volontariato internazionale, antirazzismo, pace, diritti
Code:UPA/MLTV/25
Where:nabweru - Katooke Road, Uganda
Number of volunteers:3
Language:English
Extra-Fee:500 EUR
Age:21+
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Office hours are from 9:00am – 4:00pm. The volunteer will work in any or all of the following activities: Management: accountancy and finance of the projects prioritize NGO’s needs - Project management: planning, implementation, monitoring, defining budget and evaluation, finding new sources of sustainability. Research work: qualitative and quantitative research about our beneficiaries (disadvantaged women, youth and children) regarding to living conditions, health, income, nutrition, accommodation, etc. Field work: social work in the communities, meetings and interactions with our beneficiaries (advices and prevention), guidance and psychological support. Journalism: in order to create awareness among the social network, you will collect and write short interviews and positive stories of Trust Future’s members – either staff, or beneficiaries (Humans of Trust Future). Marketing / communication: strategic marketing and operational, promotion of the projects, creation of promotional supports (video, brochure, flyers, business card, ...), promotion of volunteering (through also voluntarism) and internship, writing job description of volunteering opportunities, finding international market for Women empowerment’s craft products, etc. E Marketing: interactions with the web users on social networks (i.e. Facebook) and the website (update and writing) Public Relations: - partnership-building : with the objective of recruiting new volunteers/internships and collecting supports, you will be looking for international partnerships with High School (social workers, teachers), Secondary School, foundations, companies (Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), etc., - search of local partners (building a strong network), - fundraising programme (writing fundraising proposals and implementation) Teaching: in collaboration with the teaching staff, you will teach subjects such as English, Mathematics, Sciences, Geography, Physical Education, Art (drawing and painting) or any other relevant subject (i.e. foreign languages, computer skills).To provide recreational activities to children and youth such as games and Sports. Photography / Video: in order to create awareness about Ugandan living conditions and culture, you can capture pictures or videos of Trust Future’s environment (community) or members (staff, beneficiaries). IT: updating of the website.
The Medium and Long-Term Volunteer Program (MLTV program) is an International Volunteer Exchange program that is run and managed by Uganda Pioneers' Association (UPA) through collaboration, partnerships and affiliation to credible voluntary service organizations. UPA has hosted international volunteers since it’s inception in 1989 and upholds volunteer exchange and intercultural cooperation as tools for promotion of community based development, intercultural understanding and youth participation. UPA partners with organisations/institutions and projects that aim at the development of the local communities. These projects include; schools (primary and secondary), orphanages, hospitals, children with special needs and working with community based organisations and Non-Government Organisations.
From the UPA Volunteers’ House it is 20 mins with a Boda Boda. It costs approximately 10,000 Ug Sh to and from.
A Volunteer may live in UPA Volunteers’ house or TFU may provide accommodation for the volunteer in a host family with one of our community households who are carefully selected. UPA has a volunteers’ house for the international volunteers that can accommodate up to 18 volunteers at a time. The volunteers sometimes have to share rooms with others. The house has basic facilities including a kitchen, bathrooms and toilets. Apart from the Volunteers’ house, you can choose to stay with a host family. The host families are either in the same area with the Volunteers’ house and the UPA office or can be chosen close to your project. Staying with a host family gives you the chance to get in touch with the Ugandan cultures on a different level than staying in the guesthouse among other international volunteers, even though the standard of living might be more basic than in the Volunteers’ house.
The volunteers can stay 3 months. In this case the extra fee is 500 euros. If they wish to stay longer, in advance the extra fee is 80 euros per month.
Upon arrival, you will be given a 3 days orientation at the UPA office in Nansana.
Code:UPA/MLTV/22
Where:Kampala, Uganda
Number of volunteers:3
Language:English
Extra-Fee:500 EUR
Age:21+
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All workers at UYSTO report for work from Monday to Friday and start at 9:00am and end at 4:00 pm. Likewise, for the uniformity, volunteers will be working in the same schedule but we are also flexible. The volunteer will work in any or all of the following activities: music, dance and drama, planning monitoring and evaluation of the students in any of the subjects above (a), training/instructing and teaching in any of the subjects above in (a), career guidance and basic counselling to the students.
The Medium and Long-Term Volunteer Program (MLTV program) is an International Volunteer Exchange program that is run and managed by Uganda Pioneers' Association (UPA) through collaboration, partnerships and affiliation to credible voluntary service organizations. UPA has hosted international volunteers since it’s inception in 1989 and upholds volunteer exchange and intercultural cooperation as tools for promotion of community based development, intercultural understanding and youth participation. UPA partners with organisations/institutions and projects that aim at the development of the local communities. These projects include; schools (primary and secondary), orphanages, hospitals, children with special needs and working with community based organisations and Non-Government Organisations.
