Enjoy a cultural exchange and help with our music project in Kampala, Uganda

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  Description

  I'm Joseph a cofounder and a project manager . Besides being a manager i teach our members on how to play African music at the project, making props and local instruments like an adungu, tubeffide, panpipes among others
  
  The project was founded in 2018 with few members but as per now the number has increased up to 40 active talented youths. We have ten members living at the base and the rest are within the community.
  
  At the project we teach African music including singing, dancing and playing mordern music.
  
  When you're a dancer, a music teacher or interested to work with our kids we are happy to welcome you at the base.
  
  We have nice weather, good food and good hopitality beautiful music well diversed nice people which i believe you will like the place.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Charity Work

  Art Projects

  Teaching
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  Interests

  

  Mountain

  

  Hiking

  

  Nature

  

  Beach

  

  Languages

  

  Vegetarian or vegan

  

  Events & social

  

  Culture

  

  Charity work

  

  Performing arts

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Music

  

  Writing

  

  Gardening

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Books

  

  Art & design

  

  Camping

  

  Fitness

  

  Team sports

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Dancing

  

  Cycling

  

  Adventure sports
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  What's this?
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We aslo support cultural immersion, giving our guests the opportunity to engage with the local community, learning local language enjoying and preparing traditional meal, participating in music and cultural activities.
  We have modern musical instruments like trampets, flute , recorder, clarinets, saxophone among others. In this way we play mordern and local insteuments on one stage making it so unique.
  I hope to learn from one another since we are doing cultural exchange

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  As part of our mission as a project, we aim at promoting cultural exchange by bringing together diverse traditions learning from one another and working together as children express themself.
  We believe in celebrating identity, embracing divercity and creating opportunities for youths to connect through music art and story telling. This exchange not only nurture creativity but also build respect, unity and deep sense of global belonging among the children and the comunity we serve.
  Workawayers will help to teach the kids as we learn from each other.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  At the project the common language used is English. We value the beauty of languages a powerful tool for connection, learning and self expression. Interested in learning a language and share mine.
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  Accommodation

  •We have a private rooms that can accomodate 4 volunteers at once.
  •There is access to clean water, electricity and good sanitation facilities.
  • we are able to accommodate a couple or single volunteer
  Daily meal
  There will be 3( three) meals provided daily. Breakfast, lunch and dinner including dishes like sweet potates,beans, vegitables, rice, cassava, millet, simsim banana.
  Fruits: passion fruits, jack fruit, papwo, pinaple, overcado among others remember these are organic fruits. We have a cook who will be taking care of preparing food for our volunteers, Remember everthing is at a free cost.
  All our volunteers will be staying the project base.

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  What else ...

  Uganda is one of the beautiful countries in Africa it's also known as pearl of Africa. Uganda has cultural divercity where you will be able to learn different traditional music from various tribes of uganda.
  Uganda has beautiful tourist attraction like lakes, rivers international game parks an so on.
  
  We can also help you arrange for trips to different tourist destintions like Kidepo national park, Queen Elizabath National park, source of the nile Jinja e.t.c. During time off volunteer is free to tour the community and our beautiful city of kampala taking coffee and having fun.
  
  At the base taking cigaratte and Alchol is prohibited unless outside the base without exposing to the kids and of cource respecting one another.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

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