Change African Child International

Choose to volunteer at our organization, we transform lives of vulnerable children through education in the remote community of Kiwugo, Mukono and semi slums of wakiso districts. Many of these children come from families that survive on just one meal a day, making it difficult to imagine a bright future. Yet, every child deserves a meaningful life

Why Volunteer With Us?
By choosing to volunteer with us, you will not only strengthen and build this community, but also create meaningful connections with the children you support. Volunteering will give you a chance to share stories, exchange experiences, and immerse yourself in Ugandan culture. You’ll be welcomed with open arms—children will greet you with smiles and the local word 'Muzungu,' eager to interact in simple English.
Volunteering also benefits you personally. It enhances social interaction, improves mental and physical health, and helps build confidence. After the isolation many experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, our school offers a space of togetherness, belonging, and purpose.

Volunteer Roles and Activities
As a volunteer, you’ll gain hands-on experience in:
- Teaching English and Math to children
- Assisting with music, singing, and creative activities
- Supporting school cleanliness and organization
- Contributing fundraising ideas
- Sharing your own skills and talents with staff and learners
- capturing children's storytelling and use it as a tool for fundraising for they stay in school

Our staff will support you throughout, helping you adapt to teaching and valuing your ideas. This is also a great opportunity to learn teaching as a new skill.
Cultural Exchange and Free Time
Volunteering with us is more than service—it’s a cultural exchange. You will learn the Luganda language, experience the hospitality of the Baganda people, and explore Ugandan traditions. From preparing local foods like matooke to seeing traditional attire such as the men’s Kanzu and women’s Gomesi, you will experience Ugandan life firsthand.

To balance work and leisure, we set aside Fridays to Sundays for relaxation. You can tour local attractions, enjoy beaches, swimming, and cafes, and meet new people, including other travelers.
Your Impact
By volunteering, you are not only changing lives in Uganda but also contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including:
- Goal 1: No Poverty
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
- Goal 4: Quality Education
- Goal 11: Sustainable Communities

My name is Resty Mutaawe, and I am the founder and director of our organization. I grew up facing many challenges, including losing my parents and experiencing hardship, which inspired my lifelong passion for supporting vulnerable children, youth, and women. I trained as a social worker. In 2012, I founded CACI to address critical community challenges, including school dropouts, child abuse, and the stigma faced by children born with HIV. CACI empowers children through education, supports youth with vocational skills for self-employment, and provides adult learning opportunities for caregivers so they can better support their children’s education. we now support 3 poor local schools both in Mukono village and Wakiso neighboring Kampala city. We have a small team and not very skilled in handling these children in the 3 schools. Volunteers joining us will add significant value and receive guidance, support, and a welcoming environment. Any experience of volunteers is valued and is placed accordingly be it singing, teaching, social media, planting trees, cleaning, serving and cooking for children lunch etc its needed. Volunteers can expect: A warm, cooperative, and friendly team. Opportunities to teach, mentor, and creatively engage children. Cultural immersion and community engagement. Learning experiences that broaden understanding of social work, education, and community development. We believe every volunteer brings unique skills that help us change lives, and your presence will make a real difference in the children’s education and overall well-being. has chosen to visit your home/organization. Prior communication and pickup The first interaction will be before arrival, with an exchange of emails via the Worldpackers platform with our response being very fast to any inquiry at least between 6 hours and one day feedback done. - We will be recording the days and months and time of arrival for volunteers choosing to be with us, this will help us to know the capacity we can accommodate. - The volunteers on arrival at the airport will be picked up by our staff who will be well identified with a poster written on your name and our organization's name. then you will be taken to the main offices in Kampala for a one-day orientation to get a full picture of our organization, we shall get to know what you eat and do not eat or even before you come to our country we shall have known this, you can plan to buy and register a new phone card for those who may wish to stay long with us for easy communication within the country, during your orientation you will stay at the director's home and on the following day we drive you to the volunteer house and learning center in Mukono. Things volunteers should pack while planning to be with us The accommodation is available both in Wakiso-Kampala and Mukono village and very good with electricity and solar energy, pumped water in our 2 water tanks this one is done weekly, 2 private bedrooms with treated mosquito nets and washrooms therefore when electricity shaded off the solar works well for us. while in Kampala - wakiso everything is provided for as well. The volunteers coming should plan to pack a towel, gum boots, bed sheets, free clothes to put on, jackets, raincoats, toilet papers, and sports clothes for an evening walk around and playing in the compound which is wide enough to stretch over, indoor game playing like chess etc, sandals, canvases and more for what will be good for your personal use. Only if some items are forgotten then we shall provide them. Meals Three African good-tasting meals will be provided in a day. Breakfast will be served at 8:00 am at the volunteer house before joining the learning center at 9:00 am of African tea and black tea and coffee, with bread, chapat and eggs from the poultry farm next to the house, with fruits (banana or watermelon). Lunch This will be served at the school at 1:00 pm of African food which will include Rice, Matooke ( cooked banana), cassava, posho from Maize flour, and sweet potatoes served with Beans, G.unts, beef, chicken and vegetables for vegetarians Dinner Will be served at 7:30 pm at the volunteer house including all the above-mentioned lunch foods but not limited to the volunteer to access the kitchen and make a slight change for her home meal. A drink, Volunteers are expected to provide drinking water for themselves and this should be bottled water as the chances of being purified are high however not all bottled are safe we recommend to you to use Rwenzori mineral water and the government water which is Uzima water while in Uganda but at the house, we shall provide some reservation drinking. Touring around the community and beyond. When volunteers are moving to town or busy trading centers, Travel documents should be left in your private room well locked and moved with photocopies to avoid loss of these documents or misplacing them. Also moving with expensive attractive Items like A watch, necklace etc in these city centers put you at risk of wrong people so just move freely and normal without them. Touring the beauty of Uganda like the source of the river Nile in Jinja, Lake Victoria, the Entebbe Zoo in Entebbe near the airport, Queen Elizabeth National park, Mount Rwenzori in Kasese, Namugongo martyrs shrines in Kampala and many more should be put in the plan before your arrival as it involves a cost to tour them and our office will assist you in your planning. Also, an exaction for the Ndeere cultural troop one shouldn’t miss planning for it as a lot of cultural dances are presented and meeting your foreign countrymen and women for experience sharing. For all these kinds of touring, we recommend you to involve staff in supporting you access them with ease.