The Mercy Home of Children provides a home and a support network for orphaned or abandoned children in rural areas of Uganda. These children previously sheltered in the home for a wide variety of reasons and every child had a different story. Some were orphaned by HIV/AIDS and some by tragic road accidents, some came to us because their families no longer wanted them whilst others arrived with families who still loved them but could no longer care for them. Currently the home is temporarily closed as it is in poor condition. We intend to renovate the home and recruit care for and assist children who may have a home to stay in but are still in need of some basic necessities or guidance.
Nature of work:
Teaching and educational support for children, rehabilitation, renovation and protection; coordination of club activities; mentoring youth to confront drug use and abuse.
Accommodation:
It will vary from host families to a group accommodation on selected site. Food will normally be local Buganda dishes (matooke = boiled bananas), beans, vegetables, meat, fish. Volunteers contribute from their pocket if they wish to have foreign foods.
Location:
in Wakiso District, located 14 Km from Kampala's city centre and near Entebbe airport and Entebbe town.
Study theme:
Local History, sustainable tourism and livelihood among communities.
Special remarks:
No smoking is allowed at any of the work sites.
Airport pickups:
Uganda Voluntary Development Association will pick vols. from the airport as per their schedule. Expense incurred from the pickup place (only city centre) is covered by UVDA as part of the participation fee provided you arrive during office hours an extra fee shall be levied on night arrivals. So volunteers are encouraged to confirm their arrival at least a week before departure.
MTV/LTV Participation fee:
1 month - EURO 300 2 to 3 months - EURO 450 4 to 6 months - EURO 750 7 to 9 months - EURO 900 10 to 12 months - EURO 1200
This fee is ONLY for monitoring, upkeep in families and evaluation of the participants while at the project. It includes airport transportation, orientation, family housing, project preparation and supervision, and project participation certificate.
Participants will be asked to contribute an additional 100 USD fee for the Insurance and volunteers permit.
Rainbow Foundation is located in Luwero District which is still recovering from the 5 year bush war which brought the current government to power. The Foundation helps the communities of Luwero to improve on their living livelihood and promote social protection. Rainbow Foundation seeks the self motivated, detailed-oriented individuals with a strong interest in sustainable agriculture, nutrition education and food access for a period of 1 month to 1 year.
Nature of Work:
Volunteers will teach and organize outreach program, tend to school gardens and assist with local government programming in education and agriculture, work camp organization. Volunteers will also visit with local farms, educate about agriculture and education in the community, and engage in a number of various gardens.
Target Group:
Children, guardians, parents, local communities, teachers, well wishers and donors.
Accommodation:
Accommodation will vary from host families to a group accommodation on site.
Food:
This is purely a traditional food setting and most of the food stuff is original Buganda culture at some vols, can contribute from their pocket to have a change in meals preparation.
Location:
Rainbow Foundation is located in Luweero District, the project is located in Central region an 1hr is drive from Kampala.
Study theme:
Improve on school food security and livelihood of the communities around to increase enrollment and attendance for quality education in school.
Special remarks:
Participants will be asked to contribute for their volunteer permit. No smoking is allowed at any of the work sites.
MTV/LTV Participation fee:
1 month - EURO 300 2 to 3 months - EURO 450 4 to 6 months - EURO 750 7 to 9 months - EURO 900 10 to 12 months - EURO 1200
This fee is ONLY for monitoring, upkeep in families and evaluation of the participants while at the project. It includes airport transportation, orientation, family housing, project preparation and supervision, project participation certificate.
An addition fee of USD $100 levied by the immigration department which is not inclusive of the participation fee.
Airport pickups:
Uganda Voluntary Development Association will pick vols. from the airport as per their schedule. Expense incurred from the pickup place (only city centre) is covered by UVDA as part of the participation fee provided you arrive during office hours an extra fee shall be levied on night arrivals. So volunteers are encouraged to communicate/confirm their arrival at least a week before departure for proper preparations.
Kirabo Children's Centre Day and Boarding School was started by a small group of female teachers from Kikandwa and Kikyusa Villages in conjunction with the local community members in 2006. The idea was hatched by Ms Sarah Muwanguzi Nabatanzi who had realized that children in that area were exposed to ignorance and diseases as a result of poverty and the average illiteracy rate was about 70% in the area. The area has many people affected by HIV/AIDS. A number of orphans over 250, their parents have died of HIV/AIDS and living with foster parents e.g grand parents who are too old to look after them (70 years and above) and others with friends and well wishers or next of kin.
