Uganda Volunteer Program
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Location:
| *Work Site* - Uganda | |
Site:
| Mukono | |
Highlights:
| Opportunities aimed at providing primary and secondary education to needy children, and community outreach and counseling. | |
Length:
| 2 - 26 Week(s) | |
Host Language:
| English | |
Language Required:
| No | |
Field(s) of Work:
| Education, Teaching, Children's Issues, Community Development, HIV/AIDS, Youth Development | |
Accommodations:
| Group Living | |
Eligibility:
| Minimum Age: 18
Minimum Education Level: High School Diploma
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Compensation:
| No | |
Description:
| Our partner in Uganda has projects based in Mukono Town and within nearby villages. All projects are aimed at providing primary and secondary education to needy children, community outreach and counseling, and adult literacy.
Volunteers can be involved in:
* Village placements, with a number of small community based organizations that provide counseling, care, and education for rural people and orphaned and underprivileged children. Each of these placements is located in a village setting within Mukono and Jinja Districts.
* Primary Schools Teaching: There are many private primary schools in Uganda that cater exclusively to the education, housing and feeding of needy children and orphans. Volunteers can teach primary subjects and organize sport and art activities for the children.
* Mukono Youth Project:
This is a multi-faceted project promoting the voluntary spirit in Uganda. Volunteers will work alongside Ugandan volunteers (youth aged 17 – 27) in a variety of programs directly benefiting local communities, which include:
Community Outreach: Includes home visits (often to the remotest villages in the district) to elderly, disabled, and persons living with HIV/AIDS to assist with household tasks such as washing, preparing food, and keeping company. This is a good opportunity for volunteers to see the daily challenges faced by marginalized groups in Uganda.
Youth Mentoring: Public speaking and mentoring of youth and youth leaders respecting HIV/AIDS awareness, public health/hygiene, family planning, condom use and distribution, creativity workshops promoting the generation of small business, the importance of basic education, and women's rights and empowerment. This is the most important and most common activity undertaken by volunteers. Camping, hiking, hunting and/or fishing trips may also take place during these mentoring sessions. Volunteers are asked to bring camping gear.
Although it is a youth group it reaches every member of the community it serves, and reaches the remotest areas of the district where there is virtually no other aid. This project is not exclusive to young volunteers, as older people with business skills and experience are also needed, particularly with tasks like sorting out bookwork and applying for grants. Just as our partner organisation's members try to help all members of society in every way, it needs all types and ages of volunteers to help it function. | |
URL:
| http://www.volunteer.org.nz/uganda/ |
This listing is part of PlanetEdu's Volunteer category.
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