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Experience Africa’s one of the most beautiful countries by volunteering in Uganda. The lush green Uganda is famous for its Gorillas, the bulkiest living primate, as the region from where the great river Nile flows fed by snow caped mountains, the place where you can witness amazing Sesse Islands and sadly also for rampant poverty despite impressive economic growth of late. Uganda is also home to many different ethnic groups as over forty different languages are spoken in the country, but English still remains the lingua franca. The capital city, Kampala, is vibrant and modern.
In this fascinating land, RCDP has many meaningful volunteers programs like teaching English to students of poor families, work in orphanage, health project and HIV/AIDS project. Join one of our volunteer projects and uplift the lives of deprived people while enriching your own life through the experience. You will not only discover what Winston Churchill described as ‘the pearl of Africa’ because of Uganda’s stunning sceneries, you’ll also experience a side of Uganda most visitors never get to see by volunteering in RCDP’s meaningful projects. This truly will be an unforgettable experience for you.
RCDP Uganda Program starts every 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month.
Every year hundreds of volunteers arrive in Uganda to volunteer from UK and USA based organizations and end up paying up to $2500 to volunteer for 2 weeks. Unfortunately, only a small portion of that money actually goes to host projects and host families. The local host projects (orphanages, school, and local NGOs) in Uganda are poor and need external support to run their programs. In our program, you will pay your fee directly to host families and projects up on arrival in Uganda.
When you join our Uganda volunteer program, we will make sure that all of your money goes to the projects and host families. Part of your fees also helps us to cover our expenses. The program fee is divided in as registration fee ($259) and weekly fee ($80 per week for room, food, coordination, and project donation). Click to find the allocation of $259
In Uganda, weekly fee is divided between room/3 local foods a day (50%) and project donation/support of local project staffs (50%). This allocation may be different depending up on locations, project types etc. However, our coordinator will explain these issues before you pay the fee. Please find below the break down of cost in a weekly basis.
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* Comprehensive Travel Insurance $3 per day
* Additional fee: $75 - airport receive, transfer to host family/hostel.
* Language and Cultural program fee: $250
* Please add $25 per each additional week for Internship program
The Fee Does Not Include: airfare, daily transportation, visa and visa extension fee, airport drop, airport taxes, any personal expenses on food and travel, mineral water and soft drinks, laundry, telephone, immunization, etc.
Accommodation/Meal/Supervision:In Uganda, accommodation depends up on the type of projects and locations. If you work in an orphanage, you will stay mostly inside the orphanage hostel sharing room with other volunteers. Staying in orphanage hostel is lot of fun as it gives volunteers opportunities to serve, stay and play with children. If there is no hostel for volunteers in orphanage than you will stay with a host family. In other volunteer projects like teaching English, medical project, HIV/AIDS you will also stay with a host family. Most host families will provide you with a separate room. You will be served 3 meals a day and you can experience wonderful Ugandan culture and lifestyle while staying in a host family. RCDP staffs will also inquiry about your health and safety by visiting you while you’re volunteering in the field.
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The mission of RCDP-Nepal is to encourage international volunteers to contribute in sustainable community development that benefits the underprivileged and extremely poor. By developing the places and the communities, the volunteers are also developing themselves and learning new perspectives and ideas that will ultimately change their lives.
