• internships abroad:
    uganda

  • Projects in uganda

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    slums in Kampala

    Education, health care and entrepreneurship

    Various projects aimed at children and young people. Through training and guidance they give them hope and a firmer future perspective.

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    kampala: local school

    Progressive approach

    In the school's vision, the children are central and teachers' training constitutes an important factor for empowerment.

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    teenage mums

    In a living group

    This project provides crisis shelter for teenage mothers and gives them the necessary skills and care to strengthen them. The reintegration into their community is a main objective.

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    uplifting art and culture

    Festivals and cultural projects

    Organizing workshops and events to bring culture, dance and music to the general public, but also to give local artists a starting platform.

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    West-uganda: Fort Portal

    Agriculture, ecology and citizenship

    This research organization supports farming families. Various projects from healthy food to farming, from legal assistance to citizenship education.

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    working with disabled children (Fort Portal)

    Holistic project

    Includes a therapeutic and orthopedic center and an inclusion school.

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    girls refuge

    Day activities for vulnerable children

    The villa can accommodate 25 girls. In addition, they offer food, activities and life skills to children from the neighborhood.

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    ECO-Tourism at Lake bunyonyi or Entebbe

    Sustainable tourism

    Cooperation across the border with Congo and Rwanda. A possibility to work with the Batwa tribe as well.

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    Trauma-processing In North-uganda

    Assistance in the community, in prisons and in schools

    Promoting psycho-social well-being in children, young people and their families living in vulnerable situations as a result of the civil war.

  • Uganda - working in Kampala's slums area

    A diversity of projects in different neighborhoods of the city.

    what's happening here?

    General goal: empowering the children and young people to increase their independence and to give them a possible future

    education: nursery, primary and secondary school and classroom for children with disabilities

    • skill training for youngsters: giving them skills ensures that they can set up a company autonomously and become self-sufficient
    • training: to increase their knowledge and thus work on empowerment
    • leisure activities: to avoid "street problems" such as drug and alcohol use
    • basic hygiene and care

    what could your role be?

    • participate in the school in the different classes
    • work as a social worker in the slums with the families
    • devise training and activities
    • broaden partnerships
    • communication and fundraising

    where would you live?

    In a host family in Kampala.

  • crisis shelter for teenage mums in Kampala

    This project comprises various sub-projects: in the living group, education + skill training and working with the family context.

    what's happening here?

    General goal: to offer a safe crisis shelter for teenage girls + care and strengthen their independence

    • track down girls in the communities
    • creating a safe environment for mother and baby
    • provide basic care to mother and baby
    • skill training for the girls like sewing, weaving, hairdressing
    • education and training to increase knowledge
    • reintegration process of the girls in their community
    • increasing brand awareness of the organization through communication for fundraising

    what could your role be?

    • cooperate in the shelter for the basic care of the girls and the baby
    • devise training courses for the girls and staff
    • organizing new activities for the girls and their babies
    • cooperate as a social worker in the detection and reintegration of the girls
    • communication and fundraising

    where would you live?

    In a host family in Kampala.

  • Working in a school in Kampala

    You get the chance to work in the school but also behind the scenes and thus get a full picture of the Ugandan culture.

    what's happening here?

    General purpose: to provide quality education to middle class children and young people

    • education: nursery and primary school
    • training for teachers
    • training for policy officers
    • basic hygiene and care

    what could your role be?

    • participate in the school in the different classes
    • devise training courses for teachers and policy officers
    • organize new activities for the children

    where would you live?

    In a host family in Kampala.

  • Uplifting art and culture (Kampala)

    what's happening here?

    General goal: bringing art and culture to the general public + providing support and training to starting artists

    • organization of training in the arts
    • development of an art center
    • workshops, trainings and festivals
    • development of an online sales platform
    • increasing brand awareness and visibility of artists through various communication channels

    what could your role be?

    • planning festivals and happenings
    • co-developing an online sales platform
    • help develop a new art and culture center
    • communication and fundraising

    where would you live?

    In a host family in Kampala.

