Alliance High School is a reputable registered secondary school by the Ministry of Education and Sports. It is a private school that was started in the local community to support the government with education services. The school has been commended for provision of education and other skills to young people in peri-urban Nansana and its environments. It is a mixed school for both boys and girls from 13-20 years. It is has two sections that is day and boarding students.
Aims:
- Provision of quality education to all for a better future
- Promote girl child education to enable them accomplish at least secondary school level
- Offer skills to students enabling them becoming self-reliant
Activities:
- Formal classroom work including teaching and assessing the learners
- Field study trips
- Conducting seminars
- Workshops and training on selected topics with teachers and students
Nansana East Ward Parish, Nansana Municipal Council, Wakiso District, 7 miles along Hoima Road.
- Emotionally strong
- Having skills in computer or information technology is an added advantage
- Able to instruct in class
- Good communication skills in English
- Creative
- Flexibility
All volunteers choosing school project should always remember to consider the school holidays. Schools are closed.
We would recommend a volunteer to come with a very open mind and be highly motivated, creative and innovative as not all projects will have the capacity to follow the stated activities, duties or tasks. Some projects run on very informal approaches without clear work plans or not very organized. The volunteer should take time and efforts also to discuss with the project managers on any new ideas he/she feels can contribute to the project.
Occasionally, workload and activities may get low at certain times or eventually the volunteer may become too busy. There is no guarantee that the volunteer will be fully occupied during all the time of stay. Activities may often fluctuate due to various factors in the project. Many projects do not have a sound financial base. Therefore volunteer expectations should not be too high and if anything does not workout as earlier planned this is the best time that a volunteer’s creativity, innovation and patience are most called for.
500€ fee is to be paid for volunteers staying from 1 to 3 months.
The placement can be an opportunity to introduce a volunteer to Uganda’s secondary
education system. It will also be an opportunity to promote ones culture through
language teaching. One with skills in training students in sports e.g. football, netball,
volleyball and other sports as the volunteer may wish.
Alliance High School is a long-term partner to UPA and we have together carried out
many projects to empower youth for example in reproductive health topics, gender
trainings, inter-cultural related workshops and human rights.
Volunteer tasks:
- Formal classroom teaching to students
- Support to class teachers in lesson planning
- Developing teaching content in the preferred subject
- Carrying out class assessments
- Attending staff meetings as scheduled
- Compiling a feedback report at the end of voluntary service
- Engaging in games and sports
Working hours:
The school working are from 08.00hrs to 5.00pm from Monday to Friday except for gazzeted holidays. The working hours and days can also be discussed depending on the volunteer’s availability.
Volunteers to this project shall stay at UPA guesthouse in Nansana.
It takes approximately 30 minutes by walk from UPA Guest House which is the nearest and immediate accommodation facility. From Yesu Amala Stage, it costs 1000 ugx one way to the school.
The volunteers have to share rooms with others. The guesthouse has basic facilities including a kitchen, a bathroom, a toilet and latrines. Apart from the guesthouse you can choose to stay with a host family. The host families are either in the same area with the guesthouse and the UPA office or can be chosen close to your project. Staying with a host family gives you the chance to get in touch with the Ugandan cultures on a different level than staying in the guesthouse among other international volunteers, even though the standard of living might be more basic than in the guesthouse.
Uganda is a beautiful country gifted by nature. Volunteers may take time off on weekends or after the project to visit National parks (lions, elephants, giraffes, kobs, buffalos etc), go white water rafting, visit the mountain gorillas and enjoy the Ugandan sun.
