St Isaac's Preparatory School in Uganda - Teaching, Building, Community Training, Project Management

  Uganda

Jinja

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months, 7-12 months, 1-2 years and over 2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 3-6 months
Dates: ongoing

Description: St. Isaac's Preparatory School in Jinja District, Uganda, is a Community Based Organization comprising the St. Isaac's Preparatory School for orphans and vulnerable children and the St. Isaac's Training Center for community farmers. Founded in 2003 by Christopher Kulabako, St. Isaac's promotes human dignity through education and development. Approximately 60 orphaned and needy children ages 3-8 years attend Nursery, Kindergarten, Primary 1 and Primary 2 at the on-site school. The St. Isaac's Training Center and Preparatory School are located in Kainogoga Village, a beautiful rural area surrounded by rolling green hills and farmlands.

Volunteers share a one-bedroom house with a sitting room and locking door. There is running water, but only outside of the house, and there is no electricity. A mosquito net with your bed, a bathing basin and jerry can for hauling water, and a lantern is provided to each volunteer. Volunteers pay USD $350 for their first month, then add $150 the second, $100 the third, and $80 for subsequent months.

Qualifications: We are looking for volunteers who love children and are very motivated to help with either teaching and providing administrative support at the school, providing community training in farming methods, constructing a greenhouse and irrigation, and developing and providing project management such as financial accounting. Volunteers are highly valued and needed. They are welcome to share their talents and develop projects they feel will be of benefit to the children and the community as well!

Cost in US$: Month 1 USD $350, 2 + $150, 3 + 100, 4 + 80

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: KIDS Worldwide volunteers are typically people who care very much for children and have the motivation and initiative to create changes that they wish to see.

Age Range: 18+

This Program is open to World Wide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Uganda Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network

KIDS Worldwide's Mission Statement: Kids Worldwide seeks to improve the quality of life for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. We provide nurturing care and educational programmes based upon the universal concepts of Neo-Humanism, which are tailored to the needs of the children in our projects. We run orphanages as well as provide services to already established orphanages and childrens' projects (such as struggling primary schools and kindergartens) through our volunteer outreach programs. Our volunteer programs are notable in that we only request a small donation for food and accommodation that is paid directly to the project itself when the volunteer arrives. There is no administration fee requested to sign up through the program as we have volunteers doing all the web design and co-ordination for free. We ask that each volunteer give US $350 for their first month's food and accomodation and $100 thereafter. That is all - compare this to other volunteering sites on the internet!