Volunteer With Save Uganda Foundation
What can volunteers do to adress Kazo's needs?
i. Teach selected local groups (Single mothers, high school students, and elderly people) certain income earning skills based on knowledge areas such as basic and more advanced computer literacy, English communication, any other specific relevant skills which a volunteer poses e.g. sewing, small business setup consultancy, etc. ii. Help and promote school children with assignments in various areas such as math, sciences, English etc. iii. Pay individual house calls and/or hold group discussions at various venues to further explore and promote solutions to unique needs of specific groups (OVCs, youths, single mothers, HIV positive, elderly) and/or equip them with tools to better cope with situations, e.g.; Education, human rights, business promotion education, family planning education, etc. iv. Participate in joint groups of local and International volunteers in order to construct things like, charcoal stoves, water tanks, and many more for the needy populations. v. Participate in joint groups of local and International in order to visit different congested places to provide people with condoms (Condom distribution) to reduce on the rate at with HIV/AIDS is spread. vi. Inherit any personal skills which are specific volunteer acquired or is gifted with to individuals who are interested in that field, e.g.; playing a musical instrument, using a video camera, various types of sports at a more advanced level, various arts and crafts, dancing of various kinds, etc.
Volunteer qualities:
A volunteer with one or more than the following skills is welcome at Save Uganda Foundation though we also welcome volunteers with general skills:
• Capable of working with the youths in development perspectives
• Having ability to work with children at all levels of vulnerability
• Teachers of all subjects who will be helping children and youths in the community at all levels of education
• Having skills in arranging and planning community events
• Having skills in HIV counseling and testing
• Having skills in planning and proposal writing
• Ability to support existing projects with work and new energy
• Ability to implement projects in the community
• Ability to work with women craft groups on product development and identification of International market for their products
• Ability to carry out supervision, monitoring, reporting and Evaluation of projects
• Ability to write articles, help in photography and filming
• Dealing with ICT e.g. Computer training, web page designing, introduces local youth groups to internet usage.
more infoAbout Uganda
The Republic of Uganda is located in the Eastern part of Africa. It is boarded by Kenya in the East, Tanzania in the South while beneath its south-Western end are Rwanda and Burundi, Sudan in the North and Democratic Republic of Congo in the West. Its total area is about 236,000 Square KM and its total population is more than 30 million.
Uganda is sub-divided into more than 150 districts, one of which is the capital city's Kampala, where quite a few experiences many of the harsh problems still experienced in rural Africa today. The most interesting towns are Kampala the capital city, Entebbe where the airport is, Jinja with the source of the River Nile, and Mbarara which is a center of the wildlife tourism.
Uganda is well known for hosting the majority of the existing primate population (Gorillas and Chimpanzees) in the world, mainly in the western part of it, and hence it’s as a major tourist attraction.
The currency is Uganda Shilling ($1=roughly 2900shillings), and the electricity runs at 220 Volts with European like wall outlets.
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