Care orphanage project in Uganda

There are many orphans in Uganda. Many children have been orphaned by the HIV/AIDS epidemic or have been abandoned due to extreme poverty or other unfortunate social situations. Oftentimes children are saved from a life of young soldiers or are rescued from human trafficking circumstances. There is an immense need for people to volunteer with orphaned Ugandan children.

Volunteers can work with orphanages in Uganda. In our projects, you help orphaned children with daily life and extra-curricular activities. However, the most important thing you offer these poor children is love and attention that they so desperately crave and truly deserve. Resources for orphans are spread thin. Orphanage workers in Uganda do their best, but manpower is low and it is the face to face contact that these children greatly need. Hugs from volunteers working with orphans in Uganda are priceless!

Skills / Qualification needed

There is no specific qualification needed to join the orphanage volunteer project. However, volunteers must be flexible and patient. You should have passion and love for children.

Volunteer responsibilities

Volunteers working in Ugandan orphanages generally show support by tutoring (mostly English) the children at the orphanage where they are home-schooled assisting/educating them in areas of personal hygiene (i.e. brushing, flossing their teeth) and life skills. You may also help with math, science or other subjects.

As a volunteer in the orphanage project, you also help with homework and encourage their academic progress. Afternoons and evenings are fun times. You will organize activities, games, sing-a-longs and dances as well as other creativity-based activities to teach the children. In the orphanages where children attend a school, daytime activities for volunteers include: administrative work and helping with cleaning, cooking and gardening or teaching at the local school.

You will be kept busy during the day if the children go to a local school, by helping to clean, cook and work in the garden or you may also help teachers at the local school.

Volunteers who are qualified professions in nursing, pediatrics are also needed in orphanages and children rehabilitation centers. They can mostly work on checking and treating children with various illnesses and restore their hope.