Uganda Volunteer Work with Vulnerable Children
ReportLocation: Mukono, Uganda
Ssamba Foundation’s volunteers are able to provide the centers with support and help. The Uganda volunteer work with vulnerable children could be in the form of improving the existing facilities, assisting the staff, teaching and helping with the general running and administration of the facility. Volunteers usually help in refurbishing existing buildings, improving facilities, teaching Basic English, drawing, drama, conducting games etc.
At these children’s facilities you are typically greeted with big hugs, toothless smiles and children curious to touch and get your attention. These children are here due to poverty, disabilities, and homelessness and also as the only way to attend school.
Through the Uganda volunteer work with vulnerable children program you can make a lasting difference in these young lives. You can care for children in many ways. Often no special skills are required, as volunteers are needed to spend time playing, reading, exercising and share time with the children. Since the host projects are short-staffed and the volunteers’ attention gives the children the extra love they need.
The need is expansive and long-term, so your opportunity to make a significant difference through service is likewise immeasurable. You can help expand and maintain residential training and daycare facilities or help host staff conduct recreational activities, teach classes and serve meals.
If you have first-hand experience working with children with disabilities, professionally or personally, your expertise can be especially useful in this project. You can also provide direct services to deaf or mentally challenged children. No matter what your age, background, gender or ability, you can be a valuable resource to demonstrate the universal language of love, compassion and make a difference to the children’s’ lives!
Your work at the centre will provide these orphaned and vulnerable children with the attention and mental stimulation that all children need to develop healthy social skills and self-confidence. Your work at the centre can make a large impact on both you and the children themselves. We recommend coming for four weeks or more if you are to make a great impact on the lives of these children.
The Uganda volunteer work with vulnerable children provides the possibility for our volunteers to work in every and any aspect of the children’s centre; whether it is teaching the children and helping them with their homework, playing a game of tag or by simply sharing your time, experiences and knowledge with them you are making a difference in their lives.
The voracious need these children have to seek and learn about any subject matter – sports, music, or farming – is both awe-inspiring and humbling. Volunteering at our children’s centre will give you an intimate insight into a new and exciting world. A world where childcare is a privilege and a gift, where vulnerable children who have nothing will share whatever they can with a complete stranger, and where you can change the lives of people and children just by being yourself.
WORKING ARRANGEMENT
Ssamba Foundation provides international volunteer with meaningful free volunteering in Uganda. Our free volunteer abroad programs include 1 week to 12 weeks’ placements all year round. Uganda volunteer work with vulnerable children gives you a rewarding travel experience that feeds your soul by knowing the Ugandan cultures and different ways of life across Uganda while giving a helping hand to communities and individuals in need.
Volunteers work Monday through Friday. Every weekday morning, breakfast is served from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM, and at 9:00 AM on Saturday. The workday generally finishes around 4pm and dinner is served at our home from 7pm-9pm.
LIVING ARRANGEMENT
Our Kyampisi Backpackers Home is your first touchpoint to our community. This will be your home during your stay with us in Uganda. Eat farm-to-table, join activities, workshops and projects, or just relax and recharge… We’ll see you at the home! We own our accommodation facility and we grow our own foods!
