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You can become involved in a variety of community aid projects in Uganda.
You have the opportunity to provide education for AIDS orphans, help families to gain economic independence, and instruct the community about health issues.
While sharing your skills and talents you will gain an in-depth experience of the country and its culture that will stay with you the rest of your life.
VOLUNTEER IN UGANDA: ORGANIC FARMING PROJECT
Volunteers with a green thumb, or those who just want to plunge their hands into deep, rich, African soil, will be interested in an organic farming placement. This village based placement teaches and promotes modern methods of organic farming in rural Ugandan communities. Volunteers work alongside Ugandans digging and maintaining demonstration gardens. Activities include raised bed and double-dug farming to best utilize soil and make planting, harvesting, and fertilizing easier.
Volunteers also teach water conservation by lining large pits with plastic bags to collect and store rain water. The organization composts garden refuse and spreads it as fully organic fertilizer, and shows how to create pesticides by mixing ingredients such as tobacco, chili pepper, and onion. Volunteers will be given basic training upon arrival. A small nursery school is a recent addition to the placement, and can be a refreshingly shady place to volunteer after a morning of digging. It benefits the severely rural poor and orphaned children of the area. Volunteers are given a private room at the organization’s headquarters, with their door opening directly onto a lush, green farm. Location
Programs are based in: * Mukono District (20 km out of Kampala city). Volunteers are placed in * Mukono Town and in surrounding villages. * Wakiso District (5 km out of Kampala city). Volunteers are placed in Buloba and Bulenga. * Jinja District (50 km out of Kampala city). Volunteers are placed in Jinja