Kayenje Primary School is church founded project located in West Buganda dioceses of the Church of Uganda, Mpigi District. With over eight hundred children nine teachers making the ratio of pupil teacher ratio of 1:75.And the population of the school is still expanding. This has caught the concern of the community and the administration to partner with UVDA to come to the rescue of the school by mobilising teachers and all interested in the education of Uganda is future generation especially the girl child to give a helping hand.
Work:
Teaching, construction,classroom assistants, mentors and provision of guidance and counselling service to the children any other assignment as it may arise.
Study theme:
Educational
Participation fee:
300 Euros paid on arrival. This fee is for monitoring, feeding in a Uganda local way in host families and evaluation of the participants while at the project. It also includes airport transportation, orientation, preparation and supervision, project participation certificate.
Located in Buikwe district east of Kampala. The main activity among the community around is fishing. The project was started by one of the concern community member for children of fishermen to also benefit in the prevailing free education. Unfortunately, government has not taken on the project but the school population is growing at a faster rate. The teacher pupil ratio is 1:70.The school has no permanent structures with a population of over 500 pupils. This situation called for an immediate intervention which UVDA through its activity has taken up and currently we have made 20,000 bricks but the classroom teaching and environment is still wanting. The work camp will be ideal to involve volunteers in the construction of the school as well and improve on the quality of teaching in Hillview Primary School
Nature of work:
construction,Teaching in classroom working with the school management to improve the status of the school and awareness on heritage issues and educational support; Guidance and counselling; environmental conservation activities; coordination of environmental club activities;
Accommodation and Food:
Accommodation will be on the school site. This is an rural setting and most of the food stuff is original Buganda culture with Kisoga as well. Volunteers will have to contribute from their pocket if they wish to have a foreign meal.
This is a church based founded school project with a total population of approximately 300 children without proper permanent structures, serving the community of Mabira (on the boundaries of Mabira forest) Kitigoma parish, Nyenga sub county, Buikwe district. It was started with an aiming of protecting the children from rape, traditional sacrifices and other calamities as their walk through the forest for more than 5Kms to attend schools. The communities around are mainly sugar plantation attendants and families hit by HIV/Aids their by living young one to tend for their fellow young ones.UVDA is partnering with the local community to put up permanent structures.
Target Group:
Children, local communities Volunteers motivated, teachers,well-wishers and donors.
Nature of work:
Teaching and outreach program for care and protection of children in need of support and construction of permanent building, preparing a work camp.
This is a church based founded school project with a total population of approximately 300 children without proper permanent structures, serving the community of Mabira (on the boundaries of Mabira forest) Kitigoma parish, Nyenga sub county, Buikwe district. It was started with an aiming of protecting the children from rape, traditional sacrifices and other calamities as their walk through the forest for more than 5Kms to attend schools. The communities around are mainly sugar plantation attendants and families hit by HIV/Aids their by living young one to tend for their fellow young ones.UVDA is partnering with the local community to put up permanent structures.
Target Group:
Children, local communities Volunteers motivated, teachers,well-wishers and donors.
Nature of work:
Teaching and outreach program for care and protection of children in need of support and construction of permanent building, preparing a work camp.
Accommodation:
Accommodation will vary from host families to a group accommodation on the school.
Food:
This is purely a traditional food setting and most of the food stuff is original Baganda region/culture at some vols, can contribute from their pocket to have a change in meals preparation.
Study theme:
Improve on school environment most especially classroom,water and sanitation facilities to increase enrollment and attendance for quality education.
Special remarks:
Participants will be asked to contribute for their volunteer permit. No smoking is allowed at any of the work sites.
Participation fee:
- Participation fee is 300 Euros which covers upkeep, evaluation of the participants while at the project. It also includes airport transportation, orientation, host family housing, project preparation and supervision, project participation certificate.
Buntaba Primary School was adopted for 2014 UVDA project to uplift the learning conditions of the school. The school has a population of over 300 children with very poor sanitation facilities, low staff manpower to tend to this growing children population, the permanent structures available one was removed by the heavy down pours hanks to Leggatt Trust for availing the top up on re roofing of the classroom block. The community around is needs to be mobilized for them to take charge in the activities of the school as per the Universal Primary Education guidelines
Nature of work:
Volunteers will be engaged in construction of a building which was de roofed by rains,Classroom teaching and improvement,organising work camps and prepare and support outreach programs, assist in starting a heritage club in the school. Activities can be adjusted depending on the school management
Food:
This is purely a traditional food setting and most of the food stuff is original Baganda culture right from gardens as some vols, can contribute from their pocket to have a change in meals preparation.
Study theme:
Improve on school environment,water and sanitation facilities to increase enrollment and attendance for quality education.
Participation fee:
- Is 300 Euros for upkeep,and evaluation of the participants while at the project. It also includes airport transportation, orientation,housing, project preparation and supervision, project participation certificate.
Kirabo Children’s Center Day and Boarding school was started by a small group of female teachers who are born 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 several 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 grandparents 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 homeless, died and others migrated 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 MUWANGUZI CHRISTINE 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 programs 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.
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.
Participation fee:
- Is 300 Euros for upkeep,and evaluation of the participants while at the project. It also includes airport transportation, orientation,housing, project preparation and supervision, project participation certificate.
« I had not appreciated that so few people come out in the East Asian countries that my telling them was something extraordinary. This was also the most interesting aspect of the workcamp in terms of trying to expand the awareness of other ways of living, and there was never any hostility or problems because of it. »