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Come help us at our home for vulnerable children in Jinja, Uganda

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The experience

Hello! We are an NGO for vulnerable children. I try to provide an educational background for vulnerable children. With the help from my mother and sisters we are right now supporting 36 children and 20 of them live in our home. We need help for building, teaching, help with homework and maybe do some fundraising. It will depend on your skills and any kind of help is appreciated, we are always open toward new ideas!

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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

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

Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 12 Per day

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers and Donation to project

Description: Volunteers contribute with 12$ per day to cover expenses as food and accommodation.

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.

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.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

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.

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

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Spanish

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Hello everyone! My name is Joseph and I am the CEO of Ferrinandah Children's Home for vulnerable children. We are a registered project in Bujagali, Jinja in Uganda. I have put my heart, my sweat and my strength in this project for the last 4 years. With some help from my mother and my sisters I try to provide an educational background for vulnerable children with the aim of giving them a chance to make it in life as responsible, hard working individuals.

Right now we are supporting 36 children and 20 of them live in our home. Every morning our kids walk to the local schools. Even though I do my best we still have a long way to go and we are always looking for volunteers to help out at our center! There is a lot of work for us to do and a lot of improvements we want to make. I have many dreams and goals for our organisation and I need some help to make them all happen.

Activities & Shift

I would need help for many tasks, since we are still trying to establish ourselves.

We need help for building, teaching and maybe do some fundraising. It will depend on your skills and any kind of help is appreciated. Right now my first focus is to finish building our dorms. Other work that we need is to help our kids with their homework, do some sports or plays with them, help aunt Abigail to cook and clean...
As you understand we have different needs, so we are flexible and we are always open for new ideas!

Rules

We don't expect much from you as long as you come with positive attitudes! When you arrive here we will have a meeting where we can discuss the help that we need and where you see yourself using your skills. All help and ideas are appeciated!