Kikandwa and Kikyusa villages are amongst those villages which were destroyed by the political war in 1980-1986 causing many people to be homeless, to die or to migrate to big cities e.g Kampala for their safety. The teaching of the pupils was done from the church which was the only existing building in the area with only 20 pupils. In 2007, many people in and outside the area developed interest in their initiatives and amongst those was the grandmother of Sarah Muwanguzi Nabatanzi who is still surviving and is called Mrs Christine Muwanguzi who donated 50 acres of land to the project. The community mobilized funds to construct 3 temporary wooden classrooms roofed with corrugated iron sheets. They currently have 270 pupils from Nursery to primary 5 levels.
UVDA helped them to construct a three permanent classroom blocks and office to wall plate pending roofing, putting doors and windows, making the floor and plastering. Since most children live with old grandparents, they usually come to school without breakfast or anything to eat during break time or lunch yet some of these children are malnourished and quite a good number of them are attacked by malaria and others have jiggers in their feet. They lack mosquito nets and medicine. Therefore, the school started an agricultural project where they grow food stuffs and fruits on large scale for children's consumption at school.
NB:
The nearest Government Hospital is at Wabusana 7 kms away and that's where the HIV/AIDS Programme will be conducted. There is need for MTV/LTV to help the school project in garden, construction, tree planting and sports and shall all be accommodated in Mrs. Muwanguzi Christine's home the grandmother of Sarah Muwanguzi Nabatanzi.
Participants can bring with them some scholastic materials, sports kits, agriculture tools and also raise some funds for construction.
Work:
Explore the villages with the king's palace site. Participants will participate in teaching, prepare and support to organize outdoor activities and workcamps.Organise outreach programmes for the surrounding communities/stakeholders to benefit; Volunteers may also help communities on small sustainable tourism/income in the area and develop/design promotion materials for the center.
Study theme:
Local History, teaching, care for kids, sustainable tourism and livelihood among communities.
Accommodation:
Housing in a host family within the community near the center, bring sleeping bags. Kitchen space available in a local setting using fire wood and three stones.
Location:
The project site is rural, Kirabo Children Centre is in Luweero district in the central region of the country, 50Kms north of Kampala, the capital.
Leisure Activities:
Site visits, cultural talks, picnic, and enjoy the outdoor environment.
Airport pickups:
Uganda Voluntary Development Association will pick volunteers from the airport as per their schedule. Expense incurred from the pickup place (only city centre) is covered by UVDA as part of the participation fee provided you arrive during office hours an extra fee shall be levied on night arrivals. So volunteers are encouraged to communicate/confirm their arrival at least a week before departure for proper preparations.
Special remarks:
No smoking is allowed at the work sites.
MTV/LTV Participation fee:
1 month - EURO 300 2 to 3 months - EURO 450 4 to 6 months - EURO 750
It includes airport transportation, orientation, family housing, project preparation and supervision, project participation certificate.
Participants will be asked to contribute an addition fee for volunteer permit of USD $100.
Project Background Kirabo Children’s Centre Day and Boarding school was started by a small group of female teachers from Kikandwa and Kikyusa Villages in conjunction with the local community members in 2006.The idea was hatched by M/S Sarah Muwanguzi Nabatanzi who had realized that children in that area were exposed to ignorance and diseases as a result of poverty and the average illiteracy rate was about 70% in the area.The area has many people affected by HIV/AIDS.A number of orphans over 250, their parents have died of HIV/AIDS and are living with foster parents Kikandwa and Kikyusa villages are amongst those villages which were destroyed by the political war in 1980-1986 causing many people homeless, died and others migrated to big cities e.g Kampala for their safety. The teaching was done from the Church which was the only existing building in the area with only 20 pupils. The community mobilized funds to construct 3 temporary wooden classrooms roofed with corrugated iron sheets. They currently have 270 pupils from Nursery to primary 5 level. UVDA helped them to construct a three permanent classroom blocks and office to wall plate pending roofing, putting doors and windows, making the floor and plastering. Since most children live with old grandparents, they usually come to school without breakfast or anything to eat during break time or lunch so some of these children are malnourished and quite a good number of them are attacked by malaria and others have jiggers in their feet. They lack mosquito nets and medicine. Therefore, the school started an agricultural project where they grow foodstuffs and fruit on large scale for children’s consumption at school. They are also planting some trees for environment protection. They also constructed a fish pond but have not yet introduced in fish due to lack of food for fish. Volunteers are expected to participate in all these programmes (construction, gardening, tree planting etc).
