Live, Care & Connect with Children in Rural Uganda 🇺🇬💛

The experience

Join a grassroots community-based organization in rural Eastern Uganda 🇺🇬 supporting orphaned and vulnerable children through daily meals, education, and emotional care. Live with our community, share everyday life, and make a real impact while experiencing a meaningful cultural exchange rooted in care, connection, and belonging.

What you offer

4 hours of help per day

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Elderly Care: Assisting and spending time with the elderly.

Child Care: Caring for, playing with, and spending time with children.

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

What you get

3 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Dance classes: Take free dance classes at our place.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner English or Intermediate English

Under 80 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

The Friends Of Love Children Home Care is a locally initiated, community-based program located in rural Eastern Uganda. Our program exists to protect, nurture, and empower orphaned and vulnerable children by providing a safe home, daily meals, basic education support, and emotional care.
Many of the children we serve come from families affected by extreme poverty, loss of parents, unstable livelihoods, and social challenges. In times of national uncertainty such as election periods marked by restricted movement and internet shutdowns these vulnerabilities become even more severe. Our program ensures that children continue to receive food, safety, and care regardless of external disruptions.
Through a family-centered approach, we focus on meeting both immediate needs and long-term wellbeing. We provide daily nutrition, access to schooling materials, guidance, and a supportive environment where children can grow with dignity and hope. We also engage the local community and welcome volunteers who contribute their time, skills, and compassion.
Our program is rooted in love, resilience, and collective responsibility. By supporting this initiative, partners and volunteers help sustain a lifeline for children and families during difficult times while building a foundation for a stronger, more caring community.

Rules

Since we are a community of children drinking and drinking alcohol is public is not allowed though its not restricted