Transport is public and from UPA offices to UYSTO offices is averagely 6000 UGX to and from by matatu/taxi.
A volunteer may live in UPA Volunteers’ house or UPA may provide accommodation for the volunteer in a host family within the local communities to further enable the volunteer integrate more with the typical family life in Uganda UPA has a volunteers’ house for the international volunteers that can accommodate up to 18 volunteers at a time. The volunteers sometimes have to share rooms with others. The house has basic facilities including a kitchen, bathrooms and toilets. Apart from the Volunteers’ house, you can choose to stay with a host family. The host families are either in the same area with the Volunteers’ house and the UPA office or can be chosen close to your project. Staying with a host family gives you the chance to get in touch with the Ugandan cultures on a different level than staying in the guesthouse among other international volunteers, even though the standard of living might be more basic than in the Volunteers’ house.
The volunteers can stay 3 months. In this case the extra fee is 500 euros. If they wish to stay longer, in advance the extra fee is 80 euros per month.
Upon arrival, you will be given a 3 days orientation at the UPA office in Nansana.
Code:UPA/MLTV/23
Where:8GGJ+GC9, Kampala, Uganda
Number of volunteers:3
Language:English
Extra-Fee:500 EUR
Age:21+
MCAFS has singled out skills training and support as the appropriate strategy in improving the lives of the less advantaged ones, more especially the HIV/AIDS affected orphans and vulnerable children. Currently MCAFS supports more than 200 OVC in formal education, 120 OVC households in socioeconomic strengthening and sustainable agriculture, 86 formally out of school youth in vocational skills training and post vocational support for over 90 OVC who graduated over the previous years, and entrepreneurship and income generation support to over 120 teenage mothers.
8:45 am to 16:45 pm, Monday to Friday! The volunteer will work in any or all of the following activities: Working with the social workers in their day today activities, assist in record keeping, computer training, technical support in the specific areas listed above. Eg. Welding mechanics, tailoring. Carpentry. Horticulture Etc.
The Medium and Long-Term Volunteer Program (MLTV program) is an International Volunteer Exchange program that is run and managed by Uganda Pioneers' Association (UPA) through collaboration, partnerships and affiliation to credible voluntary service organizations. UPA has hosted international volunteers since it’s inception in 1989 and upholds volunteer exchange and intercultural cooperation as tools for promotion of community based development, intercultural understanding and youth participation. UPA partners with organisations/institutions and projects that aim at the development of the local communities. These projects include; schools (primary and secondary), orphanages, hospitals, children with special needs and working with community based organisations and Non-Government Organisations.
From UPA Volunteers’ house/Nansana to Masanafu, it is 7 kms and it costs 12,000 Ugandan shillings (to and from) by public means or a hired motorcycle (Boda Boda).
Volunteers can stay at UPA Volunteers’ house although MCAFS can always arrange with different families to HOST its volunteers. UPA has a volunteers’ house for the international volunteers that can accommodate up to 18 volunteers at a time. The volunteers sometimes have to share rooms with others. The house has basic facilities including a kitchen, bathrooms and toilets. Apart from the Volunteers’ house, you can choose to stay with a host family. The host families are either in the same area with the Volunteers’ house and the UPA office or can be chosen close to your project. Staying with a host family gives you the chance to get in touch with the Ugandan cultures on a different level than staying in the guesthouse among other international volunteers, even though the standard of living might be more basic than in the Volunteers’ house.
The volunteers can stay 3 months. In this case the extra fee is 500 euros. If they wish to stay longer, in advance the extra fee is 80 euros per month.
Upon arrival, you will be given a 3 days orientation at the UPA office in Nansana.
