The activities that learners at Golden Hearts engage in enable them develop the following competences:
· Social Skills
· Motor skills
· Language skills
· Creative skills
· Reading skills
· Writing skills
· Reasoning and concept development
· Math concepts
· Social studies
· Science
· Arts and Crafts
· Music, Dance and Drama
We also engage in a series of indoor and outdoor games as well as excursions
The volunteer will be expected to assist the full-time staff by participating in the following:
· Preparing resources and materials required in the learning process
· Assist with indoor and outdoor games.
· Assist in arranging parties and other special school days
· Preparing excursions and field tours
· Music, Dance and Drama
· Arts and Crafts
· Engaging children with enjoyable literature – reading, storytelling and writing.
· Contribute to documentation of children’s learning.
· Organize children’s holiday camps
· Arranging for teachers and parents’ workshops
IT-related activities, e.g. web design, social networking, etc.
· The volunteer must:
· Exhibit passion/enthusiasm for children
· Be patient and flexible
· Be friendly and open minded
· Be creative and have a sense of humor
· Be honest, caring and reliable
· Exhibit effective communication skills appropriate for children
· Have respect for differences in personality, culture etc.
Have a willingness to learn and share knowledge and experiences
The volunteer has the possibility to choose between staying in the guesthouse, with different international volunteers (sharing room, normally 2-4 people) or to stay in a host family. Accommodation is at the UPA Guesthouse, average but not luxury.
Volunteers prepare their own food. UPA provides gas cooker, a fridge, and utensils.
Alternatively, a volunteer can stay with a host family to be more exposed to the Ugandan culture.
UPA does not give pocket money to the volunteers.
The volunteers must apply for a tourist visa online with this link. https://www.visas.immigration.go.ug/ . This should be done a couple of weeks or months before the departure date. The form requires you to fill in the address of the contact person in Uganda and you should use: ZZIWA SAMUEL MUSANYUSA, NANSANA WEST I ZONE, +256785601220. The immigration department sends you an approval document which you must print and present on arrival at the airport. The tourist visa costs 50 US $ and it’s paid during the visa application process on the immigration portal using selected pay cards.
The volunteers are expected to come when they are already insured.
Participants are required to pay a participation fee of Euro 500 (five hundred Euros) on arrival for a period of 1- 3months and 80 Euros (eighty Euros) in advance for each additional month/s.
The fee covers pickup from the airport or bus station upon arrival in Uganda, orientation, guesthouse maintenance, and administration costs of UPA
The interested volunteers are requested to contact our partners in their respective countries so as be guided on the application process.
UPA doesn’t offer airport drop off after the project but can help in identifying the service provider and the volunteer meets the costs ranging between 30-35 Euros
School Calendar 2024
Term Start Close
Term I Monday 5th Feb 2024 Friday 3rd May 2024
Term II Monday 27th May 2024 Fri 23rd August 2024
Term III Monday 16th Sept 2024 Fri 6th December 2024
Holidays
Term From To
1st Term 4th May 2024 26th My 2024
2nd Term 24th August 2024 15th September 2024
3rd Term 7th December 2024 2nd February 2024
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- Get in touch with them with details about the project(s) you want to apply to. They will become your sending organisation.
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