Mukono Youth Project:

This is a multi-faceted project promoting the voluntary spirit in Uganda. Foreign
volunteers will work alongside Ugandan volunteers (youth aged 17 - 27) in a variety
of programs directly benefiting local communities, which will include the following
activities:
Community Outreach: Includes home visits (often to the remotest
villages in the district) to elderly, disabled, and persons living with HIV/AIDS
to assist with household tasks such as washing, preparing food, and keeping
company. This is a good opportunity for volunteers to see the daily challenges
faced by marginalized groups in Uganda.
Youth Mentoring: Public speaking and mentoring of youth and
youth leaders respecting HIV/AIDS awareness, public health/hygiene, family planning,
condom use and distribution, creativity workshops promoting the generation of
small business, the importance of basic education, and women's rights and empowerment.
This is the most important and most common activity undertaken by volunteers.
Camping, hiking, hunting and/or fishing trips may also take place during these
mentoring sessions. Volunteers are asked to bring camping gear.
Although it is a youth group it reaches every member of the community it serves,
and reaches the remotest areas of the district where there is virtually no other
aid. This project is not exclusive to young volunteers, as older people with
business skills and experience are also needed, particularly with tasks like
sorting out bookwork and applying for grants. Just as our partner organisation's
members try to help all members of society in every way, it needs all types
and ages of volunteers to help it function. |