Sensibilisation au changement climatique et construction de pépinières

Name: Sensibilisation au changement climatique et construction de pépinières
Start: 2020-02-04
End: 2031-10-24
Location: Jinja, Uganda

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Uganda Farming Education Environment Farming Education +1 Permanent

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Our ugandan partner is an educational, registered non profit organization committed to empowering the underprivileged, abused, vulnerable children and youths in Uganda. They are affiliated to Child Rights Information Network (CRIN), The International Society for Mobile Youth Work ( ISMO), and Peace Child International. The organization was formed in November 2006 in light of the fact that over 10million children and adolescents in Uganda grow up in families struggling to survive on less than $1 a day.

The Schools Tree Project is an Initiative of the local organization that works to create a generation of leaders who are environmentally conscious and future leaders who will pursue the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals especially those on the Environment . The Schools Tree Project is a member of the One Planet Network which is a United Nations supported Multi- Stakeholder Partnership for Sustainable Development.

💼 What the programme involves

The volunteers alwayd have plenty of work during their stay in Uganda.

This includes:

1. Climate change education in schools: We move from school to school teaching children about climate change and equiping children and teachers with ways to combat it.

2. Seeds for the Future Campaign: This also involves empowering schools in Fruit Tree Nursery establishments using plastics. With this, volunteers teach children how to recycle plastics in making fruit tree nurseries within schools.

3. Renewable Energy Education: The volunteers teach children how to make alternative energy charcoal for cooking instead of relying on firewood aimed at curbing deforestation.

4. Climate Smart Agriculture: Here the volunteers will get engaged in teching women in rural communities in Compost Gardening using compost manure and other plans like mushroom growing.

5. Fundraising Campaigns.

6. Officework like compiling Field Reports, updating social media sites run by the organisation plus the website.

7. Monitoring and evaluation of the project.

8. Scouting / Identifying schools.

🏠 Accommodation on site

A volunteer house which can accomodate 3 people will be provide by the host association. A new house will be available soon to accomodate even more volunteers.

In case of a group, volunteers will be accomodated in a hotel within Jinja Town.

🍲 Food

Meals will be provided by a specialist cook who will not only prepares the meals, but also takes time to teach the volunteers how to prepare the Ugandan meals. They shall offer their volunteers with :

1. Breakfast (+Tea and Juice)
2. Lunch
3. Supper

📍 About the location

Jinja City is Uganda's second largest Town located in central Uganda. It's a town with less traffic and few people, which gives you a rest from the busy metropolitans of the developed world.

It is surrounded by Lake Victoria, the biggest fresh water lake in Africa and the Source of the Nil, and close to Sipi Falls.

With the most hospitable people you can ever find, a taxi or motorbike (boda boda) within Jinja costs just 1 euro. The city has the very authentic restaurants which serve delicious African food and continental dishes. You can also find the best Ugandan coffee.

🎒 Leisure activities

Jinja Town is also a Tourist destination with lots of sites which include:

1. Source of River Nile ( the longest river in the world).
2. Lake Victoria which is also the biggest Lake in Africa.
3. We have water falls like Sipi Falls, Bujagali.
4. Kigulu Hills.
5. Kitagata Hotsprings in western Uganda.
6. Kasubi Tombs.

For volunteers interested in Music, there is the Ndere Centre which plays African Traditional Music and Dance blended in a royal way. This happens every friday and sunday evenings in Kampala. There is also the Afrigo Band - Ugandas legendry band that plays live music.

⚠️ Requirements

Specific competences are not requiered to participate to this project. Training will be given by the host association .

Volunteers should come with:

- Phone Charger
- Mobile Phone ( you will buy a Ugandan Line)
- Laptop
- Laptop Charger and Bag
- Toothpaste and Brush
- Power Bank (optional)
- Clothes, jeans, light clothing's,
- Shoes, including sneakers
- Sun Cream, Lotions
- Makeup Kit( for ladies)
- Mosquito repellent
- Bed sheets or sleeping bag
- Books to read
- Camera
- Credit Cards
- ...