Code:UPA/MLTV/24
Where:unnamed road Kibumbiro, Busega, Kampala, Uganda
Number of volunteers:3
Language:English
Extra-Fee:500 EUR
Age:21+
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Volunteers are supposed to be at the office by 9:00am until 4:00pm. However, in some cases volunteers may work longer hours but after discussing with the project managers. The volunteer will work in any or all of the following activities: Engage street children, orphan and other vulnerable children in Counseling and psychosocial support, vocational training skills (if the volunteers brings the skills), engage the street children/ vulnerable children in sports/ Soccer program so as to promote talent and skills development, curry out/participating in community and home visits together with other staff, to see the life situation of the children living in the slums, participate in promoting functional literacy and numeracy among the street children that can prepare them for formal education, organizing, teaching and supervising the computer class, documentation/proposal Developing and design, street Children/Community outreach: this involves community HIV/AIDS awareness and testing. Street children counseling. AYDF is working on 4R module which involves Rescue, Rehabilitate, Reconcile and Resettle, economic Empowerment: AYDF is working closely with vulnerable community households by providing small loans to set up small scale businesses that will enable them improve on their social welfare, human rights Advocacy: AYDF works closely with the community leaders, religious leaders, police, local government, and central government to promote child rights and create awareness among the vulnerable community members and ensure safer place for child development.
The Medium and Long-Term Volunteer Program (MLTV program) is an International Volunteer Exchange program that is run and managed by Uganda Pioneers' Association (UPA) through collaboration, partnerships and affiliation to credible voluntary service organizations. UPA has hosted international volunteers since it’s inception in 1989 and upholds volunteer exchange and intercultural cooperation as tools for promotion of community based development, intercultural understanding and youth participation. UPA partners with organisations/institutions and projects that aim at the development of the local communities. These projects include; schools (primary and secondary), orphanages, hospitals, children with special needs and working with community based organisations and Non-Government Organisations.
It takes 8,000/= UGX (to and from) from UPA to AYDF Centre along Northern by-pass Busega Kibumbiro (Kampala) by public means.
UPA has a volunteers’ house for the international volunteers that can accommodate up to 18 volunteers at a time. The volunteers sometimes have to share rooms with others. The house has basic facilities including a kitchen, bathrooms and toilets. Apart from the Volunteers’ house, you can choose to stay with a host family. The host families are either in the same area with the Volunteers’ house and the UPA office or can be chosen close to your project. Staying with a host family gives you the chance to get in touch with the Ugandan cultures on a different level than staying in the guesthouse among other international volunteers, even though the standard of living might be more basic than in the Volunteers’ house.
The volunteers can stay 3 months. In this case the extra fee is 500 euros. If they wish to stay longer, in advance the extra fee is 80 euros per month.
Upon arrival, you will be given a 3 days orientation at the UPA office in Nansana.
Code:UPA/MLTV/21
Where:9HJ2+RV5, Kampala, Uganda
Number of volunteers:3
Language:English
Extra-Fee:500 EUR
Age:21+
To empower Children and youth with life and vocational skills, especially those out of school so that they can live better lives able to sustain themselves.
KYDA office hours are from 9.00am to 16.00pm five days a week. However, the possibilities of having optional activities over the weekend may not be ruled out, if so, there is a possibility to change hours during the weekdays. The volunteer will work in any or all of the following activities: Social support to HIV/AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children, join in home visits to positive living children or other vulnerable children to assist in food preparation, cleaning (hygiene) basic medical care and counseling, office work related to organization development and programming, move within the slum communities of Kawempe division and the rural areas of Wakiso, to care givers of orphans, volunteers can also spend time working within the studios, ie participating in health talk, talk shows, dialogues, schools where our orphans receive education from and offices of the agencies which support the work of the Project, participate in organizing recreational activities, retreats for children, music dance and drama, participate in the Kiganda Children for Change Project; teaching the children basic English/Math, life skills teaching, home visits, fundraising, counseling, writing reports, additional programs such as music, dance & drama, gardening and sports.
The Medium and Long-Term Volunteer Program (MLTV program) is an International Volunteer Exchange program that is run and managed by Uganda Pioneers' Association (UPA) through collaboration, partnerships and affiliation to credible voluntary service organizations. UPA has hosted international volunteers since it’s inception in 1989 and upholds volunteer exchange and intercultural cooperation as tools for promotion of community based development, intercultural understanding and youth participation. UPA partners with organisations/institutions and projects that aim at the development of the local communities. These projects include; schools (primary and secondary), orphanages, hospitals, children with special needs and working with community based organisations and Non-Government Organisations.
KYDA is located five and a half miles from Kampala-Bombo-Gulu highway, operates in Wakiso Kampala districts both in central Uganda region. Public transport is available all day long using mini busses or Boda Boda’s (motorcycles). It will cost a volunteer 15,000 Uganda shillings to and from, if the volunteer lives in UPA guest house, with a 10-15 minutes walking distance off Bombo road in Kawempe trading centre (or when using a Boda Boda transport). One should also have the patience and tolerance to go through the heavy traffic jam in Bwaise town in the rush hours of the morning and evening (in case you’re using public transport).
