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Help us with a waste management Project in Uganda!

The experience

The volunteer will be responsible for creating awareness plastic waste prevention and response. He/she will use different ways of awareness creation like community dialogues, stakeholder meetings, radio talkshows, and school outreach sessions.

What you offer

15 hours of help per week

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

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 210 One time

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers

Description: Volunteers pay $210 that caters for their breakfast and lunch meals, transport from the airport and back. This is because we as a host organization pay for their accommodation, dinner, and transport to and from the field within the country.

What you get

2 days off per week

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

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Fluent English

Between 18 and 66 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Kasese District is faced with a challenge of plastic waste that's being caused by many different factors. Majority of the people don't know that plastic waste is bad in relation to climate and hence they're not aware of their role in reducing the use of plastics.
The major role of the Waste Management Volunteer will be creating awareness to the people on reusing and reducing the use of single-use plastics in order to fight climate change in Kasese and Uganda at large.

Activities & Shift

Activities:
1. Conducting community dialogues on plastic waste management.
2. Conducting stakeholder meetings on plastic waste management.
3. Conducting school outreach sessions on plastic waste management.
4. Reporting

Rules

Rules:
1. Volunteer should be non-discriminatory in terms of gender, race, and culture.
2. Volunteer should be a nature loving person.
3. Law abiding person with no record of having been engaged in terrorism activities.