Join our community-led mission in Gomba district, Uganda

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  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 that helps and supports orphans, disadvantaged and 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 like books, pens, pencils, geometry sets 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 this organization 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 the volunteers, we are able to get scholastic materials and food 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 more 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 four 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 schools. Our schools are all located in rural areas where we have no electricity. But our volunteers sleep in Kanoni town which has electricity, water and internet network. We use Okada (motorcycles) to travel to schools and coming back to kanoni town daily.
  
  Workwayers will explore different cultural experiences, the green environment, and more so they will enjoy local meals prepared by Lucy plus interacting with different people in Gomba district. You will visit the local farmers and adventure 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.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Bénévolat

  Projets artistiques

  Pratique d’une langue

  Enseignement

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Aide dans une ferme

  Accueil / tourisme

  Entretien général

  Aide informatique/internet
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Culture

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Technologie

  

  Bénévolat

  

  Musique

  

  Cyclisme

  

  Nature

  

  Sports d'équipe

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Livres

  

  Écriture

  

  Photographie
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  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 who are interested in tourism, will get a chance of visiting 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.

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  Association caritative

  Cet hôte est une association caritative déclarée dans son pays et recherche des bénévoles pour l'aider dans ses projets.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

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

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  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. 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 home land.
  
  Also needed are workawayers 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).

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Luganda, Ganda: Courant

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

  Our accommodation is in Kanoni town where we have electricity, water and a small space where workawayers can enjoy fresh air. Bedrooms are available with mattresses, bed sheets and mosquito nets. 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 7:30pm all East African time.
  
  We serve mostly our local food such as matooke, cassava, sweet potatoes, posho, beans, cabbages and groundnuts. We offer our volunteer's breakfast, lunch and dinner. In case a visitor wants something special, restaurants are available in Kanoni town for those in need of special meals at a small cost.
  
  We ask for a small contribution of 7 Euros per day to cover the cost of the volunteer's breakfast, lunch and dinner. This has been approved by the Workaway team.

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  Autres infos...

  Your time off you can do tourism 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.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  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.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Mes animaux
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  Cet hôte fait payer des frais

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  7 EUR/day for food

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