Description

This volunteer program in Uganda gives you the opportunity to improve the standard of education by teaching to the Ugandan children. In this country, there are so many children with an amazing willingness to learn but Uganda suffering from a lack of teachers to go round.

The school where this Teaching in Uganda volunteer program is based is called New Life Community Primary School and there are currently 400 children being taught by only 8 teachers. Almost all of the children are orphans and are from extremely poor backgrounds. Despite this, their appetite for life and fun is infectious and they would love you to volunteer and give them and their teachers a helping hand.

Highlights

School Education in Uganda starts at around age 7, but lots of children never get to start on time due to various reasons like: illness, lack of schools or some times their parents will ask them to stay at home and help with work in the family house or at the farm. Sometimes children have to work to earn money to pay their schools fee if their parents can not afford it. If a family has many children, often very few are able to go to school.

The government provides free education for 4 children in every home, but the average family has about 8 children.

Schools in Uganda are very formal and teachers are highly respected by the pupils and other members of the community. Most children want to go to school and value their education.

* Itinerary *

On Arrival: When you arrive in Uganda you will start a 3-day induction and orientation.

Day 1: The first day of the induction takes place in Kampala, where you will be taken round the city and shown useful places such as banks, main hospitals, the post office and embassy. There will also be other basic induction activities.

Day 2: The second day involves traveling to Masaka on public transport, which is a three-hour drive from Kampala. Masaka is the nearest town to the project site so this is a great opportunity to find out what facilities it has to offer that you might want to use during your weekends. From here you will travel to the host family or volunteer house, where you will be staying for the duration of the program.

Day 3: On the third day you will be introduced to the project you will be working on as well as the some of the local culture and language. After the three day induction the work on the project begins.

On the project you will be tasked with teaching either English, mathematics, sports, music, dance and drama. You will be working at total of 6 hours a day, Monday to Friday. The weekends are free for you to rest, explore Uganda, visit the lake and beach or shop in town.

A Typical day on the project:
-> The day begins with breakfast between 8:30 - 9:00am
-> After breakfast you will head straight to the school, where classes begin at 9:15am.
-> There is a break between 11:00 - 11:30am, where there will be opportunities to socialize with the teachers
-> Classes resume again at 11:30am and run through till lunchtime at 1:30pm.
-> The lunch break runs between 1:30 - 2:30pm and classes then resume for a final hour.
-> After classes have finished the children have an hour of free time where they can play games.
-> At 4:30pm everyone returns home and you have free time to relax or plan for the next day up until dinner at 8:00pm.

The weekends are free time for you to fill as you please, such as visiting the lake and beach or shopping in town!

Qualifications

* You do not need to have any formal training or experience to participate in this program, but whatever experience you do have will be taken into account.
* Minimum age 18yrs.
* You need to have a good command of English.
* A friendly, outgoing personality and a sense of humour go a long way.
* Be able to respect Ugandan cultural differences.
* International volunteers are welcome

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

From 400 GBP

Cost Includes:

• Emergency evacuation services
• Excursions
• Food
• Housing
• In-country orientation/Training
• In-country staff support
• Pre-departure orientation/Training

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Other
• Phone/Video Interview

Typically The Application Process Time is

48 hours

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Year Founded

2010