A volunteer may live in UPA Volunteers’ house or UPA may provide accommodation for the volunteer in a host family within the local communities to further enable the volunteer integrate more with the typical family life in Uganda. UPA has a volunteers’ house for the international volunteers that can accommodate up to 18 volunteers at a time. The volunteers sometimes have to share rooms with others. The house has basic facilities including a kitchen, bathrooms and toilets. Apart from the Volunteers’ house, you can choose to stay with a host family. The host families are either in the same area with the Volunteers’ house and the UPA office or can be chosen close to your project. Staying with a host family gives you the chance to get in touch with the Ugandan cultures on a different level than staying in the guesthouse among other international volunteers, even though the standard of living might be more basic than in the Volunteers’ house.
The volunteers can stay 3 months. In this case the extra fee is 500 euros. If they wish to stay longer, in advance the extra fee is 80 euros per month.
Upon arrival, you will be given a 3 days orientation at the UPA office in Nansana.
Code:UPA/MLTV/20
Where:urban surbubs of Lubya parish slums,5km from the capital city of Kampala, Uganda.
Number of volunteers:3
Language:English
Extra-Fee:500 EUR
Age:21+
Our main aim is to contribute to increased access to comprehensive social and economic services, home based care and support to orphans and vulnerable children in Lubya Parish slums Kosovo. Our mission is to challenge and respond to the causes and consequences of vulnerability, poverty, lack of awareness and skills so that they live a self-sustaining life with dignity.
9:00 am to 16:30 pm, Monday to Friday and upon special request on weekends The volunteer will work in any or all of the following activities: Preparing quarterly organization newsletters and activity reports, to engage in the different innovative avenues of fundraising for social and economic support for the charity school and vulnerable families, follow up and coordination of different project activities /events especially education for life, continuous and timely update of our online medias e.g. website and face book, coordinating Community work like sanitation and hygiene in Kosovo slum, to support with administrative work at the offices, to support our Kindergarten (age 3-9 years)with teaching, art and games(Good mummy Kindergarten), youths counseling in sexual reproductive health, computer training, conducting Hand washing trainings in communities.
The Medium and Long-Term Volunteer Program (MLTV program) is an International Volunteer Exchange program that is run and managed by Uganda Pioneers' Association (UPA) through collaboration, partnerships and affiliation to credible voluntary service organizations. UPA has hosted international volunteers since it’s inception in 1989 and upholds volunteer exchange and intercultural cooperation as tools for promotion of community based development, intercultural understanding and youth participation. UPA partners with organisations/institutions and projects that aim at the development of the local communities. These projects include; schools (primary and secondary), orphanages, hospitals, children with special needs and working with community based organisations and Non-Government Organisations.
It is 6kms from UPA to CEFOVID Uganda offices, costing 10,000 to and from when using public means (matatu-Taxi).It can cost approximately 15,000/= to and from with a hired motorcycle.
Volunteers can stay at UPA Volunteers’ house or in a host family in the local community. UPA has a volunteers’ house for the international volunteers that can accommodate up to 18 volunteers at a time. The volunteers sometimes have to share rooms with others. The house has basic facilities including a kitchen, bathrooms and toilets. Apart from the Volunteers’ house, you can choose to stay with a host family. The host families are either in the same area with the Volunteers’ house and the UPA office or can be chosen close to your project. Staying with a host family gives you the chance to get in touch with the Ugandan cultures on a different level than staying in the guesthouse among other international volunteers, even though the standard of living might be more basic than in the Volunteers’ house.
The volunteers can stay 3 months. In this case the extra fee is 500 euros. If they wish to stay longer, in advance the extra fee is 80 euros per month.
Upon arrival, you will be given a 3 days orientation at the UPA office in Nansana.
Code:UPA/MLTV/19
Where:Plot No. 231, KIFAD Road, Bulabakulu Village, Banda Parish, Mende Sub-County, Uganda
Number of volunteers:3
Language:English
Extra-Fee:500 EUR
Age:21+
We concentrate mainly on increasing care and support to people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in order to mitigate the effects of the epidemic. Besides that we aim at strengthening the coping of Orphans Vulnerable Children (OVC) and People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) families to progressively become self-reliant, building the internal capacity of KIFAD for effective and sustainable programme design and implementation and finally, improving access to food among families/households, infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, as far as our financial means allows us to.
