📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Hillview Primary School is 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. Through the LMTV programme we intend to mobilize the community and improve on the quality of teaching in Hillview Primary School.
💼 What the programme involves
Varied, from renovation of buildings to education and support teacher.
🏠 Accommodation on site
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. Vols will have to contribute from their pocket if they wish to have a desired foreign meal.
📍 About the location
Site visits on Lake Victoria, source of the Nile, swimming by the beaches, City Centre tour and Entebbe.
ℹ️ Additional information
The project is an initiative of the regional volunteering platform Eastern Africa Voluntary Service Development Network (EAVS-NETWORK) that brings together volunteering organizations from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and South SudanThe participation fees is EUR 450 in total meaning that EUR 150 is payable to the hosting organizatioin in each country and this will cover the transport from one country to the other, accommodation and mealsIt is important for volunteers wishing to participate in this project to be highly motivated given the nature of the extensive travel within the three countries and this will be done by road transport.