GNUVF - Women and Girls Empowerment

Name: GNUVF - Women and Girls Empowerment
Start: 2022-03-01
End: 2028-01-10
Location: Wakiso, Uganda

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Uganda Culture Education Social work Culture Education +1 Permanent

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Global Network for Uganda Volunteers Foundation (GNUVF) is a national grassroots, Non-profit Organization established in 2013 to provide sustainable voluntary services to the most rural and marginalized Ugandan communities.

We are working with marginalized groups of people, especially vulnerable rural women and children in Uganda. Our organization's programs are provision of Education for all, Environmental Conservation, Economic Empowerment and Livelihood improvements in Communities.

Vision: Transforming communities through sustainable volunteer projects.

OBJECTIVES: Increased access to education for all. Heighten cross-cultural learning and global understanding. Promote health and wellbeing. Support community development through Economic empowerment and improved livelihoods. Conserve the environment.

💼 What the programme involves

The Women Empowerment project in Uganda focuses on the training and mentoring of vulnerable women within the rural communities. The work that volunteers provide will be centred on basic entrepreneurship and small-scale business skills. Uganda is a developing country with a high volume of vulnerable women. Amongst others, this includes single mothers, women living with HIV/AIDS, victims of domestic violence, and women living in extreme poverty. A lot of the women in these communities are illiterate, have no source of income, and lack the opportunities to thrive. Women’s vulnerability in Uganda arises from social inequality and from unequal power relations.

The ultimate objective is to empower vulnerable women to fight poverty, and to become self-sufficient so that they have the capacity to provide a meal, education, and other basic needs to their children.

🏠 Accommodation on site

We have Volunteer houses in most cases but if a volunteer wants a host family we can also arrange this.

🍲 Food

Volunteers are provided with three meals a day namely breakfast, lunch and dinner.

🎒 Leisure activities

1. Murchison Falls National Park 3 Days 2. Gorilla Tracking, Hiking 3 Days 3. Queen Elizabeth National Park 3 Days 4. White Water Rafting & High Bungee Jumping. 5. Sipi Falls Tour 3 Days 6. Horse Ride & Quad Bike Tour 7. Entebbe Tour 8. Kampala Tour 9. Cultural Tour

⚠️ Requirements

-You should have the confidence to teach other women something. -You have to be flexible, creative and have a talent for improvisation. -Teamwork but also independent work are no problem. - You are willing to learn and communicate. - You are physically and mentally resilient. - You are open to other people and cultures. - You are ready to work and live in simple circumstances. - Some level of spoken English is essential for this placement and be open minded.

ℹ️ Additional information

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

300.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Wakiso, Uganda

Uganda

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Ugandan Shilling (UGX / USh)

Exchange rate

1 UGX = 0.000219 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

East Africa Time

Local time: 22:01 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English