Typically Monday- to Friday, 8:00 am-17:00 pm, but may vary depending on the project. This may include Saturdays and Sundays (Community HIV Counseling and Testing’s are mostly done on the weekends). The volunteer will work in any or all of the following activities: Administrative work, fundraising activities - To be part in drawing fundraising avenues/plan to raise money for community activities, organizing events, writing reports, Data entry, computer work, monitoring and evaluation of projects, strategy planning (mainly experienced volunteers but also motivated ones), writing field success stories, lessons learnt, best practices, HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT), Field Impact assessments, visiting families and explain the importance of using Family Planning contraceptives, engaging in Youth Friendly services, to raise awareness about health, education and sanitation.
The Medium and Long-Term Volunteer Program (MLTV program) is an International Volunteer Exchange program that is run and managed by Uganda Pioneers' Association (UPA) through collaboration, partnerships and affiliation to credible voluntary service organizations. UPA has hosted international volunteers since it’s inception in 1989 and upholds volunteer exchange and intercultural cooperation as tools for promotion of community based development, intercultural understanding and youth participation. UPA partners with organisations/institutions and projects that aim at the development of the local communities. These projects include; schools (primary and secondary), orphanages, hospitals, children with special needs and working with community based organisations and Non-Government Organisations.
KIFAD is located only about 10 km from UPA Volunteers’ house. A volunteer will use public means and a boda-boda which will cost 8000/= to and from the project.
A Volunteer may opt to stay at UPA Volunteers’ house or in a host family. UPA has a volunteers’ house for the international volunteers that can accommodate up to 18 volunteers at a time. The volunteers sometimes have to share rooms with others. The house has basic facilities including a kitchen, bathrooms and toilets. Apart from the Volunteers’ house, you can choose to stay with a host family. The host families are either in the same area with the Volunteers’ house and the UPA office or can be chosen close to your project. Staying with a host family gives you the chance to get in touch with the Ugandan cultures on a different level than staying in the guesthouse among other international volunteers, even though the standard of living might be more basic than in the Volunteers’ house.
The volunteers can stay 3 months. In this case the extra fee is 500 euros. If they wish to stay longer, in advance the extra fee is 80 euros per month.
Upon arrival, you will be given a 3 days orientation at the UPA office in Nansana.
Code:UPA/MLTV/18
Where:Musajjalumbwa Rd, Kampala, Uganda
Number of volunteers:3
Language:English
Extra-Fee:500 EUR
Age:21+
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Volunteers are supposed to be the office at around 9:30am and work will finish at around 3:30 pm (except during holidays). However, in some cases volunteers may work longer hours. The volunteer will work in any or all of the following activities: Teaching, organizing, teaching and supervising in the computer class, assisting in Counseling and psychosocial support, vocational training (if the volunteers brings the skills), soccer program, music, dance and drama, participating in community and home visits together with other staff, to see the life situation of the children living in the slums.
The Medium and Long-Term Volunteer Program (MLTV program) is an International Volunteer Exchange program that is run and managed by Uganda Pioneers' Association (UPA) through collaboration, partnerships and affiliation to credible voluntary service organizations. UPA has hosted international volunteers since it’s inception in 1989 and upholds volunteer exchange and intercultural cooperation as tools for promotion of community based development, intercultural understanding and youth participation. UPA partners with organisations/institutions and projects that aim at the development of the local communities. These projects include; schools (primary and secondary), orphanages, hospitals, children with special needs and working with community based organisations and Non-Government Organisations.
It takes 2000 ug.shs (to and from) from UPA to MYDEL Children’s Centre in Nansana and 10,000 Ug.shs to and from our projects in Mengo – Kampala by public means or a boda-boda.
UPA Volunteers’ house in Nansana or a host family in Nansana. UPA has a volunteers’ house for the international volunteers that can accommodate up to 18 volunteers at a time. The volunteers sometimes have to share rooms with others. The house has basic facilities including a kitchen, bathrooms and toilets. Apart from the Volunteers’ house, you can choose to stay with a host family. The host families are either in the same area with the Volunteers’ house and the UPA office or can be chosen close to your project. Staying with a host family gives you the chance to get in touch with the Ugandan cultures on a different level than staying in the guesthouse among other international volunteers, even though the standard of living might be more basic than in the Volunteers’ house.
The volunteers can stay 3 months. In this case the extra fee is 500 euros. If they wish to stay longer, in advance the extra fee is 80 euros per month.
Upon arrival, you will be given a 3 days orientation at the UPA office in Nansana.
