Volunteer program in Uganda – (CCFU) is a youth-led non-profit community-based organization founded by a group of young people who volunteered their time to work towards social transformation.

It is working to improve the well-being of vulnerable young people, women & the elderly in the Masaka region to live a better & purpose-driven life through, Educating, Engaging & Empowering them.

CCFU is to bring love and hope to young people and to transform poor communities in Masaka region and in Uganda at large. Since 2016 CCFU has demonstrated that young people are significant actors in development and can drive positive change at a local, regional and national level in the areas of Education Support, Women Empowerment, Behavior Change Communication, Sexual Reproductive Health, and Rights & HIV/AIDS awareness in young people. We work to bring about sustainable changes through Educating, Engaging and Empowering young people.

To promote the well-being of young people to live a better and purpose-driven life through educating, engaging and empowering them.

We need 3-4 volunteers, each month of the year.

Volunteers are expected to participate in our activities for 6-7 hours but also depends on their will/wish.

The volunteers are with us for 5 days per week.

However, we are flexible with the days given the fact that the volunteer has to do some other extra activities while in the country.

Volunteers stay with a host family (unless if she/he is not liking that) but our priority is on that! The host family provides accommodation and all the meals, this is one of the ways to help the volunteers learn more about Ugandan culture, the reason for a host family is because its cheaper that way and help the volunteers to benefit more!

As the volunteer stays with a host family, he/she becomes part of the family and free to engage in family activities.

In the host family, a room is reserved for the volunteer and there is full Internet access.

Diet

The food eaten here is Matooke (Bananas), Cassava, Sweet potatoes, rice, posho, Irish potatoes, beans, chicken, beef, kawo peas, fish, greens among other few. Breakfast includes milk, coffee, and black tea with bread, eggs, chappati, or Rolex.
Special meals on request.

Volunteers get field or practical training as they work with us and this helps them gain more experience in the fields of working with young people, women and the elderly. At the end of the volunteer process, the volunteers will be awarded a volunteer certificate, recommendation letter, and the African craft gift.

The volunteer will get a cultural exchange, as they will be working in the local communities it will help them to know about the Uganda cultural behaviours, local language and they will experience the tropical climate in Uganda. And getting more friends as Uganda is one of the most rated friendly countries in the world.

During free time volunteers can tour around the communities and interact with locals during free shopping and engage in any other community events if they wish so.

Volunteers can visit Uganda’s nature like national parks, lake victoria, Kalangala Island, Mt Rwenzori among others.

Volunteers are required to pay a contribution. It is a little amount to enable us to cover the cost for:

As we are in the Buganda region the most spoken language by the locals is Luganda, but at the organization, English is the spoken language.

CCFU is located in the Nyendo trading centre, Masaka district, in Buganda (Central) region, It is located 119km from Kampala city our capital. Masaka is located near Lake Victoria the biggest in Africa, we receive rainfall two seasons per year. We can give you more indications via e-mail or telephone.

The climate in Masaka is warm, humid, and overcast. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 61°F to 80°F. It is rarely below 58°F or above 85°F.

Is there internet access?

Yes, we have the internet at the office and at the host family.

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Hostname: Ratibu Kakooza

If you can’t join us as a volunteer, consider helping us with online fundraising!

We are raising money to buy re-usable sanitary pads for vulnerable school girls in Uganda. Please help and share our campaign on your social media especially on Facebook & Instagram!

Here is a link to the campaign Go Fund Me