21/03/2024
VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES IN UGANDA (ALL YEAR ROUND)
Love & Give Foundation is a self-sustaining community based development organization in Naluwembe, Mpigi District, Uganda founded in 2019 and volunteering opportunities are available all year round.
Volunteers coming from abroad are responsible for their flight, visas and living costs. We also have a special consideration for Rotarians and Rotaractors who would like to travel to Uganda and we appreciate your time and allow you to use your compassion and skills to help make the world a better place!
WHO WE ARE:
Love & Give Foundation is a registered community based development organization founded in 2019 in Naluwembe, Mpigi District, Uganda that runs community projects in rural areas of Uganda focusing on long term community-led solutions to challenges caused by extreme poverty and poor education.
Love & Give Foundation collaborates with local, national and international partners in order to bring about sustainable improvements of life in areas in which it works.
Love & Give Foundation aims to improve the living conditions for the rural poor regardless of their faith, origin or gender with an emphasis on children, youth and women.
WHERE WE ARE:
The organization’s head office is located in Naluwembe, Mpigi District, Uganda (East Africa). Our organization operates across the country through local based partnerships.
THE ROLE/EXPECTATIONS:
We recruit and host willing, non-skilled and skilled volunteers within our projects in Mpigi District and we do place volunteers across the country in our existing projects run through community based partnerships.
Love & Give Foundation seeks to aid in the development of self-sufficient, locally run projects which effectively address the most pressing needs of disadvantaged communities.
At Love & Give Foundation, the volunteer program options available are endless, we partner with several rural based schools, women development projects, community health clinic (and in partnership with government and privately owned Hospitals and Health centres) and social community centers.
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Volunteer Work with Children:
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You can spend time interacting with children and encouraging their social and emotional development. You can focus on music, recreation, art, or other special areas of talent you have. If you are compassionate, creative, and love working with children, this is the program for you.
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Volunteer Work at Community Health Clinic/Hospital:
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If you are interested in the health field, you can work in community health clinic or one of our local partner hospitals. We also arrange a number of healthcare outreaches in rural communities of Mpigi district and across the country.
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Teaching/ education Volunteer Work:
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Work with our local teachers in your field of expertise to help students learn the skills and information they need to succeed. You will be working in one of schools, a primary and secondary school.
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Volunteer Work at a construction/building project:
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Focus on a building project based on your area of expertise, or work on one of the existing projects that needs an extra set of hands! This is a great opportunity to work with local adults and gives you the chance to truly see the impact you will leave behind. Past volunteers have built classrooms, health clinics, or even homes for elderly village members.
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Social Projects Volunteer Work:
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Work in areas like sports program, music and arts, in villages across the Mukono district and across the country. This program has many options and often times volunteers end up creating a custom project based on their own ideas.
WHAT IS INCLUDED:
The Volunteering Program in Uganda offered by Love & Give Foundation is completely free but volunteers cover up their living expenses.
Volunteering with us provides a unique deeper cultural experience: you will have the opportunity to work with a Ugandan and International team, and have the opportunity of creating your own projects.
HOW MANY HOURS OF WORK PER DAY/WEEK:
Work starts at 9am- 4pm, from Monday to Friday. Weekends are free of work to allow our participants to explore the country.
MINIMUM/TOTAL TIME COMMITMENT:
We ask volunteers interested in the Uganda volunteer work to commit at least 4 weeks in order to ensure a worthwhile experience. But we accept volunteers from a minimum of 2 weeks’ duration.
We want every volunteer to feel that their time in Uganda was put to good use and that they had adequate time to make an impact. The preferred length of trip for a volunteer’s first visit is 4 weeks. Although we do not strictly prohibit shorter stays, we do request that our volunteers are able to offer at least 4 weeks of voluntary services.
Occasionally we will allow for a shorter stay than one month, but this is handled on a case by case basis. We understand that it can sometimes be difficult for doctors, to take a full month off. Therefore, doctors can come for a three-week period.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
• You must be over 18yrs
• You must speak some English (you don’t need to be fluent)
• A copy of your passport with 6+ months validity
• Criminal Record, Background Check report or Police Statement
• We recommend travel/life personal insurance
• You must commit at least 4 weeks’ minimum (longer stays are much appreciated).
• You must be Sociable, Energetic, Positive & Fun!
We accept local and internationals volunteers who are full of enthusiasm, and who enjoy working with people from a different culture background. The minimum age to participate is 18. Candidates must speak English, in order to adapt themselves quickly and to be able to interact with local people.
We need people who possess the willingness to commit themselves to a long-term project, prepared for day-to-day challenges.
Also important: our lifestyle is simple; we don't have any luxuries here, beside the luxury of being in the middle of a beautiful natural landscape, and working for a meaningful cause.
We accept local volunteers who can dedicate some hours every week to help us, but in this case they must areange their own transport to the offices or project site in Mpigi and other parts of the country.
We need people to help teach at the rural schools, to help with construction and cleaning works, social workers, psychologists, educators, specialists in IT, doctors, nurses, drivers, etc. In summary: anyone with goodwill and a good disposition to help and work can be accepted into the program.
If you would to like to volunteer in Uganda with the Love & Give Foundation, our projects need volunteers who can bring new ideas, work with minimal supervision, and have a positive, self-starting attitude.
We do not need just young volunteers, but older people with business skills and experience. We need those who can sort out bookwork and apply for grants. Just as these projects try to help all members of society, they need all ages of volunteers to help them function.
Our volunteer in Uganda program helps create sustainable education & development in rural Uganda. The program provides a life-changing opportunity for school and university leavers to spend a few months helping in Uganda.
Of course, it is not all hard work; volunteers will get an opportunity for fantastic wildlife safaris and to experience a region few tourists have reached.
GET STARTED WITH YOUR APPLICATION:
E-mail us: [email protected]
Tel/WhatsApp: +256702067912