Code:UPA/MLTV/17
Where:CGGH+57J, Kawanda, Uganda
Number of volunteers:3
Language:English
Extra-Fee:500 EUR
Age:21+
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8:00 am to 5:00 pm (Monday to Friday) 8:00 am to 1:00 pm (Saturday) The volunteer will work in any or all of the following activities: Child Care: Help facilitate and organize activities, games, singing and dances as well as other creativity-based activities, teaching reading materials to kids to help them in their English fluency, game and Sports: We also like to visit the local playground down the road from our house in Kawanda. Here we enjoy playing football, netball, rope Jump, hoola hoop and lots of other fun running games, counseling and disciplining the children, household: Helping with cleaning, cooking and gardening, helping in Administration work and Management: Prepare Budgets and project proposals, help writing grant letters, setting up and maintaining personal files for the children, assisting children in their home work assignments, teaching at nursery school, computer training to the children, art and craft product development and identification of markets, teaching adult English.
The Medium and Long-Term Volunteer Program (MLTV program) is an International Volunteer Exchange program that is run and managed by Uganda Pioneers' Association (UPA) through collaboration, partnerships and affiliation to credible voluntary service organizations. UPA has hosted international volunteers since it’s inception in 1989 and upholds volunteer exchange and intercultural cooperation as tools for promotion of community based development, intercultural understanding and youth participation. UPA partners with organisations/institutions and projects that aim at the development of the local communities. These projects include; schools (primary and secondary), orphanages, hospitals, children with special needs and working with community based organisations and Non-Government Organisations.
Since the Volunteer will stay at the organization guesthouse, there will be no need for transport to work, however in case the volunteer needs to go to the city for one reason or another the public transport will be at least 7,000/= (to and from)
A volunteer may choose to stay right here in Kawanda (project) at the volunteer room. We have a small room with a bedroom and a bathroom in a house located on our compound where you will enjoy privacy during the morning and night but also a host family can be organized.
The volunteers can stay 3 months. In this case the extra fee is 500 euros. If they wish to stay longer, in advance the extra fee is 80 euros per month.
Upon arrival, you will be given a 3 days orientation at the UPA office in Nansana.
Code:UPA/MLTV/16
Where:9G7H+RVM, Kampala, Uganda
Number of volunteers:3
Language:English
Extra-Fee:500 EUR
Age:21+
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8:00 am to 5:00 pm (Monday to Friday). The volunteer will work in any or all of the following activities: Reading materials to kids to help them in their English fluency, raising awareness about the organization’s work and activities, as well as the plight of vulnerable children in the country both locally and internationally, walking with pre-scholars to school, assisting children in their homework assignments, bathing the children and maintaining proper hygiene, playing with the children, counseling and disciplining them, administering medication to the sick children, assisting the children in doing house chores – fetching water from the well, farming, etc, offer professional expertise to the children and AHCM management, taking part in school evaluation exercises, taking part in field-based visits.
The Medium and Long-Term Volunteer Program (MLTV program) is an International Volunteer Exchange program that is run and managed by Uganda Pioneers' Association (UPA) through collaboration, partnerships and affiliation to credible voluntary service organizations. UPA has hosted international volunteers since it’s inception in 1989 and upholds volunteer exchange and intercultural cooperation as tools for promotion of community based development, intercultural understanding and youth participation. UPA partners with organisations/institutions and projects that aim at the development of the local communities. These projects include; schools (primary and secondary), orphanages, hospitals, children with special needs and working with community based organisations and Non-Government Organisations.
Public transport – Taxi and Motorcycle (locally known as ”boda-boda”) It will cost a volunteer between Ugx 10,000 a day (to and from) if the volunteer lives at UPA Volunteers’ house.
A volunteer may live at the UPA Volunteer’s house, a host family depending on his/her choice however we have a fully equipped guesthouse that they can use at a negotiable fee. UPA has a volunteers’ house for the international volunteers that can accommodate up to 18 volunteers at a time. The volunteers sometimes have to share rooms with others. The house has basic facilities including a kitchen, bathrooms and toilets. Apart from the Volunteers’ house, you can choose to stay with a host family. The host families are either in the same area with the Volunteers’ house and the UPA office or can be chosen close to your project. Staying with a host family gives you the chance to get in touch with the Ugandan cultures on a different level than staying in the guesthouse among other international volunteers, even though the standard of living might be more basic than in the Volunteers’ house.
The volunteers can stay 3 months. In this case the extra fee is 500 euros. If they wish to stay longer, in advance the extra fee is 80 euros per month.
Upon arrival, you will be given a 3 days orientation at the UPA office in Nansana.
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