TEAM SIZE: Ideal team size is 8-13 members, 13 being the upper limit due to lodging and vehicle limits.
LOGISTICS: Rehema for Kids will arrange background checks and in-country transportation (for a nominal cost). Airfare and insurance will be each missionary's responsibility; however, we can share some great ministries that specialize in missionary travel logistics.
AIRFARE COSTS: Airfare costs will vary depending on the season but generally range from $1,200 to $2,000.
IMMIGRATION COSTS: Each person must have a valid passport that does not expire within the next six months. All visitors to the country must apply for a Kenyan Electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA). This costs approximately $35.
FIELD COSTS: Lodging: $25 per person per night (not to exceed $300)
To learn more about what to expect and how you can prepare for a mission trip, please read our Mission Trip Guide. If you have further questions, pleae contact Rehema for Kids Operations Manager Tori Costello at tcostello@rehemaforkids.org.
Current Opportunities
Associate Directors
We are actively looking for a married couple(s) to serve as assistants. Volunteers will assist the children's home directors in running the organization. This may include administrative office work and reporting, maintenance, supervising Kenyan staff, and other tasks. Volunteers will stay in a small efficiency apartment on the property. Couples are welcome to stay for one to three months at a time, with the opportunity to extend their service to long-term or permanent positions.
Teachers
As our children are approaching adulthood, they will begin exploring careers. What better way to understand careers than to be taught by a professional? Share your skills with a hands-on training in auto mechanics, welding, information technology, carpentry and administrative/office work.
Assistants
With approximately 210 children on campus, our missionaries and staff can always use a hand! Potential projects could include caring for infants, toddlers, and school-aged children, hosting a campus-wide craft or soccer tournament, tutoring students as they prepare for their national exams, work as a teacher's assistant, or teach a creative writing workshop. The possibilities are endless!
Construction
We always have a need for construction teams! Multiple teams are needed to assist in completing a director’s house and technical training center. We also welcome church groups (e.g. painting, general repairs, etc). Teams will work with Kenyan staff onsite.
The safety and well-being of the children at In Step Children’s Home is our number priority so all missionaries and mission team members will go be required to undergo a background check.
Learn more about the history of our ministry.
Vision Trips
Visitors are welcome to stay on campus (for a nominal donation), depending on availability. Below are a variety of local accommodations and additional tourist activities to help you plan your budget when considering a visit In Step Children’s Home and Academy in Cherangani Hills, Kenya. However, please contact RFK directly before making any definitive travel plans so that we can determine which lodging accommodations and immigration paperwork would make the most sense for your trip.
Aturukan Hotel
4 star | approximately 40 minutes from In Step, beginning at $84/night
“We indulge you with exquisite dishes made using regional and seasonal ingredients that are produced by our suppliers to the very highest quality standards with a passion for agriculture. You can also enjoy fruit, vegetables, herbs and honey produced by people who know their work.”
Sirwo Resort and Cranes Groups
3 star | approximately 40 minutes from In Step, beginning at $135/night
“Sirwo and Cranes Group is a family business with a focus on Hotels and Resorts. Our facilities are in Kitale, Naivasha, Baringo and Nairobi.”
*Please note, Sirwo may not have reliable internet service.
Karibuni Lodge Guest House
approximately 10 minutes from In Step, beginning at $25/night
“Depending on your budget, accommodations can range from camping, staying in a dormitory, single rooms, double or twin rooms; some with private bathroom. All showers have hot water and there is electricity to charge electrical items. Towels, bed linen plus blankets, toiletries and safe drinking water are inclusive in the rates.”
Mattaw Safaris
Located 2 hours from Nairobi on the way to In Step at Moi South Lake Road. Build your custom 3 to 7-day safari from $1100 to $4500 per person.
Maasai Mara
The Maasai Mara is the most renowned safari park in Kenya. Famous for its great herds of plains’ game – including its exceptional population of Maasai lions, African leopards and Tanzanian cheetahs – it’s also the best place to see the Great Migration: the annual movement of zebra, gazelle and wildebeest to and from the Serengeti in Tanzania.
Ol Pejeta Conservancy
The Ol Pejeta Conservancy is easier to access on a limited schedule than Maasai Mara and provides an “innovative, tangible, sustainable conservation
for wildlife and people.”
Maasai Training
Learn traditional customs and skills such as spear throwing and Maasai dance. The Maasai are an ethnic group inhabiting northern, central and southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. They are among the best known local populations internationally due to their residence near the many game parks and their distinctive customs and dress. The Maasai culture is renowned for its music and dance, in which a leader sings the melody while others sing harmony on call-and-response vocals and make guttural throat-singing sounds.
And Beyond Tours | Ambolesi Tours
And Beyond Tours or Ambolesi Tours in the foothills of the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro is a must-see. She comes out from the mist in the early morning, while some of the largest tuskers you’ll ever see graze at her feet, and will spoil you with huge herds drinking water from surface springs. The park is home to as many as 370 species of birds and you can expect to see zebras, wildebeest, spotted hyenas, lions, cheetahs, giraffes, buffalo, warthogs, impalas, jackals and leopards.