east aFRIca
uganda
Based at the source of the Nile
in the sleepy town of jinja,
Madventurer offers a variety
of Projects in this incredibly lush
and diverse country described
as the ‘Pearl of africa’ by winston
churchill. with opportunities
to raft the mighty Nile, trek the
‘Mountains of the Moon’ or come
face to face with a rare Mountain
Gorilla during the weekend, uganda
offers a truly unique experience.
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community Projects
teaching, care-work
Your Medical Project in Uganda will largely
and Medic Projects
depend on your level of experience. Those
working with a variety of
medical students third year and above are
charities, NGOs and direct with
the Mad house in the centre of
currently able to volunteer in the main hospitals
the community, Madventurer
jinja will be your base and from in Jinja town as wel as rural clinics. Jinja District
Building and teaching projects
here you will be involved in
hospital has an emergency ward, female and
in uganda focus on youth
specialist teaching, medical or
male wards, separate children’s hospital, as well
development.
care-work Projects. jinja is the
as labs and operating theatres giving you the
second biggest town in uganda
While primary education is now free across
opportunity for gain a deep insight into how
but is very relaxed and friendly
East Africa, Governments rarely have funds
government hospitals work in Uganda.
and the base for tourists
for infrastructure, and where they do, it is rare
Volunteers with less experience will be able
rafting the grade 5 rapids.
that they reach rural vil ages. Madventurer
to volunteer in rural clinics to help implement
focuses on the neediest primary schools in the
Teaching Projects are based in Jinja Rural
immunisation programmes and malaria
rural areas surrounding Jinja to bring them up to District secondary school and primary schools
education outreach programmes. Such
Government standard. This involves renovating
close to our house. English is the official
programmes are highly important in the area,
crumbling classrooms, laying concrete floors,
language and subjects taught are similar to the
as education is vital to reduce preventable
building new schools, digging pit latrines, and
UK curriculum; volunteers wil primarily be
diseases like malaria.
installing rain-water storage tanks.
teaching English but other subjects you choose
Care-work Projects are based at Welcome
Uganda is a beautiful and peaceful place with
to focus on wil be based around your own
Home Orphanage in Jinja where you we working
a growing tourist industry. Living in the heart
interests. We also work have part time projects
with lots of children including babies and toddlers
of rural communities, you wil experience
in primary schools. Creative subjects such as
many of whom wil have been orphaned by
everything that makes Uganda special from
arts and crafts are in great demand in Uganda,
HIV/Aids or who may have been simply
the lush countryside, rare wildlife and friendly
as these are new subjects that local teachers
abandoned by desperate parents unable to
people who will welcome you as one of their own.
have little training in; you can also focus on
care for their children. Children often arrive
conservation education, drama and music
at the orphanage malnourished but with your
workshops. There are also opportunities to
support a real difference can be made to their
volunteer in a number of pre-schools for
well-being.
disadvantaged children around the Jinja area.
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