The Bliss Women and Children Center in Kenya

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Background

BWCP was founded by Esther Githaiga, a Kenyan woman who wanted to address the region's tremendous inequities. It´s based in Kaptembwo town, one of the poorest regions of Nakuru in Kenya.
The Bliss Women and Children Project aim is to provide opportunities for women and children who:- are living in extreme poverty, are abandoned, orphaned, internally displaced, widowed or living with HIV/AIDS.- More than 100 women and 80 children benefit from the programs every day. BWCP opens doors and offers hope so that these women can begin to build a better future for themselves and their children.
BWCP projects include:
• micro credit;
•Orphan program;
• Education program;
•Counseling program;
•HIV/AIDS program;
•Feeding program;
• Baking and handicrafts;
• Wool making.

Volunteer opportunity

BWCP is particularly looking for volunteers (both dedicated male and female) with one or more of the following profiles:
•Kids loving,
• Preschool teaching experience;
• Experience working with fair trade issues;
• Nurses & doctors:
• Fundraising;
• Experience in building and maintaining
• Partnerships;
•Marketing - in order to market women's handicrafts abroad;
•General counseling;
•Sponsorship programs;
•Community development in general.

Going to the BWCP projects.

When you arrive in Kenya by air, you will land at Jomo Kenyatta airport in Nairobi. Someone from the Bliss Women and Children Project will meet you at the airport (please, please make sure we know your flight itinerary well in advance!) We will then take a taxi from the airport into Nairobi, where we will either stay one night, or take a matatu (mini bus) directly to Nakuru, where our project is located. If you would like to spend a day or two in Nairobi (to get your feet on the ground or see some of the city’s wonderful sights) please let us know in advance so we can meet you at another time. Once in Nkuru, we will drive you out to Kaptembwao so you can meet our wonderful women and children!! Note that you will pay for the bus ticket and any other expenses made towards meeting you at the airport.


To volunteer, apply here.

Read more about BWCP here

Check out our past volunteer´s blog: http://nina-at-bliss.blogspot.com