Come and join our non-profit foundation and use your experience to transform students' lives in rural Ugandan schools

Uganda

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2020

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Description
This is a non-profit empowering learners in school with life skills and fundamental entrepreneurship skills to improve their livelihoods and influence them to focus on innovation instead of just earning certificates from schools to look for jobs. We work with all education stakeholders to inspire the creation of student-led enterprises right from the grass-root. We work with the community, education institutions, teachers and learners. Please message us if you are interested in working with us.
Type of help
Other
Help in the house
Charity work
Language practice
Help with Computers / internet
Teaching
UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
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What's this?
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Volunteers will get the chance to work with youths and share in their amazing life stories and learn about Ugandan culture whilst working on wonderful projects. They will also enjoy a warm and friendly work environment whilst creating long-lasting relationships that will go further beyond their stay with us.
Help
• Mentoring students with the aid of our team.
• We welcome professionals from all walks of life to share life and job skills and success tips for the benefit of our youths.
• Training students using your own experience to influence transformation from a fixed to a growth mindset in order to revive hope and self-efficacy.
• All learners in school have a different vision, your experience and achievements will support them to have a clearer line of focus and spur them towards a more successful life.
Languages spoken
English, French, Luganda
Accommodation
Free accommodation, water, electricity, and internet. Workawayers will be provided with a private room in the same house with the hosts in Nkoowe, on the outskirts of Kampala (the capital).
It is a modern 3 bedroom house with easy access to water, electricity and 24/7 internet availability. We are still doing some improvements to the place with some house finishing works still ongoing.
Also available is someone on hand to help with all the laundry, cooking and cleaning.
Our address is very close to the main road.
What else ...
Plenty of hangout spots and community cultural events for volunteers to relax during their time off including Eco-tourism, etc.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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26/05/2020

Left by Workawayer (Gabriela) for host

Bernadette and Michael are some of the warmest, most kind hearted people I have ever met! They have a genuine desire to help whoever is in need and their positive attitude just rubs off on everyone arroud them. I got the chance to be a part of a trainning session for growth mindset with Bernadette and I honestly couldn't believe how much the… read more

(Excellent )

21/05/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Michael)

Michael Widmer, for the whole month, has not only benefited our Foundation but has been of great impact to everyone around us. He has always put a smile on many unprivileged children, often visited them, he played with them, sang for them, taught them how to meditate to not think of what worries them and has always influenced a positive attitude… read more

(Excellent )

14/03/2020

Left by Workawayer (Michael) for host

Berni took such great care of me! I really felt that my coming was highly appreciated by her, her work partner Michael, her adopted daughter Justin and son Fulludje. She nearly praised me daily that I was such a gift and thanked me for every bit of work I have done.

The main component of my contribution was teaching kids how to meditate. In the… read more

(Excellent )

02/03/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Harshita)

Great experience with Harshita. Organised several menstrual hygiene presentations in a short span of time and she delivered really well. She is really passionate about girls and trained them to make their own reusable sanitary pads. We definitely hold this project dear given the great impact it made to the girls and women in Wakiso.
It was also… read more

(Excellent )

15/12/2019

Left by Workawayer (Annie) for host

Bernadete and Michael are some of the warmest, most genuine people you will meet and were such gracious hosts for the 11 days my Workaway buddy Morgan and I spent living in their home and working with their foundation. Some of the highlights were the cultural experience we shared with the family - we ate all meals together, learned how to make… read more

(Very good )

14/12/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Annie)

Annie and Morgan are such a gift. Their work at the Foundation was the most amazing since the organization started. They helped us start our fundraising campaign to impact and support even more unprivileged orphan children, school students and poor people in the community. They taught us greater marketing skills and improved our website too. They… read more

(Excellent )

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