Australian Volunteers Ben and Kate

We have a young couple who are taking a few months out to spend time in East Africa, and  between projects they had already booked on to, are planning to spend a couple of weeks volunteering at UGANDA LODGE.
They are fund-raising  some extra money for us and they have a fantastic website  that you may wish [...]

Projects Requiring Funding

COMPLETING CRAFT-CENTRE/WORKSHOP
FINISH BUILDING TOILET BLOCK
PUT IN WATER TANK AT UGANDA LODGE
FINISH BUILDING LAST BANDA in COMPOUND
LANDSCAPING GROUNDS AT LODGE
PUT UP  MARKET STALLS / SHOP OUT FRONT
FLOOR & WINDOWS IN NURSERY SCHOOL
SOLAR FRUIT DRYING PROJECT
MUSHROOM GROWING
UPGRADING  NURSERY CLASSROOMS
FRESH WATER FOR THE LOCAL VILLAGES
INTRODUCING NEW POTTERY METHODS 
 

Open Letter to Potential Volunteers & Sponsors

May 2009 OPEN LETTER TO POTENTIAL VOLUNTEERS & SPONSORS

Let me l tell you a little about myself. Together with my husband Paul I live in our family home some 30 miles west of London and we have four grown up chldren. We are now semi-retired, and run a small Guest House; [...]

Getting there and away.

Kampala Airport is known as Entebbe (EBB) Its about one hour by private car or taxi from the centre of kampala

How Can Volunteers Help?

Volunteers with no specific skills
Just speaking good English can be of great help and it is not necessary to hold a TEFL certificate although this could be useful, and you could then take formal lessons in the senior schools.  Alternatively you can hold English conversation classes with small groups and just give the students conversation [...]