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    the volunteering period of 6 months constitutes your internship as part of the advanced bachelor global citizenship and development

  • fort portal - research and projects with farming families and refugees

    The project contains a number of research cells within which various projects are running. They also use a radio transmitter to reach and raise awareness among the population.

    what's happening here?

    General goal: empowering the local population through needs research and projects to meet these needs

    • communication, information and research
    • policy and legal support
    • food and agriculture
    • environment and green economy
    • youth empowerment
    • conflict prevention and peace building

    what could your role be?

    Diverse profiles can come here for extensive experience. You can find out where your expertise lies and what you want to do.

     

    You can participate in research and project management within a research cell on topics such as:

    • malnutrition problem
    • conflict prevention in different communities
    • working with the refugees in the refugee camps
    • life skills, social skills
    • youth education

    The research follows a solutions-based and practice-oriented approach.

     

    You can also participate in the awareness programs via the radio show.

    where would you live?

    In an appartement in Fort Portal.

  • holistic project for children with a disability (Fort Portal)

    The project was founded by a British-Ugandan couple with a child with a disability. It is a very strong organization where you can participate in one of the sub-projects.

    what's happening here?

    General goal: to create equal opportunities for children with disabilities

    • therapeutic center for children with disabilities
    • inclusion school for both children with and without disabilities
    • orthopedic development center
    • inclusion projects within the communities

    what could your role be?

    Various profiles can follow an internship here.

     

    In the inclusion school: as a teacher, school nurse or care teacher

    • develop lessons, training and activities
    • follow or give training to fellow teachers and policy officers
    • provide basic hygiene and care to the children
    • context guidance and follow-up

    In the orthopedic and therapeutic center: as a physiotherapist, speech therapist or doctor

    • therapy tailored to the child
    • increasing mobility and strengthening the potential of every child
    • developing low budget products with bamboo as basic material
    • communication and fundraising

    where would you live?

    In an appartement in Fort Portal.

  • refuge for vulnerable girls: Kabale

    Intimate, warm organization in the beautiful south of Uganda.

    what's happening here?

    General goal: provide safe shelter for vulnerable girls and empower them to become independent through education, life skills, offering activities and meeting basic needs

    • detect the girls in the communities
    • provide safe shelter for the girls
    • socio-emotional support
    • education, life skills and leisure activities
    • activities and food for the children of the area
    • fundraising by bakery, sewing project, dance

    what could your role be?

    • participate in the day-to-day tasks in the shelter as an educator or supervisor
    • offer activities
    • cooperate as a social worker for follow-up of the girls and their context
    • community visits to start reintegration
    • building a bond with the girls and detecting the needs
    • training the girls
    • provide basic hygiene and care

    where would you live?

    In a room in the project in Kabale.

  • ECO-TOuRISM : LAKE BUNYONYI (Kabale) or ENTEBBE

    what's happening here?

    General goal: to offer tourism in a sustainable way where local projects and collaborations are part of the tourism activities

    • accommodation and meals for tourists
    • various activities: boat trips, bike rides, workshops, overnight stays with locals, music and art studios
    • collaborations with local partners
    • maintain projects e.g. chicken project with the residents
    • sustainable projects for the benefit of the community

    what could your role be?

    Several hostels where you can do an internship with a wide variety of tasks, both in the south of the country (Kabale) and in the center (Entebbe).

    • developing tourism activities with partners
    • setting up small entrepreneurship with residents
    • develop articles and podcasts around local themes
    • run and run the hostel

    where would you live?

    In one of the hostels.

  • uganda at a glance

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    the pearl of africa

    Versatility

    Uganda is a richly endowed country in terms of natural beauty. Exceptionally varied: tropical rainforest, dry savannah, high mountains and large lakes. Uganda is also known for its growing population of mountain gorillas.

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    religion

    Christian predomination

    More than 80% of the population is Christian. 42% of Ugandans are Protestant and 42% Catholic. 13% describe themselves as Muslim.

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    population

    Young inhabitants

    Almost 50% of the population is under 14 years old. Uganda has a young but active population. This country has 4in6 million inhabitants over a country size of 8 times Belgium.

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    language

    English is the medium of instruction

    Swahili is the second national language but is not widely spoken. There are more than 40 local languages ​​among which Luganda is the most widely spoken local language.

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