📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Introduction The Medium and Long Term Volunteer Program (MLTV program) is an international volunteer exchange program under Uganda Pioneers' Association (UPA). UPA has hosted international volunteers since the organization was started in 1989. UPA uses volunteer exchange and intercultural cooperation as tools for fulfilling its overall aim: To promote community based development, intercultural cooperation and youth participation through voluntary work. The objectives of the MLTV program are to: 'e Contribute to the development of community based social services 'e Promote and improve natural and acquired skills useful to the community 'e Promote and exchange cultures in order to create friendship and mutual understanding 'e Encourage the youth as dynamic age group to take leading roles in development UPA partners with organisations, institutions, UPA branches and projects that aim to develop local communities reduce poverty and promote volunteerism. The following is an outline of organisations, institutions and projects that host volunteers from UPA. The aim of the outline is to assist future volunteers to choose a particular project or placement that he/she wishes to work with and to direct UPA when identifying host places that matches the qualifications and wishes of the volunteer. UPA will strive to fulfill the first priorities of the volunteer but we cannot fully guarantee that a specific placement will be available when the volunteer arrives
💼 What the programme involves
Action Center for Child and Family Affairs (ACCFA) is a fully registered indigenous Community Based Organization under registration number WCBO/65/13 with its headquarters in Nabweru Nansana town council Wakiso District Uganda. ACCFA was founded in 2011 by a group of 4 female and 2 male students from different Ugandan univercities who felt to address the drustic and diverse impacts of domestic violence,HIV/AIDS,poverty,and abuse against children in particular.
Since the time of inception, ACCFA has been running 3 programs:
children safe(kcs) in different Primary and secondary schools
youth and women empowerment
community healthy improvement program
However,due to the need and other community challenges ACCFA came up with anather program which is child sponsorship that cater for school going children from the very poor families.
ACCFA mission is to improve on the social andeconomic welfare of children in families and the community through empowerments respectively.
Our major aim is to have communities where all children, youths and women have access to their basic needs and rights.
Activities Counseling and psychosocial support.
Vocational trainings.
Craft making.
Music Dance and drama.
Resource mobilization.
Radio talk shows.
Community awareness trainings.
Community and home visits.
Public cleanness exercises.
Children club trainings.
Proposal writing
Volunteer Task Safe club opening and training.
Counseling and psychosocial support.
Public cleaning.
Music dance and drama.
Vocational training.
Radio presenting /talk shows.
Community sensitization.
Craft making.
Report trainings.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation UPA has a guesthouse for the volunteers. We can accommodate about 18 volunteers at a time. The volunteers have to share room with others. The guesthouse is well equipped. It has one kitchen, a bathroom and a toilet. It is not very luxury but fulfills the basic needs and standards. Apart form the guesthouse you can choose to stay with a host family. The host families are either in the same area with the guesthouse and the UPA office or can be chosen close to your project. Staying with a host family gives you the chance to get in touch with the Ugandan culture on a different level than staying in the guesthouse among other foreign volunteers, even though the standard of living might be more basic than in the guesthouse.
📍 About the location
Working hours Volunteers are meant to be in the office from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Transport It takes 3000/= to and from UPA to ACCFA with public transport
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are required to pay a fee of Euro 500 (five hundred Euros) on arrival for 1- 3months and Euro 50 (fifty Euro) in advance for each additional month the volunteer will extend.