Uganda, Africa - Humanitarian Aid - Volunteering Opportunities

Activity description

Kampala, Uganda: There are five host organisations to chose from in Uganda - Caritas Kampala, VC Uganda Office, Kiyinda Mityana, FOHO Street Children Project, and BMCTI. In Caritas Kampala volunteers will work on socio ecomonic issues and gender issues such as women's health, sustainable agriculture, justice and peace, and cooperatives. In Kiyinda Mityana volunteers will work in education across the 390 schools and focus on health programmes for girls assisting them to remain in education. In FOHO a community based organisation volunteers will work alongside street children and vulnerable youth and other target groups such as slum dwellers, teenage mothers and drug addicts. In BMCTI a Counsellor Training institute volunteers will support the overall servcies as well as support the provision of psychosocial support to Elderly members of the population. In Viatores Christi Kampala office the voluneer will support the work of the VC locally and international.

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

On arrival all volunteers will be collected and transported to the VC Kampala office by the local ESC Co-ordinator Rose Salaama Bavuga. They will remain in Kampala while receiving their induction, training and orientation. The Kampala office is located on the same street as the U.S. embassy and the Caritas office is located nearby. Volunteers deployed to rural desitinations with be trasported to their destinations. All host organisations have been visited and audited by the CEO of the VC and meet the required standards in terms of accomodations, food and access to utilities.

Training during the activity

Viatores Christi is a renowed training organisation in the humanitarian field. They have designed and delivered courses in collaboration with leading academics and scholars in the sector. The volunteers of Viatores Chirist will have free, unlimited access to all these training programmes and modules while on placement. You will avail of them online, at your own discretion. These will contribute not only to your knowledge of Development and Humanitarian Aid giving you a advantage in your career, but also contribute towards your ESC HAND EUPass in the short-term.

Participant profile

The type of volunteer that would benefit from volunteering with VC is enthusiastic, optimistic, resilient, used to adversity and adjusts well to new and sometimes unfamiliar experiences. Uganda is an amazing place and a unique opportunity and it is important that you are prepared to get the most of the opportunity by giving it your all and working well with those around you. Volunteers that do well in Uganda are open, conscientious, extraverted, agreeable and get on well with other as well as being self-starters and comfortable working from their own initiative.

Activity dates

A total of 12 week(s) during the period 01/01/2024 to 30/09/2024

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Activity location

1538-39 Old Ggaba Rd Kampala, +256 Kampala Uganda

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 Individual volunteering

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Looking for participants from

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Türkiye

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Activity topics

Social challenges

Citizenship and democratic participation

Health and wellbeing

Education and training

Creativity and culture

Physical education and sport

Working against discrimination (including gender discrimination)

Shelter

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Deadline for applications

No application deadline

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