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Volunteerism in Kenya, Africa

Kenya is a popular destination for Volunteers. Majority of Volunteers into Africa choose kenya as their destination due to the fact that Kenya is a developing country and at the same time, Kenya is quite touristic. The Daily twelve hours sunshine is an ideal situation for those coming from the West.

Volunteerism and Voluntourism in Kenya, Africa

Volunteerism is the principle of donaton of time, energy and skills for the benefit of other people in a community as a social responsibility rather than for any financial reward or gain.While,Voluntourism is a combination of traditional travel with volunteer work thereby, Combining a holiday vacation or a trip abroadwith volunteering on local projects. This is one way to immerse yourself in local cultures while making a difference in improving the life of the local host communities.

Homestays Volunteerism and Voluntourism Placements in Kenya

This is a situation whereby a Volunteer is placed within a community in which herenders Community services. Victoria safaris undertake placement of Volunteers

within the community set ups whereby the Volunteers live within the Villages orthe Urban set ups within thje project locality. The Volunteers in this case immerce themselves into the local community Cultures and at the same time impart their skills, energy and time in local projects that tend to improve and change thelivelihood of the populace that they live amongst. The Volunteers organizes tou

rism programs that start from the locality that they live to various touristic sites within reach at their expense. Victoria safaris make all these arrangementsonce a Volunteer is willing to offer services to the community.

Corporate volunteering and employee volunteering as a Social Corporate responsib

ility

Many of the corporate bodies within Africa are involved in giving back to the communities from which they make profit. In this case scenerio, companies, Banks and corpoate firms allow their employees to volunteer during work hours or over the weekends or holidays.Employee Volunteering Programs (EVPs),as they are referred, also called Employer Supported Volunteering, are a part of the corporate bodies sustainability efforts in contributing to social responsibility activities.

Corporate bodies provides services that involve Employee Volunteering Program solutions; the key drivers for companies that produce and manage EVPs is that, ithas been proven that, it builds brand awareness and affinity amongst the Communi

ties they render services to, while it also strengthens trust and loyalty amongconsumers to the corporate body as well as enhansing corporate image and reputation within the community.To the employees,Employee Volunteering Program solutions improves employee retention in the company and also increases employee productivity and loyalty while, providing an effective vehicle to reach strategic corporate goals.

Group Community Voluntourism and Volunteering Activities in Kenya, Africa

Volunteers can conduct a wide range of activities within a Community. Victoria Safaris is one of the Destination Management Companies which handles Group Voluntourism and Volunteering Activities in Kenya. These include; Placement of Volunte

ers in Various projects and arranging their accommodation facilities and supervision. We, at Victoria Safaris have the experience, Knowhow and expertise in thefield of Group Volunteerism and voluntourism in Kenya and East Africa.

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