Meaningful Volunteer - The Heart of Uganda

  Uganda

Rural Areas

Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: Please inquire for specific dates

Description: We're looking for motivated people with great energy and enthusiasm to join our team and help us set up Meaningful Volunteer projects all across Uganda.

By joining our team, you'll have the opportunity to:

* Set up schools
* Teach basic Human Rights education
* Implement mosquito net programs
* Work with HIV+ women and help set up livelihood projects
* Set up family planning programs

Highlights: Blaze a trail across the Heart of Uganda! Make a real, positive, meaningful change to the Pearl of Africa.

By volunteering with the Heart of Uganda program, you'll be joining our team as we set up meaningful projects across the country.

You will:

* Help to Set up a RYE School.
* Check out if the SDM (Single Days Method) is viable in Uganda.
It may or may not be appropriate depending on HIV prevalence and other factors
* Help set up an Human Rights education project
Many Ugandans are unaware of what their basic human rights are. Understanding your rights is the first step to empowerment.
* Help with a mosquito net program that is based on an Avon Lady type model
We'll be traveling to nearby Rwanda to check out a successful program there and hopefully replicate it.
* Help to expand the Grassroots Uganda initiative
Grassroots Uganda is a craft group of women making jewelry from recycled poster paper. Check out the Youtube video here.
* Help set up other projects that we'll inevitably discover,

Qualifications: Be over the age of 18. We're looking for motivated individuals who are keen to have meaningful and lasting impact on Uganda.

Cost in US$: 600

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: A typical volunteer with Meaningful Volunteer is a North American student. All demographics are welcomed.

Age Range: 18+

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Uganda Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups of 2-3

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network

Meaningful Volunteer's Mission Statement: Meaningfulness: Every project that Meaningful Volunteer undertakes must be meaningful. Accurate records must be kept to ensure that a project continues to be meaningful. Financial: Meaningful Volunteer is first and foremost an organization that enables volunteers to have a meaningful impact on developing communities. It is not a charity and will not be run as such. MeaningfulVolunteer will be run like a for-profit business. However, any profits that Meaningful Volunteer does make will be reinvested back into the communities it is trying to help in the forms of educational supplies, medical supplies and so on. Meaningful Volunteer finances will be 100% transparent. All financial statements and a breakdown of volunteer fees will be available on-line. Local Investment: Meaningful Volunteer believes that people in developing countries are an untapped goldmine of talent! As a result, Meaningful Volunteer will only employ local staff and pay them 200% of market rate. Local folk must also invest in some way to the projects they are participants in. Nothing in Meaningful Volunteer is free! An investment in a project means a project is much more likely to succeed. Sustainable Solutions: Any income generating projects that Meaningful Volunteer engages in must be self-sustaining. Meaningful Volunteer may provide some start-up capital, but the project must self-sustain without financial input from additional financial input. All projects must submit budgets and a business plan as a minimum. Corruption: Corruption is a large problem in developing communities. Meaningful Volunteer has a policy of: * No corruption means no corruption no corruption. * We will not deal with any corrupt organization and any staff member found to be accepting bribes will be summarily dismissed

Year Founded: 2008