Example visit
Example Proposed Itinerary for Sponsor Trip to Kenya September 2024
Day 1 Fri: Arrive Mombasa and transfer to Severin Sea Lodge Hotel on the edge of the Indian Ocean. www.severinsealodge.com Unpack, unwind and acclimatize. Eve: safari briefing.
Day 2 Sat: Assist at 500club prior to the feeding programme where 500 orphans come to receive a hot meal for some nurture. Serve the food & give out the maize flour at FEED500.
Day 3 Sun: Utange Baptist Church for traditional African service followed by lunch at Casuarina House Orphanage. Meet the children and look around.
Day 4 Mon: Celebration High School for assembly. Spend time looking around the school and the Medical Centre. Stay for Christian Union lunchtime meeting for those who wish.
Day 5 Tues: Tour of Mombasa (extra cost) or chill at hotel.
Day 6 Wed: Glass bottom boat trip to reef for swimming, snorkelling. (Extra cost) or chill at hotel / own thing. P M outreach service on the beach those who wish.
Day 7 Thurs: Volunteer at Orphanage/ CHS or outreach in the village mud hut to mud hut, praying for needs incl. the sick. Or chill at hotel / own thing.
Day 8 Fri: Sponsor Day at CHS. Be entertained by the students with songs, drama, poems, dancing and more!
Day 9 Sat: Join in at 500 Club before feeding then assist with FEED500.
Day 10 Sunday afternoon: Encounter service at Celebration High School.
Day 11 – day 13 Mon – Wed: Safari to Tsavo East & West, staying in luxury accommodation in the African Savannah. A chance to see a variety of animals in their natural environment, it’s another world!
Day 14 Thurs: Last day to relax & unwind at Hotel.
Day 15 Fri: Depart.
From UK
Total Cost of trip per person GBP 1,892.00
Detail as follows:
Flight approx £730 (exact cost is dependent on flight prices when booking)
Severin Sea Lodge 4* Hotel incl. half board plus afternoon tea x 12 nights: £612 (£51.00 per night) for double/twin
Single room £847 (70,00 per night)
3 day Safari full board £440
Airport and other transfers to / from village £35
Admin fee £25
Donation to Charity Projects £50 (to cover out of pocket expenses for sponsor day)
From USA
Total Cost of trip per person Dollars $3,017.00
Detail as follows:
Flight approx $1,500 (exact cost is dependent on flight prices when booking)
Severin Sea Lodge 4* Hotel incl. Half board plus afternoon tea x 13 nights $817,00 ($62 per night) for double / twin
Single room $1,114.00 ($85.00 per night)
3 Day Safari full board $550
Airport and other transfers to / from village $50
Admin fee $30
Donation to Charity Projects (to cover out of pocket expenses for sponsor day) $70
Contact: The Sure Foundation Home for Orphans in Kenya for more information on the next opportunities to visit.
Orphanage Tourism
We are opposed to "Orphanage Tourism".
The care and upbringing of the orphans at Casuarina House is the responsibility of local Kenyan full time professional staff who take the role of parents under the direction of ‘The Sure Foundation Home for Orphans’, registered and operating in Kenya. Their ethos is that the children grow up in a loving and nurturing family environment provided by their staff through Christian values and education. Groups do not at any time take the place of the House Parents or staff and are never left alone or un-supervised with the children. The Feed500 programme, High School and Health Centre are also under the direction of the Kenya based The Sure Foundation Home for Orphans and volunteers may assist with these under their supervision.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
It is important that all volunteers and visitors to the Orphans Project in Utange understand that they do so entirely at their own risk and must make their own travel and insurance arrangements.
The Utange Orphans Charity (UK Registered Charity no 1160637) is not involved in any way with arranging or managing trips to the Orphans Project. Volunteers and Visitors must make all arrangements direct with the Kenya based The Sure Foundation Home for Orphans.