Sandy Bevan Educational Center
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About the project
Sandy Bevan Educational Center
📝 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 anon-government organization 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.
💼 What the programme involves
The Educational Centre aims to break the cycle of poverty by providing access to schooling for educationally disadvantaged children from the suburbs of Uganda. This opens up opportunities for (professional) qualifications, which should contribute to an inde-pendent lifestyle and a better future. In addition to teaching classic school subjects, the school focuses on artistic subjects such as drawing, painting, music, theatre and dance.
Apart from our charity school volunteers will also work with other partner and community schools here in Uganda.
Your tasks
1. Helping as teaching assistant in classrooms.
2. Cleaning feeding and caring for children
3. Working hand in hand with teachers in planning for work schedules.
4. Training and reskilling of teachers
5. Teaching foreign languages
6. Teaching skills like music, dance, drama, sports and extra
7. Compound maintenance and classroom designing or drawing and painting.
A volunteer wakes up about 6:30am, prepares him/herself, takes breakfast at 7:30am, starts their journey to the placement, work starts at 9am, they break off for lunch at 1pm then work again till 4pm or so.
🏠 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
📍 About the location
Sandy Bevan Educational Centre is a school on the outskirts of Uganda in a village called Namuzzi Zone, Wakiso, Uganda, and the school teaches 250 children between the ages of 3 and 18 years.
🎒 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. Horse Ride & Quad Bike Tour
8. Entebbe Tour
9. Kampala Tour
10. Cultural Tour
ℹ️ Additional information
It is 300 euros for persons volunteering for one month, 250 euros for stays for two month on wards.
The fee includes accommodation, feeding, coordination/ general support and five days orientation only.
Volunteer’s carter for
Visa
Flights
Airport pickup and drop off
Travel insurance
Vaccinations
Health insurance
Souvenirs
Internet and telephone
Local transport etc.
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
GNUVF-01
01/03/2022 → 28/02/2023
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
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
Kajjansi Town Council, 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: 21:01 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken