SARAH (25 / female ), Kenyan, Tourism Professional living in Kenya looking for Au Pair & Nanny job in Germany, USA, United Kingdom, Italy & Netherlands for >1 year

Dear Family,

It is with great anticipation that I present to you my application as an Au pair.

My name is Sarah. I am a 25 years old (female) Kenyan National. I come from a small town on the Mau region known as Eldoret, Compared to Nairobi, (which is Kenya's largest city), Eldoret is a small town (approximately 145,000 inhabitants), and is situated on the Rift Valley.

I come from a family of 7 : My father is retired, used to work at paper mills industry located on the western part of Kenya and my mother is a teacher. I have 2 sisters and 2 brothers. My eldest brother Kennedy, is 30 years old and is unemployed. My youngest brother and sisters Laston, Sheilah and hope are 18, 23 and 16 years old respectively. Laston is at the University of Nairobi studying Bsc in Energy Engineering while Sheila is in her final year at Egerton university studying BSc in Horticulture. Hope is our last born in the family and is currently in High school.

My first language is, of course, Kiswahili, and I am also fluent in English. I started learning English in primary school, and it was also the language of instruction in the secondary school I attended. I have in addition been taking courses taught in English at the university.
I speak an intermediate level of French. I begun learning it in high school and have been taking French language classes at my university for the last four years.
I am nevertheless aware that learning a language within a classroom context is by itself, incomplete. So, in order to really be at ease, I feel that a cultural immersion would do me a lot of good.

Through my language teachers, ( both English and French) I have learnt a lot about Europe the various cultures and way of life. Hence my desire to have first hand experience of it. I am particularly interested in experiencing family life, since it offers a cultural context that is undoubtedly different from mine. For this reason, I would very much like to find a nice family to live with and work for in Europe or America.

As far as preferences are concerned, I am looking for a live-in arrangement with a host family, that would be happy to have me stay with and work for them for at least 6 months and more I would also prefer looking after children aged between 6 months to 10 years. Lastly, although I am quite flexible, I would prefer to have working hours that would allow me to attend language classes.

I would be happy to have the opportunity to speak with you: to answer whatever questions you may have about me or my childcare experiences; to learn more about your family; your interests and to know more about what you expect from the au pair arrangement.

Thank you very much for your interest in my application!
I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,
Sarah .C.