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Students Facilitator on Sustainable Development

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2 - 50 weeks  ·  Age 18 - 50+
rating  Perfect 4.6  · 
  Verified by Volunteer World
  Good response rate

Highlights

  • Contribute to the lives of students and shape their future
  • Contribute to the growth of the organization
  • Take part in local tourism with our team
  • Develop a memorable experience with different ethnicities
  • Learn about different cultures and traditions

Especially good for

Age 18+
Singles
Couples
Families
Groups
50+

About the program

To engage & Motivate students in Secondary & Primary schools to participate in social & community development, build life skills, improve well-being & protect environment

The world today has the largest generation of young people in history with approximately 1.8 billion between the ages of 10 and 24 years and currently Uganda has the second youngest population in the world with over 78% below 30 years. In 2015 the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development ...

About the program

The world today has the largest generation of young people in history with approximately 1.8 billion between the ages of 10 and 24 years and currently Uganda has the second youngest population in the world with over 78% below 30 years. In 2015 the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), aka the Global Goals as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity while leaving no one behind. Many young people are already driving transformative change, and more are poised to do so, although deep challenges remain. Progress has been uneven with many young people across the globe still experiencing interlocked forms of discrimination, limited inclusion, and high levels of poverty, limited access to health systems, quality educational opportunities and decent jobs among others. UNFPA 2014 confirmed that healthy, educated, productive and fully engaged young people can help break the cycle of intergenerational poverty and are more resilient in the face of individual and societal challenges and their knowledge, reach and innovative solutions are crucial if sustainable development is to be realized. 

This program is aimed at providing effective demand-driven, context-specific and evidence-based policy advice, tools, resources and technical support to young people in primary and secondary schools to enable them acquire necessary knowledge, values and skills that address profound sustainable development challenges and build more prosperous and resilient communities. Under a four (4) phased approach, the initiative will encourage, promote and support school projects developed through active participation and involvement of all students with support from teachers and other actors. All projects will be aligned with SDG goals, targets and indicators with direct impact to the students, school and the community through the School-Community Partnership (SCP). The initiative will support the establishment of student senates (clubs) in all partner schools where leaders and members of the senate will be trained and their capacity built to effectively plan, manage, implement and monitor the school projects. 

The program is implemented in Primary and Secondary schools in Central and Eastern districts of Uganda, the volunteers working on this program will work alongside the local staff at the Kampala and Butaleja offices. 

We expect volunteers to be open minded and actively participate in designing, shaping and sharing experiences. The volunteers shopuld expect to meet and work vibrant youths in schools with maximum support from the local team.

The Students Facilitator on Sustainable Development will support in the following ways

  • Organizing and Participating in planning meetings with the school administration and student leaders
  • Training students on Sustainable Development Goals and helping them identify projects to implement in schools
  • Supporting schools to set up strong school clubs
  • Conducting basic trainings for students on project initiation in schools and helping them build life skills
  • Organizing school outreaches and debates in schools
  • Documenting and making reports. 

Typical day

Typical working days starts at 08:30 am with staff meeting to review the tasks at hand including following up on the unfinished ones and planning for the next.  At At 10:00am we have break tea and then everyone will get to work on their assigned tasks including those going to the field or attend ...

Typical day

Typical working days starts at 08:30 am with staff meeting to review the tasks at hand including following up on the unfinished ones and planning for the next.  At At 10:00am we have break tea and then everyone will get to work on their assigned tasks including those going to the field or attend external meetings. We lunch at 1:00 pm at office and at 05:30pm we close office. 

However flexibility is very important at this level

Free-time activities

After work, volunteers are encouraged to do some sports, visit down town among. Our staff will help the volunteers book activities according to  their choices. 

Over the weekends there are social events like the transitional dance exhibitions, community Films and walks. Volunteers can also choose ...

Free-time activities

After work, volunteers are encouraged to do some sports, visit down town among. Our staff will help the volunteers book activities according to  their choices. 

