Teach in rural Uganda for 6 weeks

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Location

Uganda
- Mukono

Project Types

Education Teaching

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Program Details

Language

English

Housing

Hostel

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Starting Price

500

Price Details

The £1150 program fee includes:
-Food
-Accommodation
-Transport from the moment we pick you up at the airport in Uganda to the moment we drop you back.
-Training and support, both leading up to your project and when you are in Uganda.

You will need to get flights, insurance and vaccinations on top of this and we can give you some great advice on all of this.

Last Updated: Oct 14, 2019

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About Program

Volunteer Uganda is an organization led by teachers who are passionate about international development and improving the life-chances of the students we work with in South-West Uganda. On this 6 week project, you will live at our incredible volunteer lodge, teach at a local primary school in the week and explore Uganda at the weekend on our Big Five Safari and White Water Rafting!

Our staff in the UK and Uganda will make sure you are safe supported using their local understanding, experience of working with over 2000 volunteers since 2009 and expertise in delivering good teaching.

We are based in the same community in Uganda all-year-round so you will feel like you are part of a sustainable movement effecting change and improvement in the local education. By the end of your six week project, you will feel like you are saying good bye to family!

You can join us and be a part of this incredible story by applying today!

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Questions & Answers

Staff Interviews

These are in-depth Q&A sessions with program leaders.

What is your favorite travel memory?

Teaching with Volunteer Uganda

A moment that stays with me is on the Volunteer Uganda safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park where we camped out for the night by a river teaming with giant hippos. It looked a lot like a scene in the Crash Bandicoot video game and I envisioned myself hopping across the hippos themselves!

How have you changed/grown since working for your current company?

Working with Volunteer Uganda has allowed me to understand what volunteers are looking for in a placement and why we offer a unique version of that. Having staff permanently in Uganda allows us to understand the needs of the local community and ensure our programs are adapted to suit those needs.

What is the best story you've heard from a return student?

I heard from Mark who was a volunteer with us 2014 that he witnessed some quite disturbing forms of corporal punishment early on during his volunteering placement with us.

That evening, he started gathering help from our staff - both local and international teachers - on how he should tackle that and Mark ended up giving a series of training workshops to the staff in his school about alternatives to corporal punishment.

Mark told us the other day that he re-visits every year to meet with teachers and ensure that things are not reverting to old practices.

What makes your company unique? When were you especially proud of your team?

We are a company run by teachers so education is in our hearts and the driving force behind everything we do.

This means that our programs are designed to have a sustainable and positive impact on education in the community where we work.

Working with a team of teachers in the UK, US and Uganda all working towards improving education is something I am proud of.

About Volunteer Uganda

Volunteer Uganda is an award-winning group of organizations dedicated to supporting communities in southwest Uganda helping to bring about permanent, sustainable development through education, health promotion, infrastructure, and job creation. Our core projects involve volunteers supporting our schools in the rural community of Kanungu, South-West...