Who is a volunteer in Uganda?
A Volunteer in Uganda is a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task. This is a person who works for an organization or individual without being paid. Volunteering on the other hand is a voluntary act of an individual or group freely giving time and labour for free. A volunteer does not expect any payment in return. Most of the voluntary work is for community service. If volunteering is your passion, you can get involved in the cities of Kampala
Volunteering and Tourism in Uganda
Alps Trendy Safaris loves volunteers and appreciated the efforts by those ready to offer volunteering solutions.Community-based tourism is a mission by Alps Trendy Safaris to impact the community positively. In our journey of tour services in Uganda and Rwanda, we have learned that there are tourists who wish to offer services to the communities as volunteers
. Some of these people do not know where to start Therefore, we have started a new strategy of opening doors for our clients to get involved in impacting the community. You can spend time with us as a volunteer or as a tourist depending on what you are ready to be and do.
Why a volunteering project?
As a tourist service company, there are four subjects for our growth; tourism, environmental protection, community impact, and sustainability. These are aiming at living a sustainable tourism footprint and changing the communities we live in. All these activities can only be done by a team of professionals and non-professionals.
A team to implement all these activities will need a lot of resources. Therefore, it is of this reason that we encourage those who are willing to join us as volunteers to respond by joining us. Uganda is a safe country for voluntary work and Alps Trendy safaris gets involved directly.
Uganda is a safe country and anyone can join as Volunteer in Uganda and join the cause of changing the community and the environment. Therefore, if you are reading this message and wish to change lives, you can do so by joining our cause and start volunteering with us.
Free time for Volunteers
Apart from getting busy with work, you can get time to refresh and reenergize by going on a safari, visiting a zoo or theatre, hiking the Rwenzori mountains, listening to music, and others. Sports activities like playing football with the locals, swimming in rivers, and attending live bands are also good for refreshing yourself. As a volunteer, you can also use your free time to visit and track the Rare and endangered mountain gorillas.
Volunteering fields and opportunities
Supporter of childcare and education; This is done in schools and anyone can offer to help irrespective of your profession.
Medical outreach; This is done in rural areas and can be done by professional doctors, counselors, and others. It covers the areas of sanitation, family planning awareness, and others.
Sports and physical education; You can volunteer as a trainer in sports especially to youth in their communities or schools and other kinds of fitness.
Agricultural and conservation assistance; This is about sensitizing the communities about good agricultural practices, good land use, and conservation of the environment among others.
Community and youth engagements; A volunteer can take part in teaching the youth about goal setting especially in schools.
Fundraising and partnerships; You can volunteer to identify potential donors for identified cause like helping orphanages, health centers8, and other places.
Caregivers and supporters; These services you give to the needy like the elderly, children in orphanages, and others who need support.
Business support for women; This involves helping women in their groups to improve their small-scale businesses and skill sharing.
Other areas of volunteering include computer literacy classes, construction, and community development, teaching in schools and institutions, and community health workers among others.
Requirements to be a Volunteer in Uganda
- Education requirements for some areas like health work and teaching.
- Language skills like English of local languages in Uganda
- Age should be 18 years and above to get involved in any activity as labour laws.
- Required documents like a working permit
- Time commitments, as some responsibilities require time like teaching in schools.
With the above information, you can be assured of fulfilling your calling of being a volunteer in Uganda. There are different fields that you can take part in.
You can contact our consultant for the best option that can suit your passion. At Alps Trendy Safaris, we believe that volunteering is a calling and anybody can answer that calling.