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“Volunteer Holiday in Kenya ... AMAZING!”

written by jm467 on 15/09/2011

I have just visited Kenya doing a construction project through GVI. I had the most amazing time and I would defiantly recommend it to anyone! We built a 15ft x 35ft storage building for animal skins and hides which will help generate an income for the community we were living with. The community were very welcoming and it was interesting to see how different their lives are to ones we lead at home. Simple things such as head torches and cameras, they were fascinated with. On a typical day we were working until about 4pm with a long lunch break over the hottest part of the day. Often we would play football with the community after work. We also visited some nearby places and saw Kenya for all that it is including the tourist side, the rural community side and the city/town side. Working and living so closely with the community and other volunteers meant I made friends really quickly. On the construction, we did not finish it all which was a shame not to see the final outcome but I know we made a good contribution to the project and I am confident that it will be soon finished. After the construction, which was 10 days long, we went on safari with the other volunteers. This was 4 days long and we saw Kenya's big 5! I really did not want to leave Kenya and I am so glad to still be in contact with all the people I met! It was such a great experience and GVI offered fantastic advice, they were easy to meet at the airport/hotel and organised everything very well!