Over the weekends there are social events like the transitional dance exhibitions, community Films and walks. Volunteers can also choose to visit the beach, hiking among others. Feel free to ask what you would like to do and we will work towards fixing it. Volunteers will participate in Sports activities in the community and will visit Amphitheatre to watch traditional Dance

Requirements

Requirements

Minimum Age: 18 years

In order to join the program you need to be at least 18 years old on the program start date. There might be exemptions if you can provide the permission of your legal guardian(s) or if your are accompanied by your parents.

Language Skills

You need to speak English (basic level)

Education Requirements

at High School level

Criminal Background Check

required

Required Documents

CV and Copy of Passport

Nationality Restrictions

No restrictions. Helping hands from all over the world are welcome.

Other Skills

Volunteers with passion to serve youths. Volunteers with skills in using computers, photography, videography, events planning among others and all skills that can contribute to community development are welcome

Time Commitment

Your helping hand will be required on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 09:00 - 17:00

What's Included

What's Included

Services by Universal Health Foundation

The program fees above will be your humble contribution to the organisation as well as ensuring that your stay with us is meaningful and enjoyable. The program fees will contribute to 

  • Administrative costs at office 
  • Contribution to meals ( local food 3 times daily) and accommodation at the Host Family
  • Support in training and supervision
  • Support Internet access
  • Production of project materials
  • Program Orientation
  • Pre-departure information
  • Certificate of completion

Accommodation

IN KAMPALA CITY:

While in Kampala city, our volunteers will be hosted by partner host families and in most cases these families belong or are families where our staff and local volunteers live. This means you will live with our staff and local volunteers. We are working on establishing an independent volunteer house will be cater for accommodation of all international volunteers. You will be allocated a conducive room, bed and mattress during your stay. Most of the bathrooms and toilets are inside the house. 

IN EASTERN UGANDA:

For a better experience of an African village but with comfort, all our Volunteers are accommodated in our local community home where they live with other family members and volunteers become part of the family. We have semi permanent simple community houses where the volunteers will live with other family members. 
Because its a local community with limited access to electricity, the houses have solar for only lighting and charging phones/tabloids/cameras. Some houses have a cemented floor and the walls are made of bricks and other houses are made of grass thatched roof but professionally designed to provide comfort to the guests. The choice is yours. There is a shared pit latrine and shares two bathrooms constructed outside the houses. Volunteers are free to come with camping tents to be used in case of community camps/trips when necessary. There is a wide, green compound (Except dry seasons) with a number of fruits like oranges, mangoes, pawpaws, jack fruit, avocados among others. 

Volunteers are encouraged to carry their bed-sheets, Bed covers/blanket, pillow, bathing Towel and other personal items. Volunteers are requested to share a rooms with another volunteer or if they come in groups or family etc.

Our offices are located about, 10 minutes by motorbike from the accommodation (residence) place.

Food & Beverages

AT ALL RESIDENCES 

While at the residence, the volunteers will share local food with the host family members, where the volunteer may participate in preparing, cooking and serving local foods within the family especially during her free time and weekends. 

Local foods like Posho, millet, sweet potatoes among others will be the main food especially while up-country during your stay but once in a while we will have modern dishes although we encourage that the volunteers should try to get used to local foods as much as possible to enable them have a better experience of Africa. 

Meals at Office.
Most cases while at office, we have our lunch meals at office both in Kampala and up-country office. We mostly make our meals and different volunteers are assigned the roles to support in shopping, preparing food, cooking and serving. We do this as family and team work. 

Internet Access

Limited access at the project site

What's NOT included?

What's NOT included?

Airport Pickup at Entebbe International Airport

An airport pickup isn't included within the program fees either.

Flight Tickets

The nearest airport is Entebbe International Airport (EBB) in Entebbe. We assist you to find cheap flights to Uganda. FIND CHEAP FLIGHTS

Travel Insurance

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Vaccines

If you are intending to volunteer in Uganda you should seek medical advice before starting your social journey. Check your required vaccinations for Uganda. VACCINE CHECKER

Details on arrival

For this program, we accept volunteers throughout the year including those staying for a minimum of four weeks and a maximum of one year however the volunteer is free to stay as long as he/she wishes. 

We do not meet your costs of airport pick up from the airport however we can and always support our volunteers to plan or arrange a cab/taxi to pick them from the airport to office. Our staff in charge will also be available at the airport to welcome you to Uganda and navigate you through to the office and place of residence. 

