📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Uganda Pioneers Association is a youth voluntary organization registered with the National NGO Board Reg. Ref S.5914/114 and aims at promoting community based development, Intercultural co-operation and youth participation through voluntary work. For more information, visit our website: http://ugandapioneers.org
💼 What the programme involves
Carpentry and joinery
Wooden furniture;
• Benches
• Tailors stools
• Doors/ windows
• Office chairs
• Book shelf with shutters
• Roof a gabled house of 4mx6m
• Make a 4”x 6”m beds.
Welding and metal fabrication
• Fabrication of workshop benches, steel tables, single door, watering cans, windows, brick laying boxes etc.
Brick laying and concrete practice.
• Prepare site
• Setting out a house
• Digging a foundation
• Building foundation
Tailoring and garment cutting.
• Garment cutting
• Making dresses for kids
• Making dresses for women and m
• Maintaining sewing machines
🏠 Accommodation on site
• Accommodation will be in simple rooms. • Participants will be required to carry own mat and sleeping bag. • The camp site has simple bathrooms and pit latrines no showers • A simple cooking shelter (Kitchen) • Participants are requested to bring with them mosquito nets. • The food is basic and simple. Be ready to take the same dish for some days in a row. • Fruits can at times be availed for the campers from local markets. • Participants will chose food to prepare depending on the availability. • Workcampers will use charcoal or firewood to prepare the meals. • If you need more fruits/extra meals/special diet you can get it on your own cost but they are cheap depending on the season.
📍 About the location
The workcampers shall stay at Siripi youth skills vocational training center in Siripi village, Odupi sub-county / Arua district
Leisuire
• Visit to R.Enyau and R.Nile base.
• Home visit to refugee camps
• Visit youth center at Ediofe
• Stay in community trading center
⚠️ Requirements
Participants shall be required to bring own sleeping bag, mat, pillow, mosquito net, sun cream, mosquito repellent, working gloves and boots/shoes. Light working clothes during working hours and warm clothes at night, as it may turn out to be chilly or cold; Musical instrument (optional); torch or flash light; water purifiers (optional); Personal effects (i.e. soap, toothpaste, toiletries) It would be nice if you can bring your national flag, common art facts of your country, stories, games, pictures and local recipes. It would be helpful for the cultural presentations about your country and for any social interactions. Above all do not forget a happy and positive attitude. NB: Shorts, dresses and skirts should reach knee length for cultural consideration. Smoking in public is illegal while engagement in drug/harsh carries a life prison sentence.
ℹ️ Additional information
UPA doesn’t offer airport drop off after the workcamp but can help in identifying the service provider and the volunteer meets the costs ranging between 28-30 Euros. Tourist visa for people from the most nations valid for one to three month are available at the airport (fee: 50 US-Dollars) though it can be helpful to get detailed information from your local embassy in advance