UPA EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES 'e" UPA SECRETARIAT
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Uganda
Social work
Social work
Permanent
About the project
UPA EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES 'e" UPA SECRETARIAT
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Introduction of 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
UPA uses volunteer exchange as a tool for fulfilling its overall aim:
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To promote community based development, intercultural cooperation and youth participation through voluntary work.
The objectives of the MLTV program are to:
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Contribute to the development of community based social services
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Promote and improve natural and acquired skills useful to the community
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Promote and exchange cultures in order to create friendship and mutual understanding
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Encourage the youth as dynamic age group to take leading roles in development
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To provide extra free labor where institutions can not pay.
The MTV program offers opportunities for volunteers (MLTVs) to live and work in Uganda for a period of 1 to 12 months. The program target qualified and committed young people with little or with some practical and professional skills.
UPA is looking for an experienced volunteer to facilitate and develop the MTV program in close cooperation with UPA Staff
Aim
To continuously improve, appraise and develop the MLTV program
Activities
The activities in the MLTV programme can be summarized as:
Communication with sending organisations, match placements with MLTVs, introduction of MLTVs to UPA, Uganda and host places, communication with MLTVs, conduct weekly Guesthouse meetings, monitoring of well being of MLTVs, monitor placement and work, evaluation of MLTV placement. Locate new MLTV placements and improve the programme framework, updating UPA website, improving on UPA's database, assisting UPA staff, visiting branches etc
Volunteer task
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To participate in the daily running of the program
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Participate in the preparation/orientation of incoming volunteers.
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To participate in making first contacts, appraising new and potential MLTV projects.
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Participate in drawing up and/ or revising profiles for MLTV projects
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Draw strategies for improving the LMTV program.
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Participate in designing and organizing evaluations for LMTV's.
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Explore the possibilities of MLTV placements with UPA Branches.
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To continuously update the MLTV guidebook
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Create new contacts to other international sending organizations
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To identify ways for fundraising
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Publish a monthly online newsletter and Printed newsletter every six months on UPA activities and the general International volunteer program.
🏠 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.
📍 About the location
09:00ame 04:00pm, Monday to Friday. Sometimes expect to work on weekends especially during work camp periods and workshops, monitoring or branch visit.
Transport
UPA head office is adjacent to the Guesthouse, there fore no transport cost will be incurred unless a volunteer is being given accommodation out side the Guesthouse
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 15
01/01/2014 → 31/03/2015
Volunteers registered
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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