ACTIVITY:
ROOFING OF A 3 CLASSROOM BLOCK AND OFFICE, TEACHING,TREE PLANTING, WORKING IN SCHOOL GARDEN, HOME OUTREACH OF ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN, HIV/AIDS AWARENESS.
Project:
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LOCATION :
KIKANDWA VILLAGE, LUWERO DISTRICT. ABOUT 50 KM NORTH OF KAMPALA.
PARTICIPATION FEE:
EUROS 200
Special remarks:
No smoking is allowed at work sites.
Fee:
includes airport pickup, orientation, work camp feeding and supervision, work camp participation certificate.
Rainbow Foundation is located in Luwero District which is still recovering from the 5 year bush war in 1981-86. The Foundation helps the communities of Luwero to improve their livelihood and promote social protection. Rainbow Foundation seeks the self motivated, detailed-oriented individuals with a strong interest sustainable agriculture; nutrition education and food access for a period of 1 month to 1year.Months are welcome and group volunteering.
Work:
Volunteers will teach and organize outreach program, tend to school gardens and assist with local government programming in education and agriculture, work camp organization. Volunteers will also visit with local farms, educate about agriculture and education in the community, and engage in a number of various gardens.
ACTIVITY :
child care, skills development, ; awareness raising and educationalsupport;
Uganda Voluntary Development Association will pick vols. from the airport as per their schedule. Expense incurred from the pickup place (only city centre) is covered by UVDA as part of the participation fee provided you arrive during office hours an extra fee shall be levied on night arrivals. So volunteers are encouraged to communicate/confirm their arrival at least a week before departure for proper preparations.
Accommodation &Food:
Accommodation will vary from host families to a group accommodation on site. This is purely a traditional food setting and most of the food is local. Vols, can contribute from their pocket to have a change of meal..
Location:
Rainbow Foundation is located in Luweero District, the project is located in Central region an 1hr is drive from Kampala.
Special remarks:
No smoking is allowed at work sites.
Fee:
€200 includes airport pickup, orientation, work camp feeding and supervision, work camp participation certificate.
The programme is a partnership with donors, NGOs, government to rehabilitate the affected communities of the northern region. The area was badly affected by the war with the Lord's Resistance Army of the past decades. Now the area is secure, reconstruction and settlement of those affected is ongoing. But the major challenges are social services of the area which went down. The population is traumatized, without proper accommodation, sanitation and bedding. UVDA is partnering with NURP to uplift the service delivery of the returnees and the affected population of the north.
ACTIVITY :
Renovation, child care, skills development,counselling; awareness raising and educationalsupport; mentoring, career development. .
Project:
Notes
LOCATION:
The project is located in the northern region of the country, its 350Km from Kampala the capital city in a purely village setting.
PARTICIPATION FEE:
EUROS 200
Nature of work:
Rehabilitation and reconstruction of the affected communities. Learning and the transformation of conflicts management related to International voluntary service.
Airport pickups:
Uganda Voluntary Development Association will pick vols. from the airport as per their schedule. Expenses incurred from the pickup place (only city centre) is covered by UVDA as part of the participation fee provided you arrive during office hours. An extra fee shall be levied on night arrivals. So volunteers are encouraged to communicate/confirm their arrival at least a week before departure for proper preparations.
Accommodation:
Accommodation will vary from host families to a group accommodation on selected site as per agreed with the local government.
Special remarks:
No smoking is allowed at any of the work sites.
Fee:
includes airport transportation, orientation, family housing, work camp preparation and supervision, work camp participation
« I can say that the best things about the workcamp and this whole experience were the chance of making a real difference to the lives of very needy children. This is an extremely valuable project where volunteers can have a massive impact. Also the possibility of learning a huge amount about a country so different from our own. I learnt ten times as much by carrying out a workcamp than I would ever do backpacking. »
