📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Yakuwa Women’s Group is a Community Based Organisation operating in Kawempe Division, Kampala district and Wakiso District respectively. Its aimed is to uplift the economic wellbeing of the communities around by preserving and protecting the environment for sustainable living. This involves working with under privileged women, People Living with HIV/Aids and young mothers to accomplish the task of care, support and improved livelihood as their work on income generation by producing charcoal from waste and waste management. The project is managed purely by women. Like all projects the major challenge is proper management, lobbying and advocacy.
💼 What the programme involves
The work includes social work in the communities where volunteers will be involved in the general care of children with HIV/Aids, working in the local school where you will be involved in promotion of HIV/Aids education, guidance and counseling,you will also be involved in the children innovation and creativity activities that will also promote economic empowerment of people living with HIV/Aids. Volunteers will also be involved in helping in organizational duties and home based work within the communities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer will live in a host family within the community and this will thus provide you with the opportunity to learn more from the local people and also share in their daily way of life.
Food: The basic meals will be provided in the host family from what is locally available in the local community. Volunteers are therefore advised to be flexible and open minded to be able to integrate freely and easily in the local way of life since there will be no special diets in your host family.
📍 About the location
Is located 14Km on the Gulu Highway in the central region.You can town run,site seeing,visit to the Museum and Tombs of Buganda Kings,Kasubi.
ℹ️ Additional information
- Orientation is two days before departure to the project
-Keep open mind to different cultures
- Accept basic living conditions like accommodation, meals and others during the project
- We encourage volunteers to be flexible/creative/cooperative while participating in the project.
- Volunteers are responsible for their own travel costs “to and from” the project.
- English is an official language
- Insurance will be provided during the project but you need to bring your own insurance as well.
- All participants are required to arrive on the first day and stay till the last day of workcamp.
- All participants have responsibility to keep the rules of the project and finish the project in success.
- Be motivated and have open mind throughout the project.
- No illegal drugs are allowed in Uganda.
- Volunteers are responsible for their personal expenses during the free time.