kenya.
Please klick on the facebook icon to visit our FB group for former volunteers to share their experiences, stories, photos and videos gathered during their volunteer period. This group is also for aspiring volunteers to ask questions about preparations and concerns before they travel to Kanyakoo-Kenya.
Kenya is known for its magnificent landscapes, tribal cultures, and hospitable people. Travel, live, and do internship with us to broaden your international work experience. This program is open throughout the year to prospective interns from all over the world.
Please click on the facebook icon to visit our FB group for former interns to share their experiences, stories, photos and videos gathered during their internship period. This group is also for aspiring interns to ask questions about preparations and concerns before they travel to Kanyakoo-Kenya.
We offer and arrange internships to foreign students in Kenya. We offer internship opportunities in the following areas:
• NURSING
• MIDWIFERY
• PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
• DOCTORS
• TEACHERS
• SOCIAL WORK/PEDAGOGUE
• BIOCHEMISTRY
Your stay during internship
Students can stay in our cozy guest huts at a fair rate and go out to the local institutions in Siaya and Kisumu County. Meals are prepared by our women catering team, although the students have a choice to make their own food if they so wish.The means of transport to the hospitals can be through private cars, public service vehicles (matatus) or motor bikes. The students choose the means of transport they can afford. KSHI work in collaboration with the following health institutions; Jaramogi Oginga Odinda Referral and teaching Hospital, Lwak Mission Hospital, Kombewa Sub-County Hospital, Bondo Sub-county Hospital.
Thus, if you’re looking for a professional experience in an Africa, look no farther than internships within Kanyakoo!
Kanyakoo has several guest houses, which can accommodate several people. The guesthouses are fully furnished. Guest can prepare their meals and can be assisted by the locals in making some African luo dishes. Guests can also stay with families. This will give them an ample opportunity to learn and experience way of life and the luo cultures. The guesthouses are at an affordable rate. Guests can be involved in the activities of different programs under Kanyakoo Self Help Initiative.
Asembo bay lies along the Winam gulf in the Nyanza Province, from Kisumu.
The road out of Kisumu to Asembo is littered with huge rocks and boulders of every size and shape imaginable. The rock structure here is reputed to be one of the oldest in the world dating back to pre-Cambrian times. As you drive in, the rock formation gets bigger and bigger. Against the clearest of blue skies, the rocks create a stark mosaic of granite against the sky. A turning on the side of the road leads to the rock of KIT MIKAYI (THE STONE OF THE FIRST WIFE) a sacred rock. The rock is set amidst local Luo homesteads. (The Luos are the third largest community in Kenya). From a distance, it gives the impression of two people standing. You can walk into the rocks through the narrow slits. Local legends abound about the rock. The ancestors found the rocks there. ‘ This community make sacrifices here during times of drought or other troubles”
Further through the vast landscapes you see stretches of Luo homesteads and vast farms. Lake Victoria lingers on your left as you drive further. Through the earth road, you see the lake in front of you, an indication that you are approaching Asembo bay.
Asembo bay lies on the shore of lake Victoria. Here there’s an old shopping center called KAMITO that was started by Indians. The Indians inhabited and were doing business at this place in pre and post independence time. They shipped their merchandise through the lake from Kisumu. Later the business was not doing well and they moved back to Kisumu. But traces of the Indians can be seen, through the temple, the buildings and the cemetery that they left behind. The locals doing business now occupy the buildings. The temple was turned to a police post.
Kisumu - Asembo - Kanyakoo
At the pier in Asembo bay, a ferry (Kenya railways) operates twice a week to Kisumu. At the pier you can see Ndere Island (where there are wild animals), the Homa hills, and the Uyoma peninsula.
A boat ride would take you to the different Islands on lake Victoria. Islands like Rusinga Island, Mageta Island (which is occupied by fishermen), Mfangano Island, Sifo Island, Sirafuongo Island, Ruodhi Island, and many other small islands.
