KAWEMPE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
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Uganda
Children
Social work
Children
Social work
Permanent
About the project
KAWEMPE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
📝 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.
💼 What the programme involves
Kawempe Youth Development Association is a None Governmental Organization whose vision is to provide an appropriate framework for enabling the youth to develop social, economic, and cultural skills in order to enhance their participation in the overall development process and improve their quality of life.
KYDA mainly targets vulnerable children and youth aged 10 e 24 years with particular emphasis on school drop outs, street children, drug abusers, teenage mothers, HIV/AIDS orphans and slum youth in Kawempe division of Kampala District and the surrounding Wakiso District.
To empower Children and youth with life and vocational skills, especially those out of school so that they can live better lives able to sustain themselves.Activities
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Training vocational skills; tailoring, hairdressing, mechanics and electricians.
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Through which preventive messages about HIV/ AIDS can be passed on to the youth.
Support orphans and other vulnerable children with basic needs such as education, clothes, food and medical care.
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Preventive and curative health services.
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Re integration of the children to their families after rehabilitation, that is,family reunion and resettlement.
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HIV testing.
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Kiganda Children for Change Project; KYDA's street children project with the aim to get children back to school.
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Working in the Demo garden.
Volunteer Tasks
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Social support to HIV/AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children.
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Join in home visits to positive living children or other vulnerable children to assist in food preparation, cleaning (hygiene) basic medical care and counseling.
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Office work related to organization development and programming.
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Move within the slum communities of Kawempe division and the rural areas of Wakiso, to care givers of orphans.
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Volunteers can also spend time working within the studios, ie participating in health talk, talk shows, dialogues, schools where our orphans receive education from and offices of the agencies which support the work of the Project.
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Participate in organizing recreational activities, retreats for children.
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Music dance and drama
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Participate in the Kiganda Children for Change Project; teaching the children basic English/Math, life skills teaching, home visits, fundraising,counseling, writing reports, additional programs such as music, dance &drama, gardening and sports.
🏠 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. It is also possible to stay in a host family.
📍 About the location
KYDA office hours are from 9.00am to 16.00pm five days a week. However, the possibilities of having optional activities over the weekend may not be ruled out, if so, there is a possibility to change hours during the weekdays.
Transport
KYDA is located five and a half miles from Kampalae Bomboe Gulu highway, operates in Wakiso Kampala districts both in central Uganda region. Public transport is available all day long using mini busses or Boda Boda's(motorcycles).
It will cost a volunteer between 5000 10,000 Uganda shillings to and from, if the volunteer lives in UPA guest house, with a 10e 15 minutes (or when using a Boda Boda direct 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.
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
UPA/MLTV 17
01/01/2014 → 31/03/2015
Volunteers registered
5 / 20
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ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–60 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Uganda
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Ugandan Shilling (UGX / USh)
Exchange rate
1 UGX = 0.000219 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🗣️ Languages spoken
English