The MM-EVS service will take place over eight and a half months (start of April to mid December 2014) in the town of Embu, Eastern Province, close to the slopes of Mt Kenya. Embu is located 120km northeast of Nairobi with good transport links to the capital. Four EVS volunteers (young people with fewer opportunities, facing economic obstacles) will be hosted by MMK in Embu and will carry out their service at Embu Rescue Centre for Street Children and at Urban Primary School and Embu County Primary School. The friendly local MMK staff will welcome the EVS volunteers into the Embu family and volunteers will stay on-site in our guest-house located in a safe and tranquil area of Embu.Embu Rescue Centre is run by MMK and provides breakfast and lunch, shower and wash facilities, attention, love and care to street children in Embu as well as activities including MMK's daily 'Black Cats' sports programme. MMK has established, long-term successful working partnerships with the two schools. Volunteers will use and develop their existing skills and experience to plan and run after-school activities for students (age 6-14). They will also support staff at the Rescue Centre each morning in the 'Black Cats' sports programme and development of alternative activities. They will be supported to use creativity and initiative to develop activities at the schools and Rescue Centre, fostering mutual understanding, peer learning and intercultural friendships and links. They may include reading and homework clubs, arts, games, theatre and other workshops and particularly sports and music. 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.