The school was established in 1995 as an infant school until 2001 when we had our first candidates in Primary seven. The school is registered with the Ministry of education. A partner school is located Mukono, where the volunteers also will be placed part time.
Aims:
- To enable children of low income earners and other disadvantaged children to access quality education.
- To help other residents in the area to void traveling to distant school. Thus minimizing expenditure and risks on the way
- To produce good citizens by putting emphasis on moral up bringing
- To produce citizens with practical skills by encouraging vocational training
as well as games and sports
Activities:
- Teaching children of the age 4-12 subjects of Mathematics and English
- other projects if capacity is there
- Sports
- Music, Dance and Drama (once a week)
- Gardening (depending if the funds are there, which is not so often) in the partner school Mukono
- brick laying
- piggery
one of the locations of the local partner
- To facilitate children with knowledge of English language and mathematics
- To share the games and sports skills with children in different aspects of life
- To give children vocational training in different aspects of life.
Workload, Work schedules and Workplans
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.
A Volunteer can teach and also be able to engage in other projects since the teaching will be for only 3 hours on specific days agreed at the start of the project. The school is close to slum areas and it really has pupils from very poor families. School buildings are also poor. The need for help hear is enormous.
All volunteers choosing school project should always remember to consider the school holidays. Schools are closed.
Most of the children can understand English and the local teachers are always there to help. Only in the Nursery Section.
500€ fee is to be paid for volunteers staying from 1 to 3 months.
- To facilitate children with knowledge of English language and mathematics
- To share the games and sports skills with children in different aspects of life
- To give children vocational training in different aspects of life
Working hours:
8.00am to 4.00pm Monday to Friday - depending on schedule
At UPA guesthouse or a host family.
The school is about 6 kms from the UPA Guesthouse. It takes about 30 – 45 minutes drive
by public means. It costs about 8,000/= Uganda shillings to and from.
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.
