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Come and support disadvantaged children in a rural area, get that new experience at the primary school in Mpigi, Uganda

  • Activité récente : 17 févr. 2025

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  2025 

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  • Description

    Description

    We are a non profit community based organization working with disadvantaged children in Gomba district of Uganda. We provide them with love, hope, basic education, scholastic materials, self-reliance skills, clothes and food.

    My name is Samuel and wife Lucy are the co-founders of this organization to help and support these less privileged children in Gomba district attain the required education. We are both teachers by profession and work full time with children.

    Children in Gomba district face many challenges that hinder them from going to school. Like poverty, moving long distances to schools, lack of scholastic materials to mention but a few. This makes many of those school going children to drop out and do not complete their studies.

    That’s how Friends of Children in Gomba comes in to help these less privileged children by providing those small things that can keep them in school, complete their studies, and become better citizens of tomorrow.

    Organization Vision: To support that disadvantaged child in Gomba district become a better and responsible citizen tomorrow.
    Mission: To help the less privileged children in Gomba district with these small items that can make them achieve their goals in life.

    Through our friends that respond to our call, we are able to get scholastic materials for these children and they attend school with a smile on their faces. A part from classroom teaching activities, we promote their talents through sports and agricultural skills so that they can supplement on the food grown at their respective homes and schools hence reducing the hunger syndrome.

    That is why we call upon volunteers that are willing to support the less privileged children in rural areas of Uganda achieve their goals of life to come and support us. As we join hands together, we can change the learning environment of these children, their thinking about matters of the world, and giving them hope plus the purpose of living.

    We currently work in three schools but as a volunteer you are free to choose where to work. But you are not limited to visit or work in all the three schools. Our schools are all located in rural areas where we have no electricity. But our volunteers sleep in Kanoni town which has electricity and internet network. Two schools are very near from Kanoni town. One is 3km on the right side of Kanoni town and another is 5km on the left side of Kanoni town. We use Okada (motorcycles) to travel to schools and coming back to kanoni town daily. The third school is far from Kanoni town a distance of 85km. It is the furthest of all schools in Gomba district.

    Workawayers will explore different cultural experiences, the green environment, wild animals like monkeys, chimpanzes, and gorrillas, lakes like Victoria, Albert and many water falls like Bujagali and sipi falls. The equator and game parks like Queen Elizabeth National Game Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. So come, experience, learn and enjoy.

    You will enjoy local meals prepared by Lucy and interact with different people in Gomba district. You will visit the local farmers and the type of tools used for gardening. When volunteers prefer to change meals from the one prepared by Lucy, at Kanoni town we have some restaurants for special meals at a little cost. Bars for those who want to drink one or two beers and some daily entertainment is also available. People in the area are friendly and they always welcome visitors. They speak English, Luganda and Ganda languages.

    Workawayers who are interested in exploring church activities should also come and see how people worship, praise and dedicate themselves to the Lord in Uganda. Here a workawayer interested in preaching Christianity is welcome.

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Bénévolat
    Projets artistiques
    Pratique d’une langue
    Enseignement
    Jardinage
    Bricolage et construction
    Accueil / tourisme
    Entretien général
    Aide informatique/internet
  • Centres d’intérêt

    Centres d’intérêt

    Culture
    Dev. personnel
    Technologie
    Bénévolat
    Musique
    Cyclisme
    Nature
    Sports d'équipe
    Activités en plein air
    Livres
    Écriture
    Photographie
  • Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Greeting people in the morning, saying hi in form of greeting, putting a smile on the face, you can even learn how to greet in the local language (Ganda) but this is optional. Workawayers will be in position to experience a new cultures, new languages in Uganda, we have many cultures and local languages. Ugandan has a variety of local foods such as matooke, sweet potatoes, kalo, nsujju, Luwombo, local greens which are delicious and nutritious.

    Workawayers will also get a chance of touring the beautiful scenes that make up Uganda. They will visit the source of River Nile (the longest river in Africa), Mountain Ruenzori the highest in Uganda and others like Mt Elgon in the Eastern Uganda, Mt Moroto and so forth. Different lakes, rivers, game parks and the Uganda museum to mention but a few.

    Workawayers will also experience the various cultural dances like Kiganda dance such as Nankasa, Baakisimba by Baganda, Runyege dance by Batooro, Ekitaguriro by Banyankole, Kadodi dance by Bagisu and so many more.

  • Projets impliquant des enfants

    Projets impliquant des enfants

    Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

  • Aide

    Aide

    We welcome workawayers 18 years and above who are fully interested in working with children of low class. Workawayers who are willing to support the less privileged and disadvantaged children. Workawayers who are ready to work in third world schools which are in a third world country. People who love to uplift others and make this world a better place.

    Workawayers who work to promote the UN sustainability goals such as Quality Education, Zero Hunger, No Poverty, Climate action and others. This does not mean offering money but we welcome ideas that can help our community get out of this mental retardation and work for progress.

    Workawayers who are flexible and willing to adapt to work in a new environment totally far different from that of their respective country.

    Also needed, those who can link us to organizations that can support vulnerable children in developing countries especially with scholastic materials, food and nutrition, school infrastructure and self help projects ( but this is optional).

  • Langues

    Langues parlées
    Anglais: Courant
    Luganda, Ganda: Courant

    Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
    English, German , Spanish , Swedish

  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    Our accommodation is in Kanoni town where we have electricity, water and a small garden where workawayers can enjoy fresh air. Bedrooms are available with mattresses and bed sheets. A visitor is served three meals a day and that is black tea in the morning at 8:00am plus a snack, lunch at 1:00pm and super at 7:00pm all East African time. We serve mostly our local food such as matooke, cassava, sweet potatoes, posho, beans, peas, cabbages, groundnuts to mention but a few. Restaurants are available in Kanoni town for special meals at a small cost.
    No fees or costs attached but a person will meet his or her airport pick up costs. Not exceeding $99.

  • Autres infos...

    Autres infos...

    Your time off you can go and visit Kampala city, the lakes, game parks, water falls, the zoo and on Sundays you can visit the church if you are interested. Special hires / taxi vehicles / okada and boda boda (motorcycles) are all available for transport at a small cost.

  • Informations complémentaires

    Informations complémentaires

    • Accès Internet

    • Accès Internet limité

      Accès Internet limité

    • Nous avons des animaux

    • Nous sommes fumeurs

    • Familles bienvenues

  • Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    It is advisable to move with your own digital gadgets to use. In Uganda electricity can go off at any time so we also use solar systems.

  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Plus de 2

N° de référence hôte : 454263352714

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