Availability
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Program fees

2 weeks (min. stay) 547€
8 weeks 1,378€
16 weeks 2,682€
50 weeks (max. stay) 15,906€
Average fees 295€/week

Program fees

295€ per week 2 - 50 weeks Age 18 - 50+

Payment methods

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NO CREDIT CARD FEES

Duration

2 - 50 weeks

Deposit

The deposit is simply to reserve your volunteer placement. Payments are handled by PayPal, our trusted global payment provider. If you don't have a PayPal account, you can also pay using a credit card.

Final Payment

Your final payment will be agreed with Universal Health Foundation during the application process. Common solutions are either via bank transfer or a cash payment at the project site.

Meet your organization

Universal Health Foundation

Perfect 4.6 rating (11 reviews)

Non-profit - founded in 2013

Verified by Volunteer World

  Good response rate

Coordinated by

Mwesi

Spoken languages: English

About the project

Universal Health Development Foundation (UHDF) works to promote & improve the health & well-being of people living in hard-to-reach areas.

Meet your organization

Our Vision

Empowered communities in which the youths and their families are healthy, literate and prosperous.

Our Mission

To Promote and improve the health and well-being of people through advocacy, health promotion, capacity building and linkages to quality health and social services with overall community participation and involvement.

Our Goals

a)    To provide access to age appropriate basic health information and education in order to create and increase the level of awareness about prevention of diseases and other health related risks.

b)    To provide linkage & access to free health services by organizing community medical outreaches in the rarely penetrated areas with limited access to health services.

c)    To build capacity of community members and partner with other agencies to advocate for good health policies, human rights and quality health services delivery. 

d)    To build the capacity of young people with appropriate skills to enable them prosper and champion development in their communities.

e)    To engage in research and carry out studies in order to establish evidence for advocacy and improvement of service delivery at community level. 

f)   To empower communities with skills to foster economic growth and development.

 

Where we work

Our main office is in Kampala city in Uganda and regional community office in Butaleja district in Eastern Uganda. 

We work with mainly schools in central Uganda and both schools and communities in Eastern and some communities in Western Uganda. Uganda is located in the East African region bordering Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Southern Sudan. Its a stable country with good weather and tourist sights.

Who we are looking for?

We are looking for passionate, flexible, team players who love to contribute to building and supporting community growth and development. 

Why you should work with us.

We love team work, learning, sharing and we respect ideas of people from different people. While with us be assured to find a new family beyond workmates and we will make sure you stay with us is filled with a lot of new experiences and including culture and tourism. 

11 reviews · rating4.6

It was an amazing experience where I not only got to do activities that impacted lives but also learnt how important such acts of kindness impacted the livelihoods of the communities we worked in. Providing essentials for the girls restored their self esteem and also showed them that they are as ...
Youth based project on social behavioral changes , early childhood marriages,higher rate of school drop outs and extrem levels of poverty . The project was to advocate for eradication of social negative effects using the youths to spearhead all these activities adopting a peer to peer concept ...
Volunteer experiences at UHDF in Uganda is once in lifetime and beyond description. Thanks to people in UHDF, I joined fundraising projects, organizing a music event, supporting teenage mothers, and so forth. People who want to be more developed and experienced, I strongly recommend doing volunteer ...
Brenda Katushabe rating5

2022 at Community and Youths Engagement Associate

The whole experience of working with teenage mothers showing Them that early pregnancy is not the end of the world and also teaching them practical programs like baking and liquid soap making to help them sustain the new family. Conducting health camps to provide health services to the youth in ...
Rose Ndighoma rating4.8

2022 at Capacity Building Coordinator

I was privileged to contribute to the growth of UHDF as an organization. My contribution was around building a community structure and training local volunteers in the community in Butaleja District. UHDF has a grate impact to the community around and the team is very flexible. I loved working with ...
Francis Salaamu rating4.2

2022 at Community and Youths Engagement Associate

The medical camp was very successful that was carried out in arua in paternership with international medical relief The number of patients were overwhelming and different interesting cases including early menopause and hypertension in adolescents Though more research need yo be carried out so to ...

Location

Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda > Kampala

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