Volunteering Abroad

We recommend spending a minimum of two weeks volunteering with us, but many people stay for an average of 4 to 6 weeks.

Most of the programmes we run with Moving Mountains would be suitable for anyone with enthusiasm and energy and some life experience. Some programmes require specific skills, especially anything to do with counselling. Some are sports coaches, some have teaching experience, some can engage with music or drama or art, some teach, and some can run a camping trip. All volunteers have a natural empathy and desire to share and learn.

A single entry visa is normally required for a trip to Kenya to go on a volunteer experience. You are not being employed so to all intents and purposes it is a normal holiday visa that is required.

We charge a fee which covers all of your accommodation, meals, transport and all the local support from our charity staff while you are there. We also ask that you fundraise for the charity itself to help run the programmes that you are taking part in.

The trips we run for volunteers require you to be working alongside our Kenyan staff all the time, and we are very well established, so we have never had any issues around safety. If you choose to travel independently then please follow the guidelines for safe travel and take advice.

You will be staying in a comfortable guesthouse with your own space, bedroom and bathroom with flush toilet and shower, electricity and wifi. It’s safe and secure and you will have your own privacy but it’s not luxurious and there are sometimes power cuts.

• Communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills
• Emotional strength, self-awareness and empathy
• Embracing challenges and coping with stress skills
• Engaged learning and creative thinking
• Problem-solving and decision making
• Self-control and being able to focus