Short-term (2 to 4 weeks) "aids awareness" projects in Uganda

FURTHER CONSTRUCTION OF GARUBUNDA PRIMARY SCHOOL, WATER AND SANITATION ON LAKE NYAKASANDA AND HIV/AIDS AWARENESS.

GARUBUNDA PRIMARY SCHOOL AND LAKE NYAKASANDA ARE BOTH LOCATED IN GARUBUNDA VILLAGE, KEBISONI SUBCOUNTY, RUBABO COUNTY, RUKUNGIRI DISTRICT ABOUT 360 KMS IN THE WESTERN PART OF UGANDA.

The construction of Garubunda Primary School was started by UVDA Volunteers in 1996 in conjunction with the local community members of Garubunda village. There was only one old grass thatched mud and wattle school building built 60 years ago accommodating about 100 pupils which was in such a dilapidated state, nearly collapsing. Since that time, UVDA has conducted several work camps constructing that project from Primary 1 to P. 7. Lake Nyakasanda is a small lake of about 150sq meters. It is located near Garubunda Primary School and very close to the house where UVDA volunteers will be accommodated. The lake water is used for domestic purposes to include; drinking water, bathing, cooking etc. at the same time people swim from the same. Clean drinking water from a spring well could be obtained from a distance.

Garubunda village is situated about 100kms from Bwindi Impenetratable Forest National Park where gorillas are found and Queen Elizabeth National Park and Mt. Rwenzori is also not very far. It is also possible to visit Lake Bunyonyi in Kabale near the border of Uganda and Rwanda. People are pastoralists and are very friendly. The population of Rukungiri is about 300,000 people,

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CONSTRUCTION OF 2 CLASSROOMS BLOCK, HIV/AIDS AWARENESS AND FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION.

NAMALEMBA VILLAGE, BUSIKI COUNTY, MAGADA SUB COUNTY, NAMUTUMBA DISTRICT FORMERLY PART OF IGANGA DISTRICT. ABOUT 250 KMS EAST OF KAMPALA.

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Namalemba primary school is partly a government aided school which was started about 60 years ago. The existing classrooms are supposed to accommodate only 630 pupils and in this case the rest of the pupils attend their classes under trees and others in the church. UVDA was invited to Namalemba village to construct the Nsola clinic in 2004 which is now completed.
Most of the people of Namalemba village and neighboring villages are very poor, most of them live in grass thatched houses built of mud and wattle and their income comes from rice growing in swampy places and maize .
HIV/ AIDS is still a big problem especially to the youth.

Volunteers shall be accommodated in the village house which also has a solar electric system. Participants can bring with them some gifts to children and poor people of Namalemba village. Thanks in advance.

It is possible to visit River Nile at Jinja; Bujagali falls or even participate in rafting at Bujagali in case of a stopover at Jinja. The project is about 60kms to Mbale town, Mbale district where the Mt Elgon is situated and about 100kms to Sipi falls in Kapchorwa district. Arrangements to visit both sites could be made from the work camp.