Volunteer at the Community Care Foundation in Uganda 🇺🇬

Voluntouring staff

6 years ago

About CCFU – Uganda Community Care Foundation Uganda

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.

Our Mission

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

Volunteer program in Uganda – activities:

Working in the communities: the volunteers go out with us and get involved in the work we do in our communities.
Providing business and financial skills: Here the volunteers help women teaching good financial skills management and how to start up a small business.
Teaching to our partner schools: Volunteer English, math or any other subject of her/his wish in our partner schools.
School Outreaches: Volunteers join as we go for schools visits for SRHR services, counselling & guidance to the students
Project Proposal Writing & Fundraising: Volunteers can join us in good proposal writing for grants and do fundraising events in their home countries.
Social Media & Website Management.
Photography & Filming.
Office work

How many volunteers are needed?

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

How many hours are the volunteers expected to help?

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

How many days of help per week?

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.

Are accommodation and food included?

Yes, accommodation & food are included.

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.

Volunteer benefits

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.

Extra activities during free time?

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.

Fees transparency – Volunteer program in Uganda

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

accommodation and all meals
airport pickups,
transportation and other in-country expenses.

Total cost is $190 per week ($27 per day)

Language

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.

How to get there?

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.

Weather

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.

CONTACT DETAILS🔍📧

E-mail: info@ccfug.net 📧

Webpage: www.ccfug.net 🌐

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/communitycareug/

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