📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Our mission is "transforming liver through quality education". Western Uganda has previously experienced instabilities that rendered most children fail to go to school. The government efforts have also been not closely monitoref to have a strong impact. therefore her formation was triggered by the growin appreciation that there has been considerably limited participation and support to the rural communities in development activities towards the implementation and sustainable development goals. We therefore aim at massive community participation in the mobilization ad having everyone go back to school and loving being there.
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteers shall actively work alongside our field stff to implement activities carrie out by the Girl and Boy Education clubs (GBEM) in various schools in Wstern Uganda. The activities include Education promotion, peace building, health and hygiene promotion, peace building, health and hygiène promotion, environmental conservation, sports, dance and drama, nutrituion, agricultue and religion/faith promotion.
They shall actively share experiences with club community members as wel as testing English language with children in schools. All these are aimed at motivationg children to keep in school, love being there as well as the community appreciated the merits of education.
Monday: hold a meeting with all staff at the office for an hour than travel to at least two schools a day
Tuesday: the same
Wednesday: arrange to meet community members in at least two sub contries, mobilization for the meeting is done through radio announcements, letters to local authorities and churches.
Thursday : meeting with stakeholders including community , development officer, education officers, RDC, mayors...
Friday : interwievwng specific parents who visit our office and later make a report for a week to the manager
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers should be accomodated by the manager in his premices. This is a residentail that is self contained, therefore capable of accomodating visitors on international level. The environment here is welcoming, free from noise, and therefore visitors are able to settle/cool/rest from filed tiredness.
🍲 Food
3 meals a day are provided and tea is always available
📍 About the location
Western Uganda is a multi-cultural area accomodating the Balconso, Batoro, Banyankole, Baganda, Basonpora, Banyabindi , etc..
All these stay in various districs making the Rwenzori region/Western Uganda. These people belong to different religions as catholics, protestants, muslims, adventists (SDA), born agains etc..
The area is also divided into Kingdoms. The people here are hospitable, cming and friendly.