The MM-EVS service will take place over ten months (start January to end October 2014) in Siaya, Western Kenya, a beautiful rural region close to Lake Victoria and the border with Uganda. Siaya Town is 74km northwest of Kisumu and 8 hours by coach from Nairobi. Four EVS volunteers (young people with fewer opportunities, facing economic obstacles) will be hosted by MMK at Ulamba Children's Home and carry out their service at Wagwer School and Ulamba. Ulamba provides a loving home, food and care to 38 orphaned children. The friendly local MMK staff will welcome the EVS volunteers into the Ulamba family and volunteers will stay on-site in the guest-house located on the grounds. Ulamba also houses a vegetable garden and hen house, a nursery, dormitories, kitchen and dining hall, community hall, a small playground and open grounds where the children play. The service aspect involves the planning and running of extra-curricular activities at nearby Wagwer School with whom MMK has an established and successful working partnership. Volunteers will design and run extra-curricular activities at Wagwer for both Kenyan Primary and Secondary School students (age 5-18), using and developing their existing skills and experience and fostering mutual understanding, peer learning and intercultural friendships and links. They will be supported to use creativity and initiative to develop activities which may include reading clubs, homework clubs, sports, music, arts, games, theatre and other workshops. Volunteers will also have the chance to get involved with games and activities at Ulamba. EVS volunteers will fulfill a highly beneficial service, making a lasting contribution to developing extra-curricular education for disadvantaged young Kenyans. They will enjoy a deeply enriching personal learning experience, enhancing their confidence, skills and employability and gaining a fantastic insight into a new culture and their place in the world as European and global citizens.