Teaching Volunteer Project

Name: Teaching Volunteer Project
Start: 2022-01-01
End: 2027-12-30
Location: Kampala, Uganda

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Uganda Education Social work Education Social work Permanent

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Our partner is a non-governmental organisation registered in Uganda that envisions a world where children are nurtured and loved, given the necessary support they need to live life to their full potential, rescuing them from extreme poverty, deprivation, and where adolescent girls and young women have the opportunity to actively contribute to their communities.

💼 What the programme involves

As a teaching volunteer, you may teach Reading, conversational English, mathematics, geography, science, social studies or supervise homework and provide individualized attention to students falling behind in class. Ugandan students of all ages and backgrounds appreciate the opportunity to interact with fluent English speakers. You do not have to be a qualified or experienced teacher to join the project, and you are sure to receive a warm welcome from the local schools we work with who are eager to have our volunteers.

Your valuable role as a teaching volunteer will make a significant impact on the lives of children in local schools with limited resources, help build their confidence and individual potential outside the classroom. Volunteers will receive support from the our partner’s staff and the local school teachers regarding the lesson plans and teaching curriculum. All of our placement schools welcome volunteers who express interest in other aspects of school activities like sports, drama, arts and music.

As a volunteer on this project, you will work from Monday to Friday for seven hours in a day, with weekends off so you can explore your new community, visit some beautiful Ugandan attractions and explore nearby areas. You are welcome to bring along teaching materials such as picture books, instruments, flash cards, art supplies, and songs. Classes are generally in session five days a week.

We work Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 4:30pm although sometimes it depends on what needs to be accomplished. Typical working days start with staff meeting to review the tasks at hand including following up on the unfinished ones. Then everyone will get to work on their assigned tasks including those going to the field or attend external meetings.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will live in a volunteers’ house. Volunteer(s) are advised to come with personal tents, sleeping bag and mosquito repellents for Camping.

If the volunteer does not come with any of these, we give the opportunity for the volunteer to hire.

🍲 Food

Three meals are offered every day.

We have team breakfast at 10:30 am and lunch at 1:00 pm at office.

📍 About the location

Buyiga Island is not as far away as might be expected. It is found in Kamengo Sub- County, Mawokota North constituency, in Mpigi District. Most of the houses occupied by locals are makeshifts with a few of them being semi-permanent.

Their major source of income was originally fishing but the operations to fight illegal fishing declared by President Museveni which has seen many landing sites closed, crippled this activity and the locals are now slowly switching to cultivation and rearing animals.

To access the island, one boards a motorboat to sail via a channel with a thick swamp on either side which joins Lake Victoria. The distance is about 8km and lasts about an 20minutes before one gets to Buyiga Kitawulunzi landing site. It is a difficult journey for those not accustomed to it.

🎒 Leisure activities

community Walk and hikes.

ℹ️ Additional information

VOLUNTEER PERIOD PROGRAM FEE US$

4 Weeks 550

5 Weeks 620

6 Weeks 720

Age required

16–99 years old

Solidarity donation

550.00 USD ≈ 493 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Kampala, 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: 21:00 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective Other

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Swahili