Kenya

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

This program will take you to Meru, Kenya, where you will experience how International Peace Initiatives is creating thriving, resilient communities through education, enterprise, and empowerment. Your days will be spent playing with children at the Kithoka Amani Community Home, supporting construction and improvement projects at the Tiriji Eco-Center, and learning regenerative agricultural practices. Through each of these activities, you will discover how International Peace Initiatives is working to promote cultures of peace by supporting sustainable initiatives that improve livelihoods and enhance quality of life.

While based in Meru, you will have the opportunity to learn about IPI’s various social enterprise initiatives and see firsthand how they help community members develop skills that lead to economic independence. Additionally, you will learn how the Tiriji Eco-Center operates as a “food forest” using traditional agricultural practices combined with permaculture to create year-round food production and provide a model alternative to industrial farming.

Additionally, you will participate in IPI’s New Generation Leaders training program, which prepares young people to become peer leaders who create change in their families, schools, and communities. At the end of your program, you will go on safari in a world-renowned game park, where you will see elephants, giraffes, zebras, lions, and antelope while learning about wildlife conservation.

This program is designed to help you understand the connections between social entrepreneurship and community development while learning directly from Dr. Karambu and her team. You will leave Kenya with hands-on experience in sustainable development and a new perspective on how locally-driven solutions can create lasting change that transforms communities