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SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

country
PAYS Ouganda
calendar
30/11/2021 31/12/2022
age
Âge : +18 +
code :  UPA/MLT/08
activity
Thématique EDU
numvols
Nombre de volontaires 0 VOLS
language
Langue ENG
fee
Frais
Les frais sont à régler en deux fois
Frais d'inscription à payer dès maintenant :
Moyen Long Terme (à partir de 1 mois) : 250 EUR
Frais de participation à payer au partenaire international après la validation d'inscription :
500 EUR par mois

Description

Kampala School for the physically handicapped (KSPH) is a primary school catering for the educational needs of the disabled children in Uganda. Started in 1968 by a few parents of cerebral palsied children, the school aims at educating, rehabilitating and equipping physically handicapped children for self- reliance and development. It follows the national syllabus including co- curricular activities like sports, music, dance and drama, spiritual fellowship
and education tours.

It also offers vocational subjects like tailoring, screen printing, craft, tie and dye and computer training to all the children that can not continue with further education.

The school has an enrollment of 100 pupils with physical disabilities between the ages of 6 – 18. They include those with cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spinal bifida and polio amongst others.

Therefore the school specifically provides for children with special needs. The project is located on plot 63A, Balintuma Road, Mengo (opposite the Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau) just 15 -25 minutes drive from Kampala city and 30 – 45 minutes from UPA guesthouse in Nansana. It has a teaching staff of 13 teachers, 5 of whom are trained in special needs education with 2 of them disabled old students of the same school.

PARTENAIRE

UPA has hosted international volunteers since it’s inception in 1989 and upholds volunteer exchange and intercultural cooperation as tools for promotion of community based development, intercultural understanding and youth participation.

Localisation

location KAMPALA, Uganda

Informations supplémentaires

  • Emotionally strong. The volunteer work on this project requires a person
    who has close feeling for children with special needs.
  • Having skills in caring for children with special needs or occupational and
    physiotherapy skills carries an added advantage.
  • Command of good communication skills
  • Ability to work with children with disabilities or special needs.

Working with physically disabled and special needs children call for a volunteer ready to be patient, not emotional and prepared to experience irritating situations. However, a volunteer shall be required to carry a very open heart that can accommodate these situations.

Remarques

Uganda Pioneers Association welcomes all volunteers to participate in the UPA MLTV Program,
For details contact us on e-mail: uganda_pioneers22@hotmail.com/info@ugandapioneers.org

Participants are required to pay a participation fee of Euro 500 (five hundred Euros) on arrival for a period of 1- 3months and 80 Euros (eighty Euros) in advance for each additional month/s.

Travail

  • Teaching children
  • Care and assisting children in and outside classrooms
  • Training children in vocational subjects, games and sports and music,
    dance and drama.
  • Assist in social and physical development of the children through offering occupational and physiotherapy exercises
  • Work with the rest of the staff to provide the above to the children in this
    school

Kampala School for the physically handicapped office hours are from 8:00 to 16:30. Volunteers work 5 days a week.

Logement & nourriture

Volunteers to this project shall stay at UPA guest house or a host family in Nansana.

The project is located on plot 63A, Balintuma Road, Mengo (opposite the Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau) just 15 -25 minutes drive from Kampala city and 45 minutes to 1hour from UPA guest house in Nansana depending on the traffic. Travel from Nansana is easy by public means, drop off at Nakulabye trading centre (Total fuel station), costing approximately 12000 UGX to and from the project. It takes between 10– 15 minutes by walking from Nakulabye via Balintuma road. You can even take a boda boda at 5,000 UGX for one way

Emplacement & temps libre

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. For further information visit: